It was the nude fisherman who signalled our return to civilisation. For two days we had been kayaking down the serpentine twists and turns of the Ardèche River through a canyon of towering limestone ...

Police in kayaks patrol the Ardeche River in south central France which is popular among holiday makers. Photo: AFP A family holiday in France was hit by tragedy on Sunday after two Dutch brothers ...

Ask any pub-quiz champion which is the longest river in France and they will tell you it is the mighty Loire. But they may be stumped if asked to tell you where it starts. The answer is deep down in ...

17:11, Sat, Apr 14, 2018 Updated: 17:33, Sat, Apr 14, 2018 Mid-afternoon on a Sunday and the Pont d’Arc was a hive of activity. Shrieks of laughter reverberated across the river as a group of ...

Traditionally, regions such as Brittany with its home-from-home feel or the more risque Riviera have been the stomping grounds of the British, but fewer of us it seems, have ventured into the Ardeche.

I arrived at the vineyard and farmhouse B&B, Notre-Dame de Cousignac, ready for action. This was, after all, the gateway to the Ardèche, one of France's most celebrated activity hot spots, a ...

Ask any pub-quiz champion which is the longest river in France and they will tell you it is the mighty Loire. But they may be stumped if asked to tell you where it starts. The answer is deep down in ...