ÎLE D’OUESSANT, France — From this farthest edge of France, where the rain comes horizontally off the ocean, there is nothing on the horizon except waves and lighthouses, marking the line between land ...

A French helicopter pilot had a very close call this week when his aircraft took a nosedive over a historic lighthouse in the Brittany region and caught fire, as seen in a dramatic video. The incident ...

We take you to the westernmost point of France; the last piece of civilisation before the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean. Ouessant, located 25 kilometres off the Finistère coast in Brittany, is a ...

When I decided to visit Finistère in the Brittany region of France, I thought: "... that land that lies at the edge of Europe, its coast dotted with lighthouses that warn ships of its hazardous shores ...

Battered by the wind and swell for 400 years and nicknamed the "king of lighthouses", France's Cordouan beacon on Saturday won recognition from UNESCO. The Barron's ...