Since at least the 1990s, people have been hailing the make over of France's Languedoc. By far the country's largest vineyard area,it hugs the sunny Mediterranean coastline from the Pyrenees on the ...

Languedoc-Roussillon is the French Mediterranean in third gear, with a comfortable shabby-chic charm all its own. One of its great assets is that it scrunches a lot of exciting geography in a small ...

What's in the name? Languedoc literally means "language of yes" – langue d'oc – but obviously something goes missing in translation. "Oc" was how the Occitan-speaking inhabitants of this part of south ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about wine, travel and lifestyle from a base in France The section on the Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France has two ...

The wide beach at Roussillon, on France's Languedoc coast, is known as Argelès-Plage and is popular with families and watersports enthusiasts. In a six-mile stretch, this beach has everything. To the ...

The seemingly sleepy Occitanie area in the South of France—stretching from the lavender-studded Provence to the Pyrenees—is wrapped in acres of vineyard, sunflower meadows, and dotted with chateaux.

With its wealth of historic towns, varied natural beauty, and great food and wine, this region in south-west France is a real delight, says Mary Novakovich What's in the name? Languedoc literally ...