Several adorable small towns in France inspired "Beauty and the Beast," but only one offers travelers a storybook escape into ...

Mazan in southern France. Picture: Christophe Simon/AFP Clancey also interviewed Diane Jeantet, a foreign correspondent now based in Paris, and they drove along the streets of the village.

Mazan used to be known as a quiet yet stunning village in the south of France. Now, it has a global reputation as a perverted ...