This was our first stop during a weeklong trek along a towpath paralleling the Nantes-Brest Canal starting in Redon, a town founded in the 9th century, and ending in Pontivy, home to exceptional ...

I recently took a stroll through a charming town in France that, because of its many canals and bridges — I was told it has 131 overpasses — is known as the Venice of the area. While some ...