Secret France: Charming Villages & Country Tours (AA Guides) - Softcover

The Automobile Association (Great Britain)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393319423 ISBN 13: 9780393319422

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000

Synopsis

This is the perfect companion for exploring the hidden, tranquil corners that form the rural heart of France.

This beautifully illustrated guide provides thirty-three car tours of the little-known and out-of-the-way places to see throughout France's gorgeous countryside. The country's most stunning and historic villages are presented with special features on aspects of French life including cuisine, architecture, and natural history. Carefully researched, the detailed maps and thorough descriptions offer delightful journeys to France's hidden treasures. Replete with color photographs, this guide is immensely practical while capturing the splendor of "secret" France. Color photographs; maps

About this title

About the Author:

The Automobile Association (Great Britain) has been publishing travel guides since around 1910; and by 1929 they were issuing 239,000 routes a year. In 2003 this number had risen to a staggering 32 million. The AA (Great Britain) has always produced routes and travel guides, a business activity that has grown rapidly in recent years – AA Publishing is now the UK's largest travel publisher, producing more than 8 million books in 2003. Begining in 1912 the AA also started to inspect hotels, and those receiving the AA's famous star classification were included in subsequent editions of the Members' Handbook. Today the association inspects and rates more than 8,000 hotels and bed and breakfast establishments each year and review almost 2,000 restaurants, publishing the results in a series of annual guides.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0393319423
• ISBN 13: 9780393319422
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256