Bike at your own pace, eat from the markets, tarry at castles: a do-it-yourself tour with outfitter support Two wheels and the road sustained me and my bike-loving husband for many years of ...

A reader once asked me if I were to bring a spry, 73-year-old grandmother to Europe, where would I go? My response: France's Dordogne River Valley. I'd take her for a float down the river in a canoe, ...

A reader once asked me if I were to bring a spry, 73-year-old grandmother to Europe, where would I go? My response: France’s Dordogne River Valley. I’d take her for a float down the river in a canoe, ...

France’s Dordogne River weaves past castles and greenery in the heart of Southwest France. A once vital highway, travel France's Dordogne River via traditional boats through the green heart of ...

I was first sent to the Dordogne Valley in southwestern France more than two decades ago to shoot a story about a truffle farmer for a food magazine. It was late November, the weather was bleak, there ...

The author points directly at the hole in a rock wall in Groléjac where he left two cans of strong beer. Come get them. Photo by Alastair Bland I leave behind me a trail of beers. No, I’m not ...

Get Travel Insider with Simon Calder. A newsletter packed with tips, deals, inspiration, and the latest travel news Get the Travel Insider newsletter with Simon Calder Isn’t the Dordogne heaving with ...

A reader once asked me if I were to bring a spry, 73-year-old grandmother to Europe, where would I go? My response: France's Dordogne River Valley. I'd take her for a float down the river in a canoe, ...