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Summary: a must have book for auto touring in France
Review: After traveling through France many times by auto ,this book made a already wonderful experience even more wonderful.Ina Caro made all the wonderful things to see in France valid for me with her insights into there amazing history.Yes you car is your time machine in France let Ina ride with you.
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Summary: Traveling through time
Review: Boy, did I love this book! Like a time travelling machine, with wonderful stories at each stop.
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Summary: Buy this book!
Review: I started reading this book a few days before I left for a trip to France earlier this month. On a whim, I took it with me, and became so fascinated that I changed my itinerary and added destinations from Ms. Caro's Road. They were wonderful, and her insights added so much to the experience! I intend to return soon with Ms. Caro's book udner my arm to continue her tour.
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Summary: A Must-Read for Travellers Who Love History
Review: If you plan any kind of extensive visit of France to see its many historical treasures, you must read this book before setting off. Caro recommends a tour that is chronological, thus allowing you to appreciate how this marvellous country really developed. From the Roman ruins through the Medieval period to the chateaux of the Loire, Versailles and finally into Paris, this will give you spectacular, thoughtful background to help you organize a truly meaningful tour. Unfortunately Caro does not cover the country's pre-historic sites of interest, such as the alignments of Carnac in Brittany (which predate Stonehenge), so you'll have to content yourself with just the 2000 years she does discuss. Simply put: An outstanding contribution to travel literature, one that I wish I could find for other destinations!
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Summary: Interesting and Fun
Review: Ina Caro's book is a wonderful combination of history and travel. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Summary: A must read for anyone interested in intelligent travel
Review: Mrs. Caro has managed to deliver a plan for a trip to discover the best places in France and yet provides the reader with interesting , formative and delightful insight into French history. The human element is always present , and her trip could be anyone's trip,the author's obvious knowledge of history gives a real feeling for the stones she describes,and yet take on a life to themselves through her decriptions and explanations. Mrs Caro has managed to make the trip interesting, informative and above all respectful of events and the time line is simply fantastic. This book is worth the investment not only for the historical part which is a gem, but as a planning tool for a discovery trip. I speak from experience for I used her book to plan my 7 weeks trip in France last fall.It was a success , and in many ways thanks to the suggestions found in this lovely book.
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Summary: Great book if you are into history
Review: My wife and I have vacationed in France many times, and have spend many months in France. We love the country and made friends there. I use the Michellin Green Guides a lot, but next time I go I plan to use this book to help plan our trip.
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Summary: Ina's summer vacation
Review: Preciously and annoyingly written ("[t]hat first visit to the Dordogne region was permeated with a magic I still remember as though it were yesterday"; "I can't explain what happens to the quality of light in the Loire Valley between Amboise and Blois"), Caro goes on for pages at a time reciting her trite reactions to French buildings and locales. Using Amazon's "search" function, you will see dozens of references to "Bob," "restaurant," "car," and "waiter," for example. There are more references to French waiters (stereotypically negative) than there are to bastides, for example. Life is too short to read about someone else's mundane driving errors, or poorly described meals in order to make it to what is a quick and eclectic discussion of French history, seemingly ordered by a pre-set tourist itinerary. There's no real need to read about Bob and Ina's rushed meal at a fancy restaurant in Carcassonne in order to make the two o'clock castle tour. Once you get through that, however, you get to read about the tour guide, "dressed like a reject from the hippie movement of the sixties" in "a rumpled T-shirt and dungarees, [whose] blond hair was coiffured in oily shoulder-length curls--a style [Ina] is not particularly fond of in men." This seems to be a "how-I-spent-my-summer-and-deducted-it-all" travelogue more than a serious effort at providing a travelers' history. We get someone else's tour reviews, bad lunches, good lunches, missed exits, oversleeping. If you are looking for Ina's history, with some observations about France tucked in, this may be for you.
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Summary: For everyone who loves history and travel!
Review: This book was a pleasure to read - insightful, interesting and well written. If you enjoy understanding the history of what you are visiting, this book is definitely worth your time. Read it in advance AND take it with you to France to re-read as you visit these wonderful places. My only regret is that her journey (and the history lesson) ends too early. Perhaps Ms Caro's next journey will take us from the French Revolution through World War II.
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Summary: A must if you plan to travel around France
Review: This was probably the most useful book we had when we spent 2 months traveling in France last summer.
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