Paris Segway Tours: The Fun Way to See the City
The first 30 seconds on a Segway are terrifying. You lean forward and the machine lurches. You lean back and…
Montparnasse Tower Observation Deck Tickets and Views
There’s a joke Parisians tell about the Tour Montparnasse: the best thing about the observation deck is that it’s the…
Burgundy Wine Tours from Beaune and Dijon
The stone wall next to the road said “Romanée-Conti” and my guide casually mentioned that the wine from this tiny…
Visiting the Hotel de la Marine in Paris
The Hôtel de la Marine reopened in 2021 after a restoration that cost €130 million and took four years. For…
Bruges Day Trip from Paris: How to Book
The canal boat was gliding past a row of medieval houses when the guide said something that stuck with me:…
Toulouse Food Tours and City Guide
Toulouse is the city that doesn’t care whether you’ve heard of it. While Paris preens and Lyon lobbies for foodie…
How to Visit Cannes and Saint-Tropez from Nice
Saint-Tropez has no train station. That’s the first thing you learn when you try to get there, and it tells…
Paris Cabaret Shows: Crazy Horse and Paradis Latin
The Moulin Rouge gets all the attention, but it’s not the only cabaret in Paris. And depending on what you’re…
Paris Wine Tasting Classes Worth Booking
I thought I knew wine. I’d been drinking it for years. I had preferences. I could tell red from white…
Visiting Nausicaa Aquarium in Boulogne-sur-Mer
The hammerhead shark glided about two metres above my head and I forgot I was standing in a building. That’s…
Grand Rex Studio Tour and Paris Entertainment Venues
The Grand Rex has the biggest cinema screen in Europe. That’s not just a marketing claim — at 300 square…
Lille City Tours and Walking Guide
Lille is the French city that thinks it’s Belgian. Or maybe it’s the Belgian city that happens to be in…
How to Book a Fort Boyard Boat Tour from La Rochelle
You can’t actually go inside Fort Boyard. That’s the first thing most people don’t realise. The fortress sits in the…
Paris Night and Ghost Tours Worth Booking
I was standing in a medieval alley off the Rue de Rivoli at 10pm when the guide stopped walking and…
Paris Quirky Museums: Illusions, Banksy and Immersive Art
My friend dragged me to the Museum of Illusions on a rainy Tuesday because she’d seen it on TikTok. I…
Visiting Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
Oscar Wilde’s tomb has a glass barrier around it now. They had to install it because visitors kept kissing the…
Provence Day Trips: Avignon, Lavender Fields and the Camargue
I spent three days in Provence and saw maybe 5% of it. That’s not a complaint — it’s a warning.…
How to Book a Gorges du Verdon Day Trip from Nice
The colour stopped me mid-sentence. I was chatting with my seatmate on the minibus when we rounded a bend above…
How to Visit Carcassonne Castle and Medieval City
The first time you see Carcassonne, you will not believe it is real. Fifty-two towers. Three kilometres of double walls.…
Stade de France Behind the Scenes Tour
The player tunnel at the Stade de France is narrower than you expect. Two metres wide, maybe. Fifteen metres long.…
Fondation Louis Vuitton Tickets and Visit Guide
The building looks like it is trying to fly. Twelve glass sails — some curved, some angled, some doing things…
Corsica Boat Tours: Ajaccio, Bonifacio and Beyond
Napoleon was born in Ajaccio. He left at 9, conquered most of Europe, and never came back for more than…
Marseille Calanques Boat Tours and City Guide
The boat turned a headland and the Calanques appeared — limestone cliffs dropping vertically into water so clear you could…
Lyon Walking and Food Tours Worth Booking
Lyon has more restaurants per capita than any other city in France. That includes Paris. The locals will tell you…
Champagne Day Trip from Paris: Reims and Epernay
The monk did not invent champagne. Dom Perignon did not cry “Come quickly, I am drinking the stars!” That quote…
Strasbourg and Alsace Wine Route Tours
Strasbourg confused me. Half-timbered houses that look German. Wine that tastes German. Food that is French but not really. A…
Best Walking and Food Tours in Nice
I ordered socca from a woman at the Cours Saleya market who looked like she had been making it since…
Chamonix and Mont Blanc Day Trip from Geneva
The cable car doors opened at 3,842 metres and the temperature dropped 20 degrees in three seconds. I stepped onto…
Booking a Paris Photo Shoot at the Eiffel Tower
My friend proposed to his girlfriend at the Eiffel Tower. He asked a stranger to take the photo. The stranger…
Dining at the Eiffel Tower: Madame Brasserie Guide
I booked Madame Brasserie for lunch on a Tuesday in March. No special occasion. I just wanted to eat inside…