Owned and operated by the luxury hotel group Heloise’s Choice, Villa Clarisse was the first property in Île de Ré that was developed by Olivia de Calvez. In 2011, de Calvez oversaw and orchestrated ...

A person walking on the Saint-Martin-de-Ré street on L’ile de Re, southwestern France during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by XAVIER LEOTY / AFP) Add The Local as a preferred source The tiny island ...

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"What is exciting and quite unique is to find various objects from as far as Ireland, England, the Netherlands and Germany buried with the corpses in this part of western France, in the late 8th ...

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New England meets Cornwall on this tiny island in the Atlantic, France's best-kept secret. The Ile de Ré is the playground of the discreet Parisian jet-set and aristocratically bohemian artists, who ...

Dreaming of a European Christmas without snowstorms or crowds? On France's Atlantic coast, Île de Re trades ski chalets for lighthouses and sleigh bells for the sound of waves against the harbour wall ...