From Provence to the shadow of the Pyrenees and with miles of azure Mediterranean coastline, Languedoc-Roussillon may be the south of France’s best-kept secret. History buffs will be captivated; the ...

The French commune of Roussillon is located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, roughly midway between Avignon and Aix-en-Provence. Situated in the heart of one of the biggest ochre deposits in the ...

France: Languedoc-Roussillon - a taste of the south, sans the hordes In Sète "you sense the energy of the unfiltered Mediterranean, the one where no one gives two hoots for Paris Hilton" Anthony ...

Stretching north from the Spanish border, around the arc of the Mediterranean Sea, southern France’s Languedoc-Roussillon is the largest winegrowing region in the world. Yet until the most recent few ...

The seemingly sleepy Occitanie area in the South of France—stretching from the lavender-studded Provence to the Pyrenees—is wrapped in acres of vineyard, sunflower meadows, and dotted with chateaux.

The names of French wine regions—Champagne, Bordeaux, Burgundy—roll readily off most wine drinkers' tongues. But Roussillon represents a kind of linguistic roadblock. "Is that in France?" was the ...

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The Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France is where, several decades ago, I first learned to love French wine and food. The vineyards around the small village near Montpellier where I stayed ...