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, ...

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 ...

A French designer spills her best decor secrets. Many of us dream of retiring to southern France — or at the very least, spending a relaxing week in the beautiful French countryside. Gorgeous rustic ...

The differences between ocean, river and canal cruising are vast. One of the clearest emerged the evening before French Country Waterways’ eight-passenger luxury barge, Princess, overnighted beside a ...

I knew my new life in rural France had officially gone off the rails when I found a 2-ton cow in my swimming pool one morning. I heard a "whoosh," then saw her: an enormous brown and white shape ...