Beneath Paris lies a world of secrets—catacombs, crypts, and tunnels. Step back in time with our Subterranean Tourist Series ...

Recognizable for its pointed arches and rib vaults, Gothic architecture was Europe’s primary building style for cathedrals from the late 12th to the 16th century. It evolved from its heavier, rounder ...

Paris is an unforgettable place, but the City of Lights can get crowded -- and expensive. Not too far away, though, is another charming French destination.

Rick Steves' Europe. Chartres, France: Pure Gothic Cathedral. Clip: Season 8 Episode 804 | 2m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. A great side trip from Paris is the city of Chartres — and its ...

Paris is famous for its gorgeous historic streets, Gothic cathedral and, of course, the hordes of tourist s who flock there every year. If you love the idea of a French getaway, but hate the thought ...

The charming city of Chartres is just an hour's drive from Paris and has all of the capital's charm - but without the hordes ...

By the time some 600 firefighters had doused the fire’s final flames, much of Notre Dame, a jewel of Gothic architecture, lay in ruins. The 315-foot spire that had graced the Parisian skyline ...

A fire broke out on Thursday in the spire of Rouen's Gothic cathedral where restoration work was underway, recalling a blaze that tore through the roof of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in 2019 ...

By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Paris (CNN) — Five years after it was nearly destroyed in a devastating fire, Notre Dame de Paris formally reopened on Saturday with a two-hour ceremony inside the famed ...