France 10 (Lonely Planet) - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 1742200362 ISBN 13: 9781742200361

Publisher: GeoPlaneta, 2013

Synopsis

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher

Lonely Planet France is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Soak up the beauty of a Parisian sidewalk cafe, stroll along the Champs-Elysees, or set off on a Champagne-soaked day-trip in Reims; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of France and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet France Travel Guide:

• Full-colour maps and images throughout
• Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests
• Insider tips save you time and money and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
• Essential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices
• Honest reviews for all budgets - including eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
• Cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including customs, history, art, architecture, politics, food, and wine
• Free, convenient pull-out Paris map (included in print version), plus over 110 colour neighbourhood maps
• Useful features - including Walking Tours, Month-by-Month (annual festival calendar), and Travel with Children
• Coverage includes Paris, Lille, Flanders, Normandy, Champagne, Alsace, Lorraine, Brittany, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Lyon, French Alps, French Basque Country, Pyrenees, Toulouse, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence, French Riviera, Monaco, Corsica, Limousin, Massif Central, the Atlantic Coast, and more

The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet France, our most comprehensive guide to France, is perfect for those planning to both explore the top sights and take the road less travelled.

• Looking for just the highlights of France? Check out Lonely Planet's Discover France, a photo-rich guide to the country's most popular attractions.
• Looking for a guide on Paris? Check out Lonely Planet's Paris guide for a comprehensive look at all the city has to offer, Lonely Planet's Discover Paris, a photo-rich guide to the city's most popular attractions, or Lonely Planet's Pocket Paris, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip.

Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Nicola Williams, Alexis Averbuck, Catherine Le Nevez, Daniel Robinson, Emilie Filou, Jean-Bernard Carillet, John A. Vlahides, Kerry Christiani, Miles Roddis, Oliver Berry, Steve Fallon, Stuart Butler, and Tom Masters.

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.

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Review:

Lonely Planet France (Travel Guide)

Welcome to France

A country that seduces travelers with its unfalteringly familiar culture woven around café terraces, village-square markets and lace-curtained bistros with their plat du jour (dish of the day) chalked on the board.

France Outdoors 3D Map of Versailles

Cultural Savoir Faire

France is all about world-class art and architecture, Roman temples and Renaissance châteaux, iconic landmarks known the world over, and rising stars few yet know. Stroll the lily-clad gardens Monet painted and savour un café (an espresso) at the Parisian café where Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir met to philosophise. See glorious pasts blaze forth and imagine the life of a French king at bourgeois Versailles. View tomorrow’s art stars in squats secreted in abandoned 19th-century Haussmann mansions in Paris, or at new headline-grabbing museums up north. Drink cocktails in a shabby-chic Nantes warehouse. Listen to Marseille rap and Parisian jazz. Sense the subtle infusion of language, music and mythology in Brittany, brought by 5th-century Celtic invaders. Yes, French culture offers never-ending possibilities to fill any stay in France.

Food Experiences

Indulging in the country’s extraordinary wealth and variety of gastronomic pleasures is reason alone to travel in France. From north to south, every region safeguards its own unique culinary products and traditions, while dining well is a value shared by all.

Wine, Glorious Wine

Lonely Planet France Offers

• Top Experiences
• What's New
• Itineraries
• Eat & Drink Like a Local
• Travel with Children
• Regions at a Glance

About the Author:

A British writer living on the southern (French) side of Lake Geneva in a house with lake and Jura mountain views, Nicola is well and truly spoilt...so much so that she only eats in places that cook up real McCoy lake fish (most comes from Eastern Europe) and if the sky is not blue she refuses to ski. A journalist by trade, she worked in the Baltic region as a newspaper features editor and later as In Your Pocket city-guide editor for several years before trading in Lithuanian cepelinai for Lyonnais andouillette in 1997. She has authored numerous titles for Lonely Planet, including first editions of The Loire, Provence & the Côte d'Azur and Languedoc-Roussillon.

About this edition

• Publisher: GeoPlaneta
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1742200362
• ISBN 13: 9781742200361
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1008