The Rough Guide to France

by Baillie, Kate; Salmon, Tim; Catlos, Brian; Brown, Amy K.; Kaberry, Rachel; Ward, Greg

• ISBN13: 9781858286976
• ISBN10: 1858286972
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-09
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

Simm Suchak (reader), London, UK: "I lived in France for a year and this book was like my bible. There were so many times I would have got lost without the maps. You even know where the tourist office is before you arrive, and all the information was spot-on. What I found especially useful was the 'classmark sysytem' of the price of hotels and youth hostels. We had most of it booked before we even arrived, which was such a godsend when we arrived there knackered! Fantastic even for a student backpacker." Times Literary Supplement. "Pithy and descriptive ... undoubtedly the backpacker's bible, but invaluable for almost every independent traveller."

Table of Contents

Introduction	xii
PART ONE BASICS	1	(82)
Getting there from Britain	3	(7)
Getting there from Ireland	10	(2)
Getting there from North America	12	(6)
Getting there from Australia and New Zealand	18	(4)
Red tape and visas	22	(1)
Costs, money and banks	23	(3)
Health and insurance	26	(2)
Disabled visitors	28	(2)
Information and maps	30	(3)
Getting around	33	(9)
Accommodation	42	(5)
Eating and drinking	47	(11)
Communications and the media	58	(5)
Opening hours and public holidays	63	(1)
Festivals	64	(2)
Music, film, theatre and dance	66	(4)
Sport and outdoor activities	70	(4)
Trouble and the police	74	(2)
Gay and lesbian France	76	(1)
Work and study	77	(3)
Directory	80	(3)
PART TWO THE GUIDE	83	(1012)
Paris and Around	85	(125)
Arrival	89	(2)
Information	91	(1)
City transport	91	(6)
Accommodation	97	(10)
lle de la Cite	107	(4)
The Voie Triomphale	111	(3)
The Louvre	114	(4)
Opera district	118	(2)
Les Halles	120	(1)
Centre Georges Pompidou	121	(2)
The Marais, the lle St-Louis and the Bastille	123	(6)
Quartier Latin	129	(5)
St-Germain	134	(4)
The Eiffel Tower	138	(1)
Les Invalides	139	(1)
Musee d'Orsay	140	(2)
Montparnasse and southern Paris	142	(3)
The Beaux Quartiers and Bois de Boulogne	145	(3)
Montmartre and northern Paris	148	(2)
Canal St-Martin and La Villette	150	(2)
Belleville and Menilmontant	152	(1)
Pere Lachaise	153	(2)
Bois de Vincennes	155	(1)
Eating and drinking	156	(17)
Music and nightlife	173	(6)
Gay and lesbian Paris	179	(1)
Film, theatre and dance	180	(4)
Sports and activities	184	(2)
Kids' stuff	186	(3)
Shopping	189	(4)
Listings	193	(5)
St-Denis	198	(2)
Chantilly	200	(1)
Disneyland Paris	201	(2)
Vaux-le-Vicomte	203	(1)
Fontainebleau	204	(1)
Versailles	205	(2)
Chartres	207	(1)
Travel details	208	(2)
The North	210	(59)
Dunkerque	211	(4)
Calais	215	(6)
Boulogne	221	(8)
Amiens	229	(4)
Lille	233	(8)
Arras, Albert and the Somme battlefields	241	(6)
Laon	247	(3)
Compiegne	250	(4)
Reims	254	(5)
Epernay	259	(2)
Troyes	261	(4)
Ardennes	265	(3)
Travel details	268	(1)
Alsace-Lorraine and the Jura Mountains	269	(58)
Metz	272	(4)
Verdun	276	(4)
Nancy	280	(6)
Strasbourg	286	(8)
The northern Vosges	294	(10)
Colmar	304	(3)
Mulhouse	307	(4)
Belfort	311	(3)
Besancon	314	(11)
Travel details	325	(2)
Normandy	327	(58)
Dieppe	330	(7)
Le Havre	337	(5)
Rouen	342	(7)
Giverny	349	(1)
Honfleur	350	(5)
Caen	355	(6)
Bayeux	361	(4)
Cherbourg	365	(6)
Mont St-Michel	371	(13)
Travel details	384	(1)
Brittany	385	(72)
Rennes	388	(7)
St-Malo	395	(6)
Dinan	401	(13)
Roscoff	414	(4)
Brest	418	(8)
Quimper	426	(16)
Carnac	442	(3)
Vannes	445	(7)
Nantes	452	(4)
Travel details	456	(1)
The Loire	457	(60)
Orleans	461	(11)
Bourges	472	(5)
Loches	477	(2)
Chenonceau	479	(4)
Blois	483	(4)
Chambord	487	(1)
Tours	488	(5)
Amboise	493	(4)
Azay-le-Rideau	497	(1)
Chinon	498	(2)
Saumur	500	(4)
Angers	504	(8)
Le Mans	512	(4)
Travel details	516	(1)
Burgundy	517	(44)
Auxerre	521	(15)
Autun	536	(4)
Dijon	540	(11)
Chalon-sur-Saone	551	(2)
Macon	553	(5)
Nevers	558	(2)
Travel details	560	(1)
Poitou-Charentes and the Atlantic Coast	561	(55)
Poitiers	563	(11)
La Rochelle	574	(8)
Rochefort	582	(8)
Saintes	590	(2)
Cognac	592	(2)
Angouleme	594	(2)
Bordeaux	596	(13)
St-Emilion	609	(5)
Travel details	614	(2)
The Dordogne, Limousin and Lot	616	(64)
Perigueux	619	(7)
Bergerac	626	(6)
Sarlat	632	(12)
Limoges	644	(9)
Brive-la-Gaillarde	653	(8)
Cahors	661	(12)
Montauban	673	(4)
Agen	677	(1)
Travel details	678	(2)
The Pyrenees	680	(67)
Bayonne	683	(4)
Biarritz	687	(14)
Pau	701	(5)
Lourdes	706	(7)
Cauterets	713	(21)
Perpignan	734	(11)
Travel details	745	(2)
Languedoc	747	(52)
Nimes	749	(6)
Montpellier	755	(11)
Beziers	766	(2)
Narbonne	768	(6)
Carcassonne	774	(8)
Toulouse	782	(8)
Albi	790	(4)
Auch	794	(3)
Travel details	797	(2)
The Massif Central	799	(48)
Clermont-Ferrand	802	(6)
Vichy	808	(2)
Le Mont-Dore	810	(5)
Aurillac	815	(8)
Rodez	823	(7)
Gorges du Tarn	830	(1)
Parc National des Cevennes	831	(9)
Le Puy	840	(5)
Travel details	845	(2)
The Alps	847	(38)
Grenoble	849	(9)
Chambery	858	(2)
Annecy	860	(5)
Lake Geneva	865	(1)
Mont Blanc	865	(9)
Briancon	874	(10)
Travel details	884	(1)
The Rhone Valley and Provence	885	(81)
Lyon	889	(20)
Orange	909	(7)
Avignon	916	(16)
Arles	932	(5)
Camargue	937	(9)
Aix-en-Provence	946	(9)
Gorges du Verdon	955	(9)
Travel details	964	(2)
The Cote D'Azur	966	(73)
Marseille	966	(19)
Hyeres	985	(9)
St-Tropez	994	(5)
Frejus	999	(3)
St-Raphael	1002	(1)
Cannes	1003	(5)
Grasse	1008	(2)
Antibes	1010	(6)
Nice	1016	(14)
Monaco	1030	(4)
Menton	1034	(2)
Travel details	1036	(3)
Corsica	1039	(56)
Bastia	1044	(11)
L'lle Rousse	1055	(2)
Calvi	1057	(6)
Porto	1063	(4)
Ajaccio	1067	(10)
Sartene	1077	(2)
Bonifacio	1079	(5)
Porto-Vecchio	1084	(4)
Corte	1088	(6)
Travel details	1094	(1)
PART THREE	1095	(54)
The historical framework	1097	(22)
Art	1119	(10)
Architecture	1129	(6)
Books	1135	(7)
Language	1142	(5)
Glossary of architectural terms	1147	(2)
Index	1149