Want a weekend away in France but don’t fancy flying or going to London to catch a Eurostar train? Then take the night boat to Caen instead, and enjoy a weekend laden with food, travel, culture and ...

Seth Sherwood lives in Paris and is a longtime contributor to the Travel section. Inextricably tied to the D-Day invasion of World War II, this northern French region of orchards, dairies, horse farms ...

Harriet O’Brien is an award-winning author, freelance travel writer and contributing editor to Conde Nast Traveller magazine. Her work has taken her from Amsterdam to Amritsar, Belgium to Burma and of ...

There is a slight dip of the wings, and a surge of noise from the engine as the plane alters its direction. Suddenly, Normandy is there below me – a patchwork quilt of farms, fields and orchards, sewn ...

Memorial Sculpture to the 3rd British Infantry Division in front of Caen Castle, July 2004 (60th Anniversary). It reads 'To the memory of the men of the 3rd British Infantry Division one of the ...

Memorial Sculpture to the 3rd British Infantry Division in front of Caen Castle, July 2004 (60th Anniversary). It reads 'To the memory of the men of the 3rd British Infantry Division one of the ...