It was a clear, sunny day in Pau – perfect for a languid stroll along the Boulevard des Pyrénées. This is one of the more unusual urban appendages in provincial France, being 2km long and ...

Hotel Continental, 2 rue Maréchal Foch (0033 559 276 931, www.continental-pau.com). £43 This old coaching inn a few minutes from the château is in the historic Hédas area.

Nicholas Lowry was assembling a collection of travel posters for his Nov. 23 auction when he came across one from 1914 intended for British audiences. Its pitch? “Travel to France,” says Lowry ...

Artworks from Elbe, a Paris shop that specializes in antique travel posters. “For a long time, this art was neglected or destroyed,” owner Grégoire Déon said.

Those are two patterns I noticed when I explored a collection of nearly 300 vintage travel posters at ... while others like Air India, United Airlines, and Air France are going strong. Travel ...