Lonely Planet France

Lonely Planet France

Lonely Planet France

Lonely Planet France

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Overview

Lonely Planet's Franceis your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore Bordeaux's wineries, lose yourself in Paris, or reach new heights in the French Alps; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of France and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet's FranceTravel Guide:

Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020’s COVID-19 outbreak

NEW pull-out, passport-size 'Just Landed' card with wi-fi, ATM and transport info - all you need for a smooth journey from airport to hotel

Improved planning tools for family travellers - where to go, how to save money, plus fun stuff just for kids

What's New feature taps into cultural trends and helps you find fresh ideas and cool new areas our writers have uncovered

Colour maps and images throughout

Highlightsand itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests

Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots

Essential infoat your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices

Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss

Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics

Over 55 maps

Covers Brittany, Normandy, Lille, Flanders & the Somme, Paris, Ile de France, Champagne, Alsace & Lorraine, Bordeaux, Nantes & the Atlantic Coast, French Basque Country, the Pyrenees, Toulouse, Dordogne, Limousin & the Lot, Auvergne, Burgundy, French Alps, Jura Mountains, Lyon, Rhone Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence, Monaco, Cote d'Azur, Corsica


The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's France, our most comprehensive guide to France, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.

Looking for just the highlights? Check out Best of France, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights.

For a quick trip to Paris, check out Pocket Paris, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip.

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day.

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781788680523
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Publication date: 12/21/2021
Series: Travel Guide Series
Edition description: 14th ed.
Pages: 1024
Sales rank: 145,350
Product dimensions: 7.70(w) x 5.20(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, and Alexis Averbuck, Joel Balsam, Oliver Berry, Celeste Brash, Stuart Butler, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Gregor Clark, Mark Elliott, Steve Fallon, Anita Isalska, Catherine Le Nevez, Christopher Pitts, Daniel Robinson, Regis St. Louis, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Nicola Williams.


About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day.


'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' New York Times


'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' Fairfax Media (Australia)

Table of Contents

Plan Your Trip

Welcome to France 6

France Map 8

France's Top Experiences 10

Need to Know 22

First Time France 24

What's New 26

Accommodation 28

Month by Month 30

Itineraries 34

Eat & Drink Like a Local 39

Family Travel 47

Activities 52

Regions at a Glance 59

On the Road

Paris 67

Around Paris 187

Disneyland Resort Parts 188

Versailles 190

Giverny 194

Fontainebleau 196

Vaux-le-Vicomte 198

Chantilly 199

Chartres 201

Lille, Flanders & The Somme 207

Lille 209

Flanders & Artois 216

Cassel 216

Arras 217

Lens 219

Côte d'Opale 219

Calais to Boulogne 219

Calais 221

Boulogne-sur-Mer 223

Le Touquet 225

Baie De Somme 226

Le Crotoy 226

St-Valery-sur-Somme 228

Somme Battlefields Memorials 229

Amiens 235

Compiègne 238

Laon 239

Normandy 241

Seine-Maritime 243

Rouen 243

Dieppe 247

Côte d'Albâtre 249

Le Havre 252

Calvados 254

Bayeux 254

D-Day Beaches 257

Caen 262

Deauville 266

Trouville-sur-Mer 267

Honfleur 268

Manche 271

Cherbourg 271

Mont St-Michel 272

Brittany 281

North Coast 283

St-Malo 283

Dinard 288

Cancale 290

Dinan 291

Paimpol 293

Finistère 294

Roscoff 294

Morlaix 296

Brest 297Île d'Ouessant 299

Presqu Île de Crozon 301

Locronan 303

Quimper 304

Concarneau 306

Pont-Aven 308

Golfe du Morbihan 309

Camac 309

Quiberon 312

Belle Île 313

Vannes 316

Eastern & Central Brittany 317

Josselin 318

Forêt de Paimpont 319

Rennes 320

Champagne 327

Reims 329

Marne 336

Montague de Reims Champagne Route 336

Vallée de la Marne Champagne Route 337

Côte des Blancs Champagne Route 339Épernay 341

Troyes 343

Côte des Bar Champagne Route 347

Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises 348

Essoyes 348

Les Riceys 349

Alsace & Lorraine 351

Alsace 354

Strasbourg 354

Route des Vins d'Alsace 362

Colmar 369

Massif des Vosges 374

Mulhouse 374

Lorraine 376

Nancy 376

Baccarat 381

Metz 382

Verdun 387

Romagne-sous-Montfaucon 390

The Loire Valley 395

Orléanais 399

Orléans 399

Blésois 402

Blois 403

Touraine 410

Tours 410

Amboise 415

Villandry 417

Langeais 417

Azay-le-Rideau 418

Loches 419

Chinon 420

Anjou 422

Saumur 422

East of Saumur 426

Angers 428

Burgundy 435

Côte d'Or 437

Dijon 437

Côte d'Or Vineyards 443

Yonne 456

Auxerre 456

La Puisaye 459

Chablis 460

Tonnerre 462

Noyers-sur-Serein 462

Avallon 463

Vézelay 464

Parc Naturel Régional Du Morvan 466

Saône-et-Loire 468

Autun 468

Tournus 469

Cluny 470

Mácon 472

Lyon & The Rhône Valley 477

Lyon 479

North of Lyon 497

Beaujolais 497

La Dombes 499

South of Lyon 500

Vienne 500

Valence 501

Gorges de l'Ardèche 503

French Alps & The Jura Mountains 507

Savoie 510

Chamonix 510

Megève/St-Gervais 518

Les Portes du Soleil 520

Évian-les-Bains 522

Annecy 523

Chambéry 528

Les Trois Vallées 531

Val d'lsère 534

Pare National de la Vanoise 537

Dauphiné 539

Grenoble 539

Bourg d'Oisans 545

Pare National des Écrins 546

Les Deux Alpes 547

Alpe d'Huez 549

Briancon 550

The Jura Mountains 552

Besançon 552

Pare Naturel Regional du Haut-Jura 558

Belfort 560

Auvergne 565

Clermont-Ferrand 567

Plateau de Gergovie 571

Royat 571

Rioin 571

Vichy 572

Pays D'Issoire 575

Pare Nature! Régional des Volcans d'Auvergne 577

Puy de Dôme 577

Orcival 578

Col de Guéry 578

Le Mont-Dore & La Bourboule 578

Besse-et-St-Anastaise 580

Monts du Cantal 581

Salers 582

Murol & Lac Chambon 582

Pare Naturel Régional Livradois-Forez 583

Thiers 584

La Chaise-Dieu 585

Le Puy-en-Velay 585

Haut-Lignon 590

Dordogne, Limousin & Lot 593

Limousin 595

Limoges 595

The Creuse 602

Western Corrèze 603

The Dordogne 603

Périgueux 604

Brantôme 607

Bergerac 608

Monoazier 612

Cadouin & Le Buisson 614

Beynac, Castelnaud & Around 615

Sarla-la-Canéda 617

The Vézère Valley 621

Upper Dordogne Valley 625

The Lot Valley 628

Cahors 628

West of Cahors 633

East of Cahors 633

Figeac 634

Atlantic Coast 639

Nantes 641

Poitou 647

La Rochelle 649

Île de Ré 653

Cognac 656

Bordeaux 657

Arcachon 667

Cap Ferret 668

French Basque Country 673

Bayonne 674

Biarritz 680

Guéthary 685

St-Jean de Luz 687

La Rhune 690

Espelette 691

St-Jean Pied de Port 692

St-Étienne de Baïgorry 694

The Pyrenees 699

Pau 701

Lourdes 705

Pare National des Pyrénées 710

Vallée d'Aspe 711

Vallée d'Ossau 713

Cauterets 716

Vallée des Gaves 718

Vallée de Garonne 718

Bagnères de Luchon 718

SC-Bertrand de Comminges 719

Vallée de I'Ariège 720

Toulouse Area 725

Toulouse 727

Tarn 735

Castres 735

Albi 735

Cordes-sur-Ciel 738

Najac 739

Montauban 739

Armagnac 740

Condom & Around 740

Lectoure 742

Auch 742

Languedoc-Roussillon 745

Bas-Languedoc 748

Nimes 748

Uzès 753

Montpellier 755

Sète 761

Bouzigues 763

Agde 764

Narbonne 764

Béziers 766

Carcassonne 767

Pare National des Cévennes 771

Gorges du Tarn 773

Grands Causses 774

Roussillon 776

Perpignan 777

Céret 779

Têt Valley 781

Côte Vermeille 782

Provence 789

Marseille 792

Aix-en-Provence 808

The Camargue 813

Aries 813

Camargue Wetlands 818

Stes-Maries-de-la-Mer 819

Les Alpilles 821

St-Rémy-de-Provence 822

Les Baux-de-Provence 824

Vaucluse 824

Avignon 825

Villeneuve-lès-Avignon 831

Orange 832

Vaison-la-Romaine 833

Mont Ventoux 835

Carpentras 836

Fontaine-de-Vaucluse 837

The Luberon 838

Apt 838

Gordes & Around 840

Roussillon 841

Le Petit Luberon 842

Le Grand Luberon 844

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 845

Pays de Forcalquier 846

Gorges du Verdon 847

The Côte D'azur & Monaco 851

Nice 854

Cannes 865

Antibes 871

Mougins & Mouans-Sartoux 874

Grasse 875

Vence 876

St-Paul de Vence 878

Corniche de l'Estérel 879

Fréjus 880

Sl-Tropez 881

Massif des Maures 884

Corniche des Maures 885

The Three Corniches 886

Eze 886

La Turbie 887

Monaco 887

Roquebrune-Cap Martin 894

Menton 895

Corsica 899

The Northeast 901

Bastia 901

Cap Corse 905

Nonza 906

St-Florent 907

La Balagne 907

L'Île-Rousse 907

Algajola 909

Calvi 909

Northwest Corsica 911

Porto 911

Ajaccio 913

The South 916

Sartène 916

Bonifacio 920

Porto-Vecchio 922

L'Aita Rocca 923

Zonza 923

Corte 924

Vallée de la Restonica 926

Vallée du Tavignano 926

Vizzavona 926

Understand

History 928

The French 946

The French Table 950

The Arts 955

Architecture 962

Landscapes & Wildlife 967

Survival Guide

Directory A-Z 972

Transport 986

Language 998

Index 1008

Special Features

Normandy D-Day Sites 279

Breton Coast 325

Route des Vins d'Alsace 393

Châteaux of the Loire Valley 433

Medieval Art & Architecture 474

Mountain Highs 563

Vézère Valley Cave Art 637

Wine, Glorious Wine 671

Basque Culture 697

Languedoc-Roussillon Architecture 787

Exploring Southern Corsica 919

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