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Aquifers and the water table are frequently out of sight and out of mind, but all this changed for Chris Luck when he met François Lefebvre from Vienne Nature…

Feeling the need for some peace and tranquillity? With a canoe, kayak or paddle-board you can get right back to nature, at your own pace...

Explore the Romanesque capital of the region...

Sixty years ago Citroën’s revolutionary DS was launched. We celebrate a quintessential French style icon – and the official lap-of-honour car at Angoulême’s Circuit des Remparts...

For centuries southwest France was occupied by the forces of Rome, who left a surprising legacy. We show you where to look...

Nestled discretely between illustrious neighbours like Bordeaux, Saintes, Cognac and the rolling vineyards of the Medoc just across the Gironde, the Haute Saintonge area is certainly well located. Here’s a small selection of what’s on offer to visitors.

You never know what might lie beneath your feet, as a rural community in Charente discovered when it suddenly found itself the proud possessor of Europe’s most important site of dinosaur remains.

We celebrate a curiosity which has become a defining feature of the Atlantic Coast and its estuaries.

If the windows are the eyes of a building then doors are the mouth – or is it the nose? Either way, over the years they’ve become a fascinating design opportunity.

Retired writer Helen Millar jumped at the opportunity to cycle part of the Atlantic coast with friends. Would she later regret her enthusiasm? Here she shares her adventure with us…