Gleaming metal balls from France flew through the air last weekend as many passersby wondered about all the people wandering around wearing straw Ricard hats. With the number of different languages ...

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Old Town’s Fontaine Caffe & Creperie celebrates Bastille Day with a two-course, prix fixe cider-and-crepe menu, available for $15.95 at lunch and $19.95 at dinner. On Bastille Day, there’s no better ...

Pétanque is a game that's been enjoyed for more than 100 years in France. Beginners quickly pick it up, but players get hooked as they learn the subtleties of competitive play. Here are the basic ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. There’s secession afoot amid La Boule NY, the 40-year-old group devoted to the French bocce-like game ...

Pétanque - pronounced "pay-tank", sometimes called boules, is a game that can be enjoyed by all the family and socially with friends for fun or more competitively up to European and World Championship ...

In France, and especially in Marseille, petanque or boules is played on every corner. How does it work? Petanque is a beloved French ball game, deeply rooted in Marseille's culture. Played by all ages ...

Pétanque, one of France's most beloved sports, has yet to secure its place as an Olympic discipline but it's still a favourite pastime. As Paris prepares to host the Olympics next week, a popular ...

Petanque players practice at the Montmartre Petanque Club 'CLAP' in Paris on April 21, 2024. Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP If you thought Pétanque was just a bunch of Pastis-sipping elderly men idly ...

A Parisian organization helps vulnerable, isolated, and sick people return to physical activity thanks to the traditional French sport of pétanque. Its effects on physical and mental well-being are ...