About 80 kilometers southwest of Paris stands the city of Chartres, one of whose main cultural attractions is its Gothic cathedral built between 1194 and 1220. It was built in the same place where ...

Exactly 753 years ago today, the famous Chartres Cathedral in France was dedicated and opened to the world. And the world came. Visitors still trek to Chartres to bask in the cathedral’s ...

DONNA VARNAU fell in love with Chartres Cathedral when she lived in France years ago. She was so smitten with its famous labyrinth that she replicated its design in the back garden of her Edmonds home ...

You can't get lost in a labyrinth. There are no tricks to it, no deceptive passageways or dead ends. One meandering path coils into the center, and you exit where you entered, letting the labyrinth ...

CHARTRES, France — I was hooked on this small hilltop town when I heard about the river jousting. Gazing down from the center of town, I was tracing the curves of a long-demolished Roman amphitheater.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. Labyrinths have been used for the past 2,000 years–by the Romans and ...

The voices of vacationers partying at cafes faded as I left Chartres' picture-postcard main square and entered the dusky nave of the cathedral. Blinking until my eyes adjusted, I stared up at dozens ...

Every Tuesday evening, men and women carrying yoga mats converge at Grace Church Cathedral. They come from all parts of San Francisco to this sacred space in Nob Hill. Darren Main, a well-known and ...

“With the weight I bear, I sometimes forget to breathe. I am thankful for the opportunity to just stop what I am doing for a moment and just be here by myself.” —Labyrinth journal, Seattle Cancer Care ...

Thanks to a donation in honor to a father, a labyrinth — 'designed to be a walking meditation' — has been added in the ...

The labyrinth is an ancient idea made new. The spiral design has been around since before recorded history, though no one is sure where the pattern originated or why. In Neolithic times, labyrinths ...