If you're in Burgundy, here's an itinerary for a great day trip from Dijon that combines history, food, and irresistible villages.| www.offbeatfrance.com
Behind the facades of the chateaux of Loire Valley lie secrets hidden by centuries of drama and mystery. Here are some of the more remarkable.| www.offbeatfrance.com
Voltaire and Emilie du Chatelet spent 15 surprising years together at the Chateau de Cirey - she was married to someone else, and he was escaping imprisonment.| www.offbeatfrance.com
Chateau Bussy Rabutin isn't like any other French château: it tells the tale of its inhabitant and of why he was kicked out of Versailles and sent home.| www.offbeatfrance.com
Here's what a day in the life of Louis XIV at Versailles was like (he couldn't even go to the bathroom alone).| www.offbeatfrance.com
France has thousands of gorgeous villages - but only 159 can call themselves Most Beautiful Villages in France. Find out which, and why.| www.offbeatfrance.com