Skip the lines in Paris and visit these picturesque towns and villages, where the crowds are fewer and the pace is slower.

France's Alsace region is a quiet beauty located in the northeastern corner of the country, and it might just have it all. It’s a region densely populated with small family-run wineries, miles of ...

Alsace is having a culinary moment—a moment that’s lasted for several hundred years. “Farm-to-table isn’t some newly coined phrase for what’s occurring now in Alsace; it’s the way it’s always been,” ...

Until European travel becomes fully open to Americans, here's a reminder of the fun that awaits us in Europe. Biking down a newly paved but skinny one-lane service road through lush vineyards, I ...

France's easternmost region, Alsace, is also one of its most enchanting — thanks largely to its location. Pressed up against the German border, along the Rhine, the region flip-flopped between Germany ...

Step into a winter wonderland in Colmar, Alsace, where the Old Town sparkles with festive lights and decorations. The charming historic streets blend beautifully with the enchanting Christmas ...

When a wine-lover visits a wine region, it’s easy to forget there’s more to agriculture than grapes. In July, in Colmar, the absurdly picturesque town at the heart of the Alsace vineyards, Petit Jean ...

The region had been German since 1871, which made a mark on the institutions and the people. Jean-Marie Woehrling, the president of the Alsatian Cultural and Bilingualism Centre and the president of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover travel, culture, design and hotels worldwide. The Alsace village of Hunspach has been one of the official Most Beautiful ...

ON the east side of the circle of statues to French cities that bounds the Place de la Concorde, the female figure representing Strasbourg, capital of Alsace-Lorraine, for many years sat draped in ...