If you’re someone whose life (to misquote Barbie's Ken) is beach, France is a great place to be – not including its overseas territories, it boasts nearly 3,500km of coastline, taking in the ...

An aerial view shows the The Hollow Needle of Etretat and its deserted beach, Normandy, western France (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP) The Local asked readers for their top tips for places to visit along ...

Between October 2024 and September 2025, Paris-Phuket had around 197,000 round-trip passengers (540 daily). Everyone flew via ...

Its sheer slopes might be a cult off-piste ski destination and a haven for helmeted hardcores, but La Grave resort in France sits at an existential crossroads. An aging, solitary cable car is the ...

After abruptly closing in March 2020, France's alpine ski resorts have reopened. But this year you'll need more than just goggles and a lift pass. In France, downhill skiing came to a halt with the ...

With almost 54 million skier visits annually, France ranks as the world’s second-most popular ski destination behind the United States. But diminishing snow poses a major threat to the sustainability ...

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) -- Vail Resorts Inc. says holders of its Epic Pass also can get five days of skiing at Les 3 Vallees in France next season. Next season's pass already offered five consecutive ...

European skiing has been in the news a lot this year, and understandably so - storm after storm has dumped snow all over the Alps, breaking 30-year records in many spots, and no one I spoke to over ...