Best of France guidebook by Rick Steves

Best of France Guidebook

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Best of France guidebook by Rick Steves
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Best of France Guidebook

$24.99
  • Just the best of France's top destinations
  • Vivid full-color photos and easy-to-scan layout
  • Rick's selected picks for sights, eating, sleeping
  • Great self-guided neighborhood walks and museum tours
What's Included

In Rick Steves Best of France you'll find essential Rick-tested information on the following top destinations, plus condensed coverage of several "Best of the Rest" cities and regions:

Paris

  • Nearby: Versailles, Chartres, Giverny

Normandy

  • Reims
  • Honfleur
  • Bayeux
  • D-Day beaches
  • Mont St-Michel

Loire​

  • Amboise
  • Chenonceaux
  • Château de Chambord
  • Cheverny
  • Chaumont-sur-Loire
  • Villandry

Dordogne

  • Sarlat-la-Canéda
  • Dordogne River Valley
  • Cro-Magnon Caves
  • Nearby: Oradour-sur-Glane

Provence

  • Arles
  • Avignon
  • Pont du Gard
  • Les Baux
  • Vaison-la-Romaine
  • Côtes du Rhône Wine Road

French Riviera​

  • Nice
  • Villefranche-sur-Mer and Cap Ferrat
  • Monaco
  • Antibes

Burgundy

  • Beaune and nearby wine villages

Best of the Rest

  • ​Carcassonne
  • Chamonix
  • Colmar

Extras

  • Self-guided walks and museum tours
  • Easy-to-follow color maps
  • Gorgeously illustrated destination overview
  • ​Trip planning: Pre-trip checklist, festivals and holidays, recommended two-week itinerary
  • City/region-specific advice on planning your time and avoiding lines
  • Transportation: Trains, buses, city transit, and driving
  • French history, culture, language, and cuisine
  • Handy French survival phrases
  • Advice on managing money, communicating, reserving rooms, handling emergencies, and other helpful hints
Is this the right book for me?

What's the difference between this Best of France guidebook and Rick's complete France guidebook?

Rick Steves France, the complete guide, offers more coverage of more destinations in a mostly black-and-white format.

The shorter Best of France guidebook focuses on France's top destinations and sights, is in full color, and is updated a little less frequently than the complete guide.

Both books are packed with hand-picked recommendations and Rick's travel advice and tips for saving time, money, and hassle.

Should I get the Paris guidebook (or Paris Pocket guide) in addition to the Best of France guidebook?

If you're spending only a few days in Paris, Rick Steves Best of France is all you're likely to need.

If, however, you're spending four days or more in Paris, the extra information in Rick Steves Paris can be worthwhile. It offers much more in-depth sightseeing information and logistical advice, several additional self-guided city walks and museum/sight tours, and more specifics on shopping and entertainment, plus suggestions for kids and wintertime visitors. The complete city guide also includes significantly more hotels and restaurants than the Paris chapter of Rick Steves Best of France. (Whereas the smaller Pocket Paris guide offers essentially the same info that's already in the Best Of guidebook.)

Should I get any of the Snapshot guides for France in addition to the Best of France guidebook?

If you're headed to the Basque Country, Rick Steves Snapshot: Basque Country is an essential supplement, as no part of that area is covered in the Best of France guidebook. But Best of France does cover Normandy and the French Riviera in a fair amount of detail — the extra information in Rick Steves Snapshot: Normandy and Rick Steves Snapshot: Nice & the French Riviera is only worthwhile for those who really want to dive into those regions.

Updates and Feedback

Latest updates: When we learn of critical changes to the information in our guidebooks on France, we post them. (Of course, it's still smart to reconfirm critical transportation and sightseeing details locally.) Armed with a Rick Steves guidebook and these late-breaking updates, you're set for a great trip!

Submit feedback: Once you've used this book in Europe, we'd love to hear your feedback — good or bad — about our advice on sights, hotels, restaurants, and travel tips. We're also interested in any tips or discoveries you made while in Europe. Your comments help us improve our guidebooks for future travelers.

Our Product Guarantee

Every Rick Steves travel product comes with our guarantee that it will be free from material and manufacturing defects for the life of the product. If a defect appears, we will replace the product free of charge. This guarantee does not cover damage caused by an airline or other common carrier. Nor does it cover wear and tear to components and materials which may occur over time with use of the product.

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Product Details

Dimensions
8" x 5" x ¾"
Weight
1.1 lbs
Product Code
9781641715713
Author
Rick Steves & Steve Smith
Pages
472
Publication Date
September 2023 (4th edition)
Next Edition Arrives
May 2027
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