France Guidebook TK

In Rick Steves France you'll find in-depth Rick-tested information on:

• Paris and nearby
  • Versailles
  • Chartres
  • Giverny
  • Disneyland Paris
• Normandy
  • Rouen
  • Honfleur
  • Bayeux
  • D-Day beaches
  • Mont St-Michel
• Brittany
  • ​Dinan
  • St-Malo
• Loire
  • ​Amboise and nearby (including Chenonceau, Blois, Chambord, Cheverny, and Chaumont-sur-Loire)
  • Chinon and nearby (including Azay-le-Rideau, Langeais, Villandry, and Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud)
• Dordogne
  • Sarlat-la-Canéda and the Dordogne River Valley
  • Cro-Magnon Caves
  • Oradour-sur-Glane
  • St-Emilion
  • Rocamadour
  • Lot River Valley
• Languedoc-Roussillon
  • Albi
  • Carcassonne
  • Collioure
• Provence
  • Arles
  • Avignon
  • Pont du Gard
  • Les Baux
  • St-Rémy-de-Provence
  • Orange
  • Villages of the Côtes du Rhône (including Vaison-la-Romaine)
  • Hill Towns of the Luberon (including Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and Roussillon)
• French Riviera
  • ​Nice
  • Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Three Corniches (including Cap Ferrat, Eze-le-Village, and Le Trophée des Alps)
  • Monaco
  • Antibes
  • Inland Riviera, including Vence
• French Alps
  • Annecy
  • Chamonix
• Burgundy and nearby
  • Beaune and nearby wine villages
  • Vineyard loops near Beaune (by car or bike)
  • Back-Door Burgundy (including Abbey of Fontenay)
  • Vézelay and Château de Guédelon
  • Bourges
  • Stops between Burgundy and Lyon (including Cluny and Taizé)
• Lyon
• Alsace
  • Colmar
  • Route du Vin (including Eguisheim, Kaysersberg, Riquewihr, and Bergheim)
  • Strasbourg
• Reims and Verdun
• Practicalities
  • Self-guided walks and museum tours
  • Easy-to-follow maps (including color maps of France and Paris)
  • ​Trip planning: When to go, pre-trip checklist, festivals and holidays, recommended books and movies
  • Recommended three-week itinerary and city/region-specific advice on planning your time and avoiding lines
  • Transportation: Trains, buses, city transit, and driving (including route tips)
  • French history, culture, language, and cuisine
  • Handy French survival phrases plus place-name pronunciation guide
  • Detailed advice on managing money, communicating, reserving rooms, handling emergencies, and other helpful hints

Also included: a 14½" x 19½" full-color foldout Planning Map that shows all of France plus key driving distances/times and regional close-ups of the D-Day beaches, Loire Valley, Dordogne, Provence, and the French Riviera, and, on the back, a handy close-up of Paris (with major sights), Montmartre, and Paris' Métro/RER network. (Note: This is a slightly smaller version of Rick's stand-alone France Planning Map.)