When our children were 11 and 9, young enough to still be entirely inside the family circle but old enough to remember, we splurged on a “once in a lifetime vacation” and rented a small farmhouse in ...

The Dordogne département of southwest France is internationally renowned for more than medieval castles and foie gras cuisine. It is also laden with a generous smattering of pre-historic sites that ...

correctionAn earlier version of the map accompanying this story noted the location of the Saint-Cyprien in the Pyrenees-Orientales department. The map has been updated. When our children were 11 and 9 ...

Rudy samples the best Bordeaux then cruises the Dordogne and Lot rivers, with stops at chateaux, ancient watermills, and perched villages. Cooking classes and an underground adventure to see ...