France
Wine Travel – France
See Decanter’s travel guides to top wine regions in France, including Champagne, Provence and the Loire Valley, with expert advice on where to stay, eat and visit on your holiday.
Plus check out our city guides for the best bars and restaurants to visit in Bordeaux or Lyon and the top restaurants in Alsace…
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Ventoux: Hotels, restaurants and shops
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Ten top Alsace restaurants
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Wine Trails: Champagne houses to visit
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Wine Trails: Champagne travel guide
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Dover to Reims: Heart of the Champagne Region
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Bordeaux: Where to visit
Bordeaux resident Jane Anson picks out the best places to go in the city, by the river and in the vineyards.
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Decanter travel guide: Jura, France
Heads are finally turning towards this tiny region, home to weird and wonderful wines, famed Comté cheese and picturesque scenery. Sue Style takes a trip
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My Beaune by Anthony Hanson MW
From his time there as a student to today co-hosting the annual charity auction, Beaune's beauty and hospitality has always captivated Anthony Hanson MW. Here he shares his tips for a memorable visit...
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Insider's guide to Bordeaux city
The fourth generation to be involved with Château Haut-Bailly, Véronique Sanders has grown up with the city of Bordeaux as her playground. From gastronomy to music, the best views to the freshest markets, she shares with us her cultural highlights...
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Decanter travel guide: Luberon, France
With its pretty hilltop towns to please walkers, and superb food and wine for gourmands, ‘Peter Mayle country’ is still as enticing as ever, says Mary Dowey.
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Decanter travel guide: Cassis & Bandol, Provence
Stunning coastline, great wines, superb gastronomy, protected national parks...
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Decanter travel guide: Mâconnais, Burgundy
Discover the real France of farmers' markets, Burgundian cooking, country B&Bs and small producers passionate about their vineyards, says Sue Style.
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Decanter travel guide: Loire Valley, France
Fancy a Sleeping Beauty château with your crottin? Fiona Sims picks some of the food and wine highlights of the Central and Upper Loire.
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Decanter travel guide: Beaujolais, France
Verdant hills, elegant châteaux and ever more serious wines make this stunning region well worth a detour from neighbouring Burgundy, says Sue Style. Read the full guide to Beaujolais, including the best wineries to visit, plus top places to stay, eat, shop and relax. As published in the Decanter July 2011 issue.
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Decanter travel guide: Champagne, France
Apart from the famous wines, this region is rich with world heritage sites, history and art...
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Decanter travel guide: Provence, France
Read the full travel guide to Provence, including the best wineries to visit, plus top places to stay, eat, shop and relax...
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Decanter travel guide to Southern Rhone
Had enough of the UK winter? Mary Dowey suggests a visit to the dramatically rugged landscapes of the southern Rhône, beautiful at any time of year
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Winter wine weekend: Paris
Everyone talks about Paris in the spring but the winter can be just as romantic. With a crisp nip in the air and the Champs Elysées lit up like the road to a fairytale castle it’s an enchanting place to be - and a brilliant hunting ground for the kind of French wines that seldom leave the country.
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Bespoke wine holidays in Bordeaux
Getting your foot in the door of the world’s most exclusive wine estates generally depends on who you know. So how better to see Château Pétrus or Domaine de la Vougeraie than by joining a merchant on a bespoke tour or buying trip? John Abbot samples a new style of wine holiday
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Open markets
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The great wine route: Loire Valley
Visiting the Loire Valley? ALAN SPENCER has the low down on where to go and what to see.
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Paris City Guide
Paris is for lovers – and wine lovers in particular – finds ROWENA MEDLOW
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Trails on the Loire river bank
JIM BUDD packs his bags and heads down to the Loire Valley to savour la douceur angevin, and recommends a leisurely pace when visiting Anjou
