France’s Dordogne River weaves past castles and greenery in the heart of Southwest France. A once vital highway, travel France's Dordogne River via traditional boats through the green heart of ...

correctionAn earlier version of the map accompanying this story noted the location of the Saint-Cyprien in the Pyrenees-Orientales department. The map has been updated. When our children were 11 and 9 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When our children were 11 and 9, young enough to still be entirely inside the family circle but old enough to remember, we splurged on a “once in a lifetime ...

A reader once asked me if I were to bring a spry, 73-year-old grandmother to Europe, where would I go? My response: France’s Dordogne River Valley. I’d take her for a lazy canoe ride down the river, ...

People sitting and enjoying their time in Monpazier's Place des Cornières or main square. Ridley Scott has a thing for Monpazier. After first filming "The Duelists," starring Harvey Keitel, in the ...

Step aboard a traditional boat on Europe's cleanest river and glide through a world where nature's purity meets the echoes of a storied past. Imagine gliding along one of the cleanest rivers in Europe ...

At the edge of Issigeac's buzzing market, the pumpkin festival is in full swing. Fat, orange, bulbous pumpkins are piled high on the cobbled pavement. The scent of freshly baked pumpkin tarts wafts ...

Dordogne is a nostalgic and moving narrative experience, with sumptuous art direction across hand-painted, watercolor landscapes. Bienvenue en Dordogne, where the sun shines and life is good… Revisit ...

A reader once asked me if I were to bring a spry, 73-year-old grandmother to Europe, where would I go? My response: France’s Dordogne River Valley. A reader once asked me if I were to bring a spry, 73 ...