As the water taxi pulls out of the port at Tour de la Fondue, I breathe a sigh of relief. It’s a sticky 96 degrees, and the docks are heavy with pools of day trippers awaiting the ferry. We’re all en ...

In the 2008 French film “Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis,” a goofy comedy that pokes fun at regional stereotypes, a hapless postal worker is rewarded for years of suffering in the country’s bleak north with ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Porquerolles is an island born of myth and magic, and the locals (fewer than 500 all year round, with numbers ...

I love islands. I love the idea of islands, the illusion that I am floating on the world, rather than anchored to it. I love the sense of isolation that descends with darkness, the sound of water ...

There are many ways to view art, most of them above sea level. But this is not the case on the Mediterranean island of Porquerolles, France. At Villa Carmignac, an aptly titled new exhibition ‘The ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A visit to the newly launched contemporary art museum, the Fondation Carmignac hidden away on the ...

What makes it special? The French state bought most of Porquerolles in the 1970s, meaning that it is protected from over-development Standing in the shallows, I let my toes sink into the pearl-white ...