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France (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
DK Publishing
DK Travel, 2006
Great Travel Guide, Beautiful Coffee Table Book!
+ Very Helpful
+ Best Planning Guides I have used
. Summary: Every Dorling Kindersley Guide has been a great and interesting book... and delightful to have and use, even if you are not traveling to that location, but are only interested in learning more! The Guides are well organized in a logical and easy to follow manner. They are beautifully ...
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Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France
Kermit Lynch
North Point Press, 1990
Every wine lover should read this book
+ Awesome!
+ Adventures on the Wine Route
+ Like a fine wine itself...
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A Year in Provence
Peter Mayle
Vintage, 1991
Part Travelogue; Part Love Letter
+ Absolutely Delightful & Entertaining
+ Très délicieux
+ A Humorous Look at Cultural Differences in the South of France
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Frommer's Paris 2007 (Frommer's Complete)
Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince
Frommer's, 2006
It's Paris on Paper
+ Useful resource--but some problems
All you need to know and more...This is the definitive guide to Paris. Easy, clear and concise.
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Paris (City Guide)
Steve Fallon
Lonely Planet, 2006
Lonely Planet Paris
+ Positive Thoughts on Lonely Planet Paris
+ Great Guide
+ Insight on Paris
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The Paris Shopping Companion: A Personal Guide to Shopping in Paris for Every Pocketbook
Susan Swire Winkler, Caroline Lesieur
Cumberland House Publishing, 2006
Not just shopping!
+ A guide for all ages, price ranges, and wants!
+ Paris at its best!
I lived in Paris for two years (2004-2006) but didn't begin to shop until I found this book (recommended by Amazon). Often in Paris, the store windows don't really show much about what's inside, but this book tells everything you want to know before getting on the Metro. Every description was ...
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Frommer's France 2007 (Frommer's Complete)
Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince
Frommer's, 2006
Needs to go back to editing
I usually am very pleased with Frommer's guides and tend to use them over other sources every time I travel. However, on my recent trip to France, I found some flaws with my copy of Frommer's France 2007.
First off, I have always liked that they include a foldout map with most books, to give ...
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Rick Steves' France 2007 (Rick Steves)
Rick Steves, Steve Smith
Avalon Travel Publishing, 2006
Thanks Steve. We had a blast.
+ France is Fun!
+ Great tool for Planning
+ Travel guide review
+ Wouldn't go anywhere in Europe with Rick!
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One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in France (101 Towns)
Simonetta Greggio
Rizzoli, 2006
Essential reading/ reference if you area Francophile !
+ Beautiful book
+ ok as an introduction
+ 1001 French Towns
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Paris Made Easy: The Best Walks and Sights of Paris (Open Road Travel Guides)
Andy Herbach
Open Road, 2006
THE guide to pack
+ Seeing Paris While Walking
+ Truth in Labeling
+ Best of Paris
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365 Days in France Calendar 2007
Patricia Wells
Workman Publishing Company, 2006
Beautiful calendar
+ My favorite wall calendar
This calender keeps France alive for me, everyday I use it.
Gorgeous pictures and nice shape and size to hang on the wall.
I buy one every year.
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Provence and Cote D'Azur (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
DK Publishing
DK Travel, 2006
visually appealing
+ Travel to Provence
+ Provence comes to life!
Visually appealing- lots and lots of photos, illustrations and diagrams. This is a book that will inspire you to see more than you might otherwise. Small and convenient in size, and coverage is very complete
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Paris With Kids 2nd Edition (Open Road Travel Guides)
Valerie Gwinner
Open Road, 2006
A Great Travel Guide Period
+ fun and useful guide to Paris with kids
+ Head and shoulders above the rest
This is an excellent travel guide that happens to focus on things that are especially appealing when you are traveling with kids. The descriptions of the sites around town are interesting and well done. Even though this edition is a few years old, the restaurant and hotel recommendations were still ...
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The Light of Paris
Pierre Assouline
Assouline, 2006
Brassai @ dawn
Absolutely beautiful photographs that in many cases go beyond the endless cliches that this most wonderful city can't help but spawn. Using a spectacularly fine grained film, in a now eccentric denial of digital format, Berts has produced a magnificent portfolio on Paris. Reminds me of Brassai's ...
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Paris (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)
DK Publishing
DK Travel, 2006
This guidebook made making our way around Paris a piece of cake
+ Absolutely Essential
+ Nicely Arranged Guide
+ We LOVED this guidebook. the only disadvantage is that it's a bit heavy. but the coated pages and the fast-read pages made it fa
+ This Travel Guide was exactly what the Travel Dr. Ordered
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