Complaints aside, the French Senate deemed loud roosters, pungent horse manure, and the like official parts of the country's rural "sensory heritage." The move is a major victory for the rural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After becoming an empty nester, I left my life behind in the US to buy a farmhouse in rural France. I've run into many issues, ...

See why Versailles is considered one of the greatest achievements in 17th-century French art. Paris sits at the crossroads of the country’s famous regions like the Loire (“Valley of the Kings”) and ...

France has passed a law protecting the “sensory heritage” of its rural areas, in the face of complaints about the noises and smells typical of the countryside. Senators voted to approve the law, which ...

All of France is charming, but its countryside is in a league of its own. Both admired and envied all over the world, it has inspired design styles, architectural styles and the works of numerous ...