When people think of the French Riviera, they think of scenic Côte d'Azur coastlines along beautiful blue waters, quaint and gorgeous French beach towns that are full of charm, and a slower pace of ...
SAINTE-CROIX du VERDON, France — At the pristine southern French lake of Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon, tourists in pedal boats and on white water rafts - and the businesses that welcome them - have been ...
The apparently pristine Gerardmer lake in the Vosges mountains of eastern France conceals a bleak legacy of 20th-century conflict -- dozens of tonnes of unexploded ordnance from the two world wars.
"We are only currently at 15 million cubic meters (of water in the lake), which represents about 25% of the maximum filling rate. At this time of year, we are usually closer to a 60% filling rate.