Lonely Planet France

by Gray, Jeremy; Fallon, Steve; Hellander, Paul; Robinson, Daniel; Roddis, Miles; Williams, Nicola

• ISBN13: 9781864501513
• ISBN10: 1864501510
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Summary

Including a special illustrated section on France's renowned cuisine and wine, this guide features informed recommendations on places to stay, from rural campsites to Renaissance chateaux. 48 color photos. 140 maps.

Table of Contents

The Authors	9	(2)
This Book	11	(3)
Foreword	14	(3)
Introduction	17	(2)
Facts About France	19	(38)
History	19	(10)
Geography	29	(1)
Geology	29	(1)
Climate	30	(1)
Ecology & Environment	31	(1)
Flora & Fauna	31	(2)
Government & Politics	33	(2)
Economy	35	(1)
Population & People	36	(1)
Education	37	(1)
Philosophy	38	(1)
Arts	38	(17)
Society & Conduct	55	(1)
Religion	55	(2)
Facts for the Visitor	57	(80)
Highlights	57	(1)
Suggested Itineraries	57	(1)
Planning	57	(3)
Responsible Tourism	60	(1)
Tourist Offices	60	(1)
Documents	61	(3)
Embassies & Consulates	64	(2)
Customs	66	(1)
Money	66	(5)
Post & Communications	71	(4)
Internet Resources	75	(2)
Books	77	(2)
Newspapers & Magazines	79	(1)
Films	80	(1)
CD-ROMs	80	(1)
Radio	80	(1)
TV	81	(1)
Video Systems	81	(1)
Photography & Video	81	(1)
Time	82	(1)
Electricity	82	(2)
Health	84	(6)
Women Travellers	90	(1)
Gay & Lesbian Travellers	91	(1)
Disabled Travellers	91	(1)
Senior Travellers	92	(1)
Travel With Children	92	(1)
Dangers & Annoyances	92	(3)
Emergency	95	(1)
Legal Matters	95	(1)
Business Hours	96	(1)
Public Holidays & Special Events	96	(1)
Activities	97	(6)
Courses	103	(2)
Work	105	(1)
Accommodation	106	(5)
Meals In France	111	(1)
Types Of Eateries	111	(1)
Food Shopping	112	(18)
Food & Wine	113	(17)
Drinks	130	(1)
Entertainment	131	(3)
Spectator Sports	134	(2)
Shopping	136	(1)
Getting There & Away	137	(13)
Air	137	(5)
Land	142	(3)
Sea	145	(4)
Organised Tours	149	(1)
Getting Around	150	(16)
Air	150	(1)
Bus	150	(1)
Train	151	(4)
Car & Motorcycle	155	(8)
Bicycling	163	(1)
Hitching	164	(1)
Boat	164	(1)
Local Transport	165	(1)
Organised Tours	165	(1)
Paris	166	(111)
Orientation	167	(1)
Information	168	(6)
Louvre	174	(3)
Les Halles	177	(2)
Marais	179	(2)
Bastille	181	(1)
Ile de la Cite	181	(3)
Ile St-Louis	184	(1)
Jardin Des Plantes	184	(1)
Latin Quarter	185	(1)
St-Germain & Luxembourg	186	(1)
Montparnasse	187	(1)
Faubourg St-Germain	188	(2)
Eiffel Tower Area	190	(1)
Place de la Concorde Area	191	(1)
Champs-Elysees Area	192	(21)
Opera	213	(1)
10e Arrondissement	213	(1)
Bercy	214	(1)
13e & 14e Arrondissements	214	(1)
Montmartre	215	(1)
La Villette	216	(1)
Menilmontant & Belleville	217	(1)
Bois de Boulogne	218	(1)
Bois de Vincennes	219	(1)
Activities	220	(1)
Courses	220	(1)
Orgasnised Tours	220	(2)
Special Events	222	(1)
Places To Stay	223	(15)
Places To Eat	238	(14)
Entertainment	252	(10)
Spectator Sports	262	(1)
Shopping	263	(4)
Getting There & Away	267	(2)
Getting Around	269	(8)
Around Paris	277	(25)
La Defense	277	(4)
St-Denis	281	(2)
Disneyland Paris	283	(1)
Versailles	284	(5)
Fontainebleau	289	(4)
Chantilly	293	(4)
Chartres	297	(5)
Far Northern France	302	(36)
Lille	302	(7)
Calais	309	(5)
Around Calais	314	(1)
Cote d' Opale	314	(2)
Boulogne-Sur-Mer	316	(4)
Dunkirk	320	(1)
Arras	320	(4)
Battle of the Somme Memorials	324	(4)
Amiens	328	(4)
Beauvais	332	(2)
Compiegne	334	(2)
Laon	336	(2)
Normandy	338	(45)
Rouen & Cote d'Albatre	340	(1)
Rouen	340	(6)
Les Andelys	346	(1)
Giverny	346	(2)
Dieppe	348	(3)
Cote d'Albatre	351	(1)
Fecamp	352	(1)
Le Havre	353	(2)
Calvados	355	(1)
Honfleur	355	(2)
Trouville & Deauville	357	(2)
Caen	359	(4)
Bayeux	363	(6)
D-Day Beaches	369	(5)
Manche	373	(1)
Cherbourg	374	(3)
Coutances	377	(1)
Mont St-Michel	378	(3)
Alencon	381	(2)
Brittany	383	(52)
North Coast	387	(1)
St-Malo	388	(4)
Dinard	392	(3)
Pointe du Grouin Domaine Naturel Departemental	395	(1)
Cancale	395	(1)
Dinan	396	(3)
Paimpol	399	(1)
Perros-Guirec	400	(2)
Finistere	402	(1)
Roscoff	402	(2)
Around Roscoff	404	(1)
Brest	404	(2)
Le Conquet	406	(1)
Ile d' Ouessant	407	(1)
Parc Naturel Regional d'Armorique	408	(1)
Crozon & Morgat	408	(1)
Huelgoat	409	(1)
Quimper	410	(4)
Concarneau	414	(2)
Around Concarneau	416	(1)
Lorient	416	(2)
Morbihan Coast	418	(1)
Carnac	418	(3)
Quiberon	421	(2)
Belle Ile	423	(1)
Vannes	424	(3)
Around Vannes	427	(2)
Eastern & Central Brittany	428	(1)
Josselin	429	(1)
Redon	430	(1)
Rennes	431	(4)
Champagne	435	(19)
Reims	435	(7)
Around Reims	442	(1)
Epernay	443	(3)
Troyes	446	(6)
Around Troyes	452	(2)
Alsace & Lorraine	454	(49)
Alsace	454	(2)
Strasbourg	456	(13)
Route du Vin d'Alsace	469	(2)
Natzweiler-Struthof	471	(1)
Colmar	472	(6)
Massif des Vosges	478	(3)
Mulhouse	481	(1)
Ecomusee d'Alsace	482	(1)
Lorraine	482	(1)
Nancy	482	(7)
Baccarat	489	(1)
Metz	489	(6)
Around Metz	495	(1)
Verdun	495	(4)
Verdun Battlefields	499	(2)
Fort de Fermont	501	(2)
The Loire	503	(39)
Orleanais	505	(1)
Orleans	505	(4)
Orleans to Sully-sur-Loire	509	(1)
Gien to Sancerre	509	(1)
Blesois	510	(1)
Blois	510	(8)
Touraine	518	(1)
Tours	518	(5)
Around Tours	523	(1)
Tours Area Chateaux	523	(3)
Amboise	526	(3)
Around Amboise	529	(1)
Loches	530	(1)
Chinon	531	(3)
Anjou	534	(1)
Angers	534	(4)
Around Angers	538	(1)
Saumur & Troglodyte Valley	539	(3)
Burgundy	542	(42)
Dijon	544	(10)
Abbaye de Citeaux	554	(1)
Cote d'Or	555	(1)
Beaune	556	(4)
Auxerre	560	(5)
East of Auxerre	565	(2)
Abbaye de Fontenay	567	(1)
Avallon	567	(4)
Vezelay	571	(2)
Parc Naturel Regional du Morvan	573	(3)
Autun	576	(4)
Cluny	580	(3)
Around Cluny	583	(1)
Lyons & The Rhone Valley	584	(24)
Lyons	584	(20)
Around Lyons	604	(1)
Downstream along the Rhone	605	(3)
French ALPS & The Jura	608	(60)
Savoy	614	(1)
Chamonix	614	(8)
Megeve & St-Gervais	622	(1)
Les Portes du Soleil	623	(2)
Thonon-les-Bains	625	(1)
Annecy	626	(5)
Around Annecy	631	(1)
Chambery	632	(4)
Around Chambery	636	(1)
Meribel	636	(2)
Val d'lsere	638	(2)
Parc National de la Vanoise	640	(1)
Dauphine	641	(1)
Grenoble	641	(7)
Around Grenoble	648	(1)
Parc National des Ecrins	649	(1)
Les Deux Alpex	650	(2)
Alpe d'Huez	652	(1)
Briancon	653	(3)
Around Briancon	656	(1)
The Jura	657	(1)
Besancon	657	(5)
Around Besancon	662	(1)
Belfort & Around	663	(2)
Metabief Mont d'Or	665	(1)
Around Metabief Mont d'Or	666	(1)
Parc Naturel Regional du Haut-Jura	666	(2)
Massif Central	668	(22)
Clermont-Ferrand	669	(5)
Around Clermont-Ferrand	674	(1)
Parc Naturel Regional des Volcans d'Auvergne	675	(1)
Vichy	675	(4)
Orcival	679	(1)
Col de Guery	679	(1)
Le Mont Dore	680	(2)
Around Le Mont Dore	682	(1)
Puy Mary	683	(1)
Murat	683	(1)
Le Puy-en-Velay	684	(4)
Around Le Puy-en-Velay	688	(2)
Limousin, the Dordogne & Quercy	690	(43)
Limousin	690	(1)
Limoges	690	(6)
Around Limoges	696	(1)
Aubusson	697	(1)
Uzerche	698	(1)
Brive-la-Gaillarde	698	(1)
North-East of Brive	699	(1)
South-East of Brive	700	(1)
Turenne	700	(1)
Collonges-la-Rouge	701	(1)
Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne	701	(2)
The Dordogne	702	(1)
Perigueux	703	(4)
Sarlat-la-Caneda	707	(4)
Prehistoric Sites & the Vezere Valley	711	(5)
Dordogne Perigourdine	716	(3)
Monpazier	719	(1)
Chateau de Biron	719	(1)
Bergerac	719	(1)
Quercy	720	(1)
Cahors	720	(5)
East of Cahors	725	(4)
West of Cahors	729	(1)
Nothern Quercy	730	(3)
Atlantic Coast	733	(42)
Nantes	733	(8)
Poitiers	741	(2)
Around Poitiers	743	(1)
La Rochelle	744	(6)
Ile de Re	750	(2)
South of La Rochelle	752	(1)
Cognac	753	(2)
Bordeaux	755	(9)
Bordeaux Wine-Growing Region	764	(1)
The Medoc	765	(2)
St-Emilion	767	(2)
Arcachon	769	(3)
Around Arcachon	772	(3)
French Basque Country	775	(23)
Bayonne	777	(7)
Biarritz	784	(4)
St-Jean de Luz	788	(5)
La Rhune	793	(1)
St-Jean Pied de Port	793	(4)
Around St-Jean Pied de Port	797	(1)
The Pyrenees	798	(28)
Pau	798	(7)
Lourdes	805	(6)
Arreau	811	(1)
Gavarnie	811	(1)
Around Gavarine	811	(1)
Parc National des Pyrenees	812	(1)
Cauterets	813	(5)
Vallee d'Aspe	818	(4)
Vallee d'Ossau	822	(1)
Foix	823	(1)
St-Bertrand de Comminges	824	(1)
Bagneres de Luchon	824	(2)
Toulouse Area	826	(24)
Toulouse	826	(10)
Albi	836	(4)
Montauban	840	(2)
Around Montauban	842	(1)
Auch	842	(3)
Condom	845	(2)
Around Condom	847	(3)
Andorra	850	(17)
Facts about Andorra	850	(1)
History	850	(1)
Geography	850	(2)
Government & Politics	852	(1)
Economy	852	(1)
Population & People	852	(1)
Language	852	(1)
Facts For The Visitor	852	(1)
Tourist Offices	852	(1)
Visas & Documents	852	(1)
Embassies & Consulates	853	(1)
Customs	853	(1)
Money	853	(1)
Post & Communications	853	(1)
Media	853	(1)
Time	854	(1)
Electricity	854	(1)
Useful Organisations	854	(1)
Dangers & Annoyances	854	(1)
Business Hours & Public Holidays	854	(1)
Activities	854	(1)
Accommodation	855	(1)
Shopping	855	(1)
Getting There & Away	855	(1)
Getting Around	856	(1)
Bus	856	(1)
Car & Motorcycle	856	(4)
Andorra La Vella	856	(4)
Around Andorra La Vella	860	(1)
North-Western Andorra	860	(1)
La Massana	861	(1)
Arinsal & Pal Ski Areas	861	(1)
Ordino	862	(1)
Vall d'Ordino	863	(1)
Ordino-Arcalis Ski Area	863	(1)
Eastern Andorra	864	(1)
Encamp	864	(1)
Canillo	864	(1)
Soldeu-El Tarter Ski Area	864	(1)
Pas de la Casa-Grau Roig Ski Area	865	(2)
Languedoc-Roussillon	867	(46)
Languedoc	867	(2)
Montpellier	869	(6)
Sete	875	(1)
Agde	876	(1)
Beziers	876	(1)
Narbonne	876	(1)
Carcassonne	877	(6)
Nimes	883	(6)
Around Nimes	889	(2)
Ales & Around	891	(2)
Parc National des Cevennes	893	(2)
Florac	895	(2)
Mende	897	(1)
Around Mende	898	(1)
Gorges du Tarn	898	(2)
Parc Naturel Regional des Grands Causses	900	(1)
Millau	901	(4)
Around Millau	905	(1)
Roussillon	906	(1)
Perpignan	906	(5)
Around Perpignan	911	(2)
Provence	913	(60)
Marseilles Region	916	(1)
Marseilles	916	(12)
Aix-en-Provence	928	(7)
The Vaucluse	935	(1)
Avignon	935	(9)
Around Avignon	944	(1)
Orange	945	(2)
Vaison-la-Romaine	947	(1)
Mont Ventoux	948	(1)
Carpentras	949	(3)
Fontaine de Vaucluse	952	(1)
Gordes	953	(1)
Around Gordes	953	(1)
Roussillon	953	(1)
Apt & The Luberon	954	(1)
Arles & The Camargue	955	(1)
Arles	955	(7)
Camargue	962	(5)
North-Eastern Provence	967	(1)
Digne-les-Bains	967	(3)
Gorges du Verdon	970	(2)
Pra-Loup	972	(1)
La Foux d'Allos	972	(1)
Cote D'Azur & Monaco	973	(48)
Nice to Toulon	975	(1)
Nice	975	(13)
Antibes Area	988	(1)
Cannes	989	(6)
Around Cannes	995	(1)
Grasse	996	(4)
Massif de l'Esterel	1000	(1)
Frejus & St-Raphael	1000	(3)
St-Tropez	1003	(2)
St-Tropez To Toulon	1005	(1)
Toulon	1006	(5)
Nice To Menton	1011	(1)
The Corniches	1011	(1)
Menton	1012	(2)
Around Menton	1014	(7)
Monaco	1015	(6)
Corsica	1021	(34)
History	1021	(2)
Government & Politics	1023	(1)
Language	1023	(1)
When To Go	1023	(1)
Dangers & Annoyances	1024	(1)
Activities	1024	(1)
Organised Tours	1024	(1)
Places To Stay	1025	(1)
Getting There & Away	1025	(2)
Ajaccio To Porto	1027	(1)
Ajaccio	1027	(5)
Cargese	1032	(1)
Piana	1033	(1)
Les Calanques	1034	(1)
Porto	1034	(1)
Ota	1035	(1)
Evisa	1036	(1)
South of Ajaccio	1037	(1)
Filitosa	1037	(1)
Sartene	1037	(1)
Bonifacio	1038	(4)
Bastia Area	1042	(1)
Bastia	1042	(4)
Cap Corse	1046	(1)
The North Coast	1046	(1)
Calvi	1046	(3)
Around Calvi	1049	(1)
Ile Rousse	1050	(1)
Corte Area	1050	(1)
Corte	1050	(3)
Around Corte	1053	(2)
Language	1055	(9)
Food	1059	(5)
GLOSSARY	1064	(4)
REGIONAL DISHES GLOSSARY	1068	(3)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	1071	(8)
INDEX	1079
Text	1079
Boxed Text	1087