Many of the region's lodging options are also historical, dating back to the emergence of the Cape's popularity as a travel spot in the 19th century. In fact, the oldest inn on Cape Cod dates all the ...

Clinging perilously to a perch above the quietly bubbling Dordogne River are the creamy yellow peaks of Château de la Treyne. The property, located over 300 miles south of Paris and two hours east of ...

Relais & Châteaux, the network of 540 high-end hotels and restaurants around the world, is an exclusive club to begin with—but within it there's a even more elite organization open only to the most ...

Choosing which Loire Valley châteaux to visit is both a delightful and challenging dilemma, one that quickly becomes ...

Château de la Treyne on the Dordogne River, France is owned by outgoing Relais & Châteaux president Philippe Gombert and his wife Stéphanie. Filling up Venice’s sumptuous La Fenice opera house, 750 ...

When the hotel and restaurant association Relais & Châteaux was established in 1954, Laurent Gardinier’s family was running a champagne label, Lucien Gardinier. Though the wine brand no longer exists ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about luxury travel, food and wine. Gombert comes from a family of Parisian hoteliers. He began his career in the hotel ...

A French expression that the English stole from us years ago defines mirages as “castles in Spain,” no doubt by way of contrast to those in France, which are a very tangible reality. In France there ...

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