France is known for amazing food and wine, but the natural scenery of France’s rolling hills, mountains, and coastline is something to be rivaled. I had never heard of the Calanques until this year, ...

Two popular coves in the "Calanques" area near Marseille, among southern France's main attractions, saw visitor numbers capped on Sunday for the first time to protect their fragile ecosystem. The ...

Climbing and other low-impact sports such as canoing and hiking may be at risk at the planned Calanques National Park in France. A group called "Association des Calanques et des Hommes" is asking for ...

The Calanques National Park in southern France is at risk because of overcrowding. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP) The famous Calanques National Park in southern France is limiting entries in a bid to ...

Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, regular visitors to the south of France, used to refer to the sleepy fishing village of Cassis as "Bloomsbury-on-Méditerranée". Had Virginia owned a sturdy pair of ...

France is to trial a "visitor's permit" in the spring in Sugiton, a pristine cove on the southern French coast near the Mediterranean city of Marseille and a popular site that has been threatened for ...

Southern France has been scorched by more wild fires with the Calanques national park affected as 1,200 hectares burned across the region. There are risks of further fires in the Gard and the Rhone ...

French authorities said Monday they would begin testing limited daily permits to visit one of the most pristine coves near the Mediterranean city of Marseille, where summer crowds have sharply ...

Two popular coves in the "Calanques" area near Marseille, among southern France's main attractions, saw visitor numbers capped on June 26 for the first time to protect their fragile ecosystem. The ...