Fresh powder: the best French ski resorts you’ve never heard of
If Chamonix is beyond your budget, don’t despair – there are plenty of small resorts offering great skiing across France. We round up some of the best
October 2016
Island mentality: how the Hebrides have shaped British culture
Writers including JM Barrie, Compton Mackenzie, George Orwell and Robert Louis Stevenson spent formative periods on the remote, wild, romantic Hebrides
October 2015
Fiona Beckett on drinks
Wine: why the Jura is a mine of new discoveries for the discerning wine lover
From chardonnay to more obscure grapes, the Jura is a rich hunting ground for less familiar wine styles
May 2015
Jura holiday guide: what to see plus the best bars, hotels and restaurants
The rolling fields, vineyards, mountain ranges and untouched forests of this region of eastern France are packed with wonderful places to eat, drink and stay
Readers' travel tips
Readers’ travel tips: holidays in France’s Jura region
Eating cheese figures strongly among our readers’ favourite activities in this hilly, rural area of eastern France. But the region, popular with skiiers and hikers in the know, offers so much more. Wine, for example
Readers' travel tips
Holidays in France's Jura region: send us your tips
What makes the eastern French region of the Jura so good for visitors? Tell us about your favourite places to stay, walks, cycle rides, shops and restaurants in the region and you could win a £200 hotel voucher
February 2013
Skiing in the real France: a run of my own
Lured by its pretty mountain villages, excellent French food and the chance of skiing one of Europe's finest cross-country routes, Peter Beaumont chills out with the locals in Jura
March 2011
New Europe: France
Big cheese: France's Haut-Jura
An eco gîte in the Jura mountains makes a great base for walking – and sampling the fine local cheeses, discovers Jo Caird
October 2006
Jura service
Where to escape the Brits in France
March 2006
France's finest on a plate
The Jura is rough and rugged country. It's definitely not somewhere you'd expect to find the best restaurant in France.
November 2005
Fondue memories
I spend the night at a border hotel, my head in France, my feet in Switzerland and my backside in no man's land. Tomorrow's destination is an isolated hill restaurant half-way up Mont d'Or in France's Haut Jura, 40 minutes' drive away.
October 2000
Water everywhere and dropped drink
Liz Myers finds mostly good manners in the Jura valleys.
