The table is the heart of the holiday season in France, with flavors from Alsace to Provence.

Public holidays are referred to as national holidays in France and are also called fêtes or jours fériés. They are very important to the French as they firmly believe in a good life-work balance and ...

Holiday travelers can't miss these dessert traditions, from Bûche de Noël in the United Kingdom to Buñuelos in Mexico City to ...

PARIS — The French government proposed cutting two public holidays per year to boost economic growth as part of a budget plan that it billed as a “moment of truth” to avoid a financial crisis. But in ...

France’s prime minister proposed on Tuesday the elimination of two public holidays from the country’s annual calendar — possibly Easter Monday and the day marking the Allied victory over the Nazis — ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The French government thinks the country has too many days off for its own good, but its proposal to cull some public holidays may not produce much of an economic benefit. Prime ...

La rentrée is fast approaching and summer holiday travellers are heading back home, prompting Bison Futé to issue one last nationwide summer holiday red travel warning - indicating very difficult ...

Courchevel is at one end of the world’s largest lift-linked ski area, the Trois Vallées, which has 600km of pistes and 158 ...

FRANCE is to scrap two bank holidays to help its economy - but risks intense public scrutiny for doing so. Despite the move being perceived as drastic by the French, the leisure-loving nation still ...