Dordogne boasts more than 1,000 castles and manor houses, making it one of the most chateaurich regions in France, with ...

Some even regarded Socotra as part of the lost mythical continent of Atlantis. Limestone caves on Socotra have been inhabited since humans first settled the island thousands of years ago.

With coastlines along the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and beyond, Europe is home to some of the world’s most beautiful ...

The Robberg is one of southern Africa’s most distinctive and widespread stone tool technologies. Robberg tools – which we ...

A man who went missing five weeks ago in south-western France has been found alive in an underground cave system where he had got lost. Jean-Luc Josuat-Verges, 48, told police he survived by eating ...

This part of France is a favorite of travel expert Rick Steves, known for its beautiful, unique landscapes and endless ways ...

The most venerated site in the Christian world, the tomb today consists of a limestone shelf or burial bed that was hewn from the wall of a cave. Since at least 1555, and most likely centuries ...

If you rent a car and cut inland from the tourist-heaving Cote d’Azur north-west in the direction ... mountainous French department in south-central France, and the one with the smallest ...

Dramatic cliffs and dreamy coastlines in the West Country have ranked among the UK's most beautiful views. Lake Windermere in the Lake District took the top spot according to a newly-published public ...

You don’t have to battle tourist hordes in the world’s most-visited country. Here are 10 of its relatively less-visited but ...

The station in Chenchou, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of Medenine, also serves as a training site for herders to learn mechanised milking, which yields up to seven litres a day compared ...

"Just looking out at the sea and the palm trees, this could be the south of France," says Ed Gregory as we admire the tranquil sea from Exmouth seafront. The East Devon town has become a sanctuary ...