Activities

India

Licensed to thrill

Peter Foster A justifiably nervous Peter Foster gears up to take on the Delhi traffic.

Tigers

Time-out in tiger territory

Felicia Stewart India's hunting ban makes shooting a tiger with a camera easier, writes Felicia Stewart.

Athens

An ancient city reborn

Stick a cork in the retsina, Athens has gone upmarket, Mike Gerrard writes.

Paros

When things take a turn for the worse

Danielle Teutsch The romance of Greece was too topsy-turvy for Danielle Teutsch.

Rhine

Set a course for a voyage into history

Rosemarie Milsom Let Germany come to you as you cruise the Rhine, Rosemarie Milsom writes.

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Feast your senses

The freshness and flavours of Pacific cuisine are at their best in Fiji, writes Winsor Dobbin.

Rouen

In the footsteps of a saint

Danielle Teutsch If you like your cities scrubbed clean and modern, blinking with lights and shiny with polished metal, then Rouen is not for you, Danielle Teutsch writes.

France

Too far to be famous?

Alice Cairns The rugged Jura country is not where you'd expect to find the best restaurant in France, Alice Cairns writes.

Food and wine

Don't tell the French it's cheesy

It's a cuisine that's not for the easily queasy, still a whole nation is very fond of it, Danielle Teutsch writes.

France

Degustation in Dijon

David Whitley In the home of haute cuisine, David Whitley embarks on a gastronomic mission to eat as many local delicacies as possible in one day.

Montpellier

Tickets, please

Rick Allen Come September, Aussies will invade Languedoc for the Rugby World Cup.

Cheese

Quality in every whiff

Johanna Hegerty The cheese roads of Auvergne can take some interesting turns along the whey, Johanna Hegerty writes.

Marseilles

On the seedy side

Kevin Barry Tarty old Marseilles is in no danger of becoming respectable, reports Kevin Barry.

Normandy

Art and history on a wintry waterway

Danielle Teutsch If you have a good waterproof jacket and a taste for history and buttery pastry, Upper Normandy is fascinating.

Food

Finding the perfect French restaurant

Robyn Tolhurst Ditch Parisian gastro-temples for rural France, where the food can have richer flavours and the service less attitude. Bon appetit!

Paris

In search of a classic bistro

Mark Bittman discovers there are plenty of bistros left in Paris where you can get a great, reasonably priced meal.

Provence

Summer in the house of scorpions

Rod Jones The Luberon region of Provence, home of the Marquis de Sade, has never quite rid itself of its history of turmoil. But as Rod Jones discovers, there is also peace in abundance.