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Bad parenting is often to blame for misbehaving kids.

Banning adults-only hotels is insane. Most children are intolerable

As a stressed adult, I have a list of things that relax me on holiday, and the presence of children isn’t one of them.

  • Mark C. O’Flaherty
View of Rocamadour, France.

Forgotten France: 10 stunning regions most visitors overlook

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

  • Brian Johnston
Without Latour-Marliac, Monet may never have had his lilies.

This French garden inspired some of the world’s most famous paintings

Without the world’s first water lily nursery at Latour-Marliac, Monet may never have had any lilies to paint.

  • Chrissie McClatchie
Nice Old Town.

Port guide: Nice, France

The French Riviera has more glamorous towns, but if you want two millennia of history, a down-to-earth attitude and great art museums, this is the one to visit.

  • Brian Johnston
Notre-Dame de Paris’ iconic west facade after five years of restoration works.

Return visitors to revitalised Notre-Dame cathedral will be astonished

Intrigue over the notorious 2019 blaze has become a key element in experiencing the world-famous cathedral.

  • Katherine Scott
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Place la Bourse in Bordeaux.

Port guide: Bordeaux, France

Bordeaux is a lively, graceful city with more heritage-listed buildings than anywhere else in France except Paris – and famous vineyards nearby.

  • Brian Johnston
Pot-au-feu is a simple French dish of meat and vegetables.

Feu or pho? The French dish that probably inspired the Vietnamese classic

Pot-au-feu is a French classic, a one-pot wonder, a dish of meat simmered over many hours with vegetables and a bouquet garni.

  • Ben Groundwater
Maison Empereur in Marseille is a hardware store turned general store that has been operating for close to 200 years. Now you can stay there as well as shop there.

The beautiful, 200-year-old French store where you can stay the night

If you love this traditional and beloved store’s aesthetic and philosophy, an apartment stay is the ultimate immersion.

  • Justine Costigan
It’s not a great feeling when a waiter responds to your attempt to order in the local language by talking to you in English.

I made a fool of myself attempting the local language overseas

Nothing is worse than possessing a dangerous arsenal of foreign language fragments and an over-enthusiasm for deploying them.

  • Julietta Jameson
Super spread... a wide selection of butter brands and flavours at La Grande Epicerie de Paris.

When friends found out I was going to Paris, they all wanted one thing

Butter is the hero of innumerable dishes in France, where its quality is strictly enforced by law. The big problem is getting it home to Australia.

  • Shaney Hudson

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