Rick Steves' France, Belgium and the Netherlands, 1999

by Rick Steves; Steve Smith

• ISBN13: 9781562614621
• ISBN10: 1562614622
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Pgw

Summary

From Amsterdam to Arles, Rick Steves reveals all the most charming and affordable sights, shops, shows, restaurants and lodgings. 40 maps.

Author Biography

Rick Steves writes 21 European travel guidebooks and hosts the popular public television series Travels in Europe with Rick Steves. Rick spends several months each year in Europe updating his guidebooks-feeling the fjords, caressing the castles, and learning from the locals. He hangs his rucksack in Seattle, Washington.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Planning Your Trip 2	p. 2
Trip Costs	p. 2
Prices, Times, and Discounts	p. 3
Exchange Rates	p. 4
When to Go	p. 4
Sight-seeing Priorities	p. 4
Red Tape and Business Hours	p. 6
Banking	p. 6
The Language Barrier	p. 8
Travel Smart	p. 9
Tourist Information	p. 9
Tourist Offices	p. 9
Recommended Guidebooks	p. 10
Rick Steves' Books and Videos	p. 10
Maps	p. 11
Transportation	p. 12
Telephones and Mail	p. 16
Sleeping	p. 17
Eating in France	p. 21
Stranger in a Strange Land	p. 24
Back Door Manners	p. 25
Tours of France	p. 25
Send Me a Postcard, Drop Me a Line	p. 25
Back Door Travel Philosophy	p. 26
France	p. 27
Paris	p. 27
The Loire	p. 98
Normandy	p. 110
Dordogne	p. 131
Languedoc	p. 145
Provence	p. 157
The French Riviera	p. 176
The French Alps	p. 191
Burgundy	p. 211
Alsace and Northern France	p. 225
Belgium	p. 242
Bruges	p. 244
Brussels	p. 259
The Netherlands	p. 270
Amsterdam	p. 272
Haarlem	p. 289
Appendix	p. 301
"La Marseillaise"	p. 301
French History	p. 301
Camping	p. 303
Let's Talk Telephones	p. 305
Numbers and Stumblers	p. 306
Climate	p. 307
The French Rail System	p. 307
Basic French Survival Phrases	p. 308
Road Scholar Feedback Form	p. 309
Jubilee 2000	p. 310
Faxing Your Hotel Reservation	p. 311
Index	p. 312
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