The common garden snail may not seem appetising, but the French have raised it to a level of luxury and international renown. Viva visits a farm where production is not as slow as you might expect.

Flip Byrnes visits some lesser-known gems in Paris and Provence.

The French capital locks in extra charm for Megan Singleton.

This is a coast of two very different halves, whose 600 kilometres is divided by the river Rhône.

As Ireland prepare to face the All Blacks at Eden Park today, Dean Parker recalls how the New Zealand battle cry influenced one of their greatest writers

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's engagement could be a long one. The actor says the couple has yet to set a wedding date.

A New Zealand man and his wife are fleeing a French island after a mob accused them of mutilating hundreds of cats.

The 775-kilometre Spanish Pilgrim Trail, which runs from St-Jean Pied-de-Port, on the French side of the Pyrennes, to Santiago De Compostella, on Spain's far north-western coast, attracts tens of thousands of walkers each year. Former nzherald.co.nz news editor Simon Winter took on the trail in 2012 - these photos document some of his journey. Click here to read Simon's blog about the trip.

The New Zealand dollar fell to a four-month low overnight amid market concern about the election of new governments in France and Greece.

Michele Hewitson ticks off the items on her Paris to-do lists and discovers even more to do.