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Can neighbours in France force you to cut down trees?
Learn about French regulations on trees near property lines
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Nice airport letting foreign travellers use e-gates
Riviera destination is easing the checking process for Britons and Americans
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Whit Monday holiday: how it works in France and how much it raises for state
It used to be a simple bank holiday like any other - but the tragic events of 2003 changed everything
Hermione ready for trip to the Med
Replica of 18th century ship will travel around France and Italy
Flag flying high, the replica 18th century frigate Hermione enters La Rochelle on the first stage of a voyage round the French and Iberian coasts and into the Mediterranean.
From there she heads to Tangiers to arrive on March 9 and leaves four days later for Barcelona.
On March 27 she is at Sète, then April 5 at Toulon, April 10 La Ciotat and April 12 Marseille.