Product Description

This work includes increased pages and more detailed coverage targeting repeat visitors to the region. It features interviews with locals throughout the text help readers discover the insider Provence & the Cote d'Azur. It contains new 16 page colour highlights section, with maps and images of themes unique to Provence. It includes more DIY content, reflecting travellers' needs to forge their own path. It offers cheeky tips on how to snare a millionaire in Cannes, Monaco or St Tropez. It provides excellent coverage to get the most out of this famous region of hilltop towns, Provencale cuisine and fantastic wine.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #180709 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 456 pages

Book Jacket
From the golden Riviera to the snow-kissed Alps--this is a practical guide to southern France. Whether you want to dip into the region's cultural treasures and its sky-blue seas, follow in the footsteps of Matisse, or simply eat your way around, this guide will prove indispensable.

*42 detailed maps

*special food & wine section with recipes from the region's top chefs

*festival listings and how to get tickets for Cannes, Avignon and the Monaco Grand Prix

*accommodation for every budget: camping, chambres d'hote, wine chateaux, century-old mills

*essential information for outdoor pursuits, from selling France's highest cliffs to riding the most spectacular canyon in Europe

Customer Reviews

A top guide for a top place
At long last I've got my hands on a well-written and lively guide to this fun part of the world. The author takes you round the region with solid assurance that this is the place to be, and gives you a real insight its culture and heritage. The recipes are a useful addition and the wine-tasting hints and wine map of the region give it something that would-be wine buffs (like me) will find useful. The pictures are pleasing and the text is accurate, and though the book is not as good a companion as my dog, it aided my trip no-end.

For something honest and often amusing, look no further.

Sun, Sea and some very good info.
This book like the Lonely Planet France is very easy to use and is filled with a wealth of information ranging from the cheap places to stay but also the best things to see and do. Unlike other travel books it is very readable. It is well worth buying as all the information I used seemed to be bang up todate, it saved me time and money.

Complete, Consise, Hip
Here's a practical guidebook that isn't dry and boring!

It includes plenty of detailed info on places to see & things to do, and it's written in a lively hip style for an easy read & reference.

As an adopted local, I can tell that the tips on what to do have been thoroughly researched and tested. What's inside? You might learn about the Lavender Festivals with their colourful parades and floats, but the book will also let you in on how to discover fragrant lavender-strewn hills with a donkey, or with a bike. You'll learn about the Via Ferrata of Haute-Provence. You'll experience the scents of Grasse flowery perfumes. You'll read about the Top 5 St Tropez legendary beaches.
The highlighted activities are geared toward a young to mid-aged crowd.

The accommodation section is helpful and organized by price (Budget, Midrange, Top end). Ditto for restaurants.

My only criticism is that the book lacks in photos. Only a few are squeezed in a couple of up-front sections.

Still, it's one of my favorite local guides: complete, lively & recommended.