Vacation like a billionaire on the Côte d'Azur in this opulent French town with beaches, historic villas, and views of the ...

Au revoir, bare breasts. Bonjour, conservatism. According to an Elle magazine poll, the new generation of French women are rejecting going topless while sunbathing. Only 2 percent of French women ...

PARIS, France (AP) – The French resort of Cannes has banned full-body, head-covering swimsuits from its beaches, citing security reasons – a measure some are decrying as a discriminatory anti-Muslim ...

The law in France states beaches belong to the public, yet on many parts of the coast, especially the French Riviera, much of the pristine sand has been privatised. Over half of the beaches in Italy ...

Can an app help fight sexual harassment on public beaches? The southern French city of Marseille thinks so. Reporter Rebecca Rosman went to find out more. (SOUNDBITE OF WAVES CRASHING) REBECCA ROSMAN, ...

It takes a lot to shock on a French beach, where topless sunbathing is the norm. But giant bricks of cocaine littering the beaches have managed to raise a few eyebrows. Packages of “very pure” cocaine ...