Eyewitness Travel Guide to France

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Summary: A great handbook
Review: We found this book to be compact and yet so complete with information and details about Paris and the rest of France. We used it much more than any other books we'd taken with us.

Rating:
Summary: A great handbook
Review: We found this book to be compact and yet so complete with information and details about Paris and the rest of France. We used it much more than any other books we'd taken with us.

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Summary: Best Planning Guides I have used
Review: We have traveled to France the past 3 years and are in the process of planning the 4th at this writing. As always (since discovering these guides)I started with this guide to determine which part of France we will visit and the potential route. I also own the guides to Paris, Loire Valley and Provence. The Green Guides offer much more detail but are infuriatingly arranged in alphabetical order. Eyewitness guides are arranged by area and include some theme tours (wine,cheese,troglodyte, etc)This and the beautiful pictures make planning a joy. I just wish they published an area guide for Southwest France, where we are headed in 2003!!

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Summary: Good Picture book. Good for planning.
Review: When I was assigned an ex-pat position in Europe, I bought a bookshelf full of travel guides. The Eyewitness series attracted me because of their colourful, graphic pages. Now that I'm here and actually using them, I confess I find them actually useful. I am able to plan excursions, get rates (using the provided phone numbers) and such. Of all the ones I bought, this series is the one I come back to over and over again. Look for their Paris book for more specifically on Paris. The Great Britain book is good as well. I would also highly recommend the Michelin Green (& Red of course!) Guides.