Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover travel, culture, design and hotels worldwide. The Alsace village of Hunspach has been one of the official Most Beautiful ...

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Tucked away along the eastern border of France is a tiny, colorful village known for its perfectly preserved medieval charm and distinctive half-timbered houses. It was named the “Preferred Village of ...

Hunspach, a diminutive village of 652 inhabitants in Alsace, north-eastern France, was selected in a TV poll by some 700,000 viewers. It’s the third Alsatian village to claim the title of the annual ...

The French province of Alsace stands like a flower-child referee between Germany and France. Bounded by the Rhine River on the east and the Vosges Mountains on the west, this is a green region of ...

Alsace is so perfect that you sometimes wonder if it’s for real. Well, yes it is. This is not Disneyland although the fairy tale villages along the Alsatian route de vin, the wine road, almost make ...

The region is a French-German cultural hybrid with turreted castles, pretty villages and a hearty cuisine. Alsace is a cultural hybrid with its Germanic dialect and French sense of fashion, its love ...

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EGUISHEIM, France — As an illustrator for children's books, Lina Nordin Gee needs her brushes and her imagination. "Often I get this vision of what I want. And, it's just trying to get that down on ...