One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in France
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A sequel to the highly successful One Hundred and One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy, this book expands the series to include the most enchanting hamlets of France. Gorgeously illustrated as well as informative, One Hundred and One Beautiful Small Towns of France is a journey through the French countryside, a place where the pace slows, locals engage strangers in conversation, and every town has a unique story to tell. Travel between the hilltop towns of the Central Massif and the Pyrenees to rockbound coastal fishing villages in Normandy and Brittany. Breathtaking full-color photographs create the perfect atmosphere as you discover these unexplored places, and descriptive sidebars offer invaluable information on local curiosities to indulge, unique artisanal products to buy, and age-old culinary specialties to sample. A detailed appendix is the perfect source on where to shop, sightsee, and dineā??avec plaisir! Whether you are an armchair traveler or a Francophile planning another trip, this volume is the guide to the hidden treasures of France that proves once and for all that the heart of this popular travel destination lies in the countryside far from the grandeur and pomp of Paris.
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| 08-26-08 | 5 | (NA) |
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Great price for this book--and it's very beautiful. My wife loves it, and I saved approximately 40%. Fantastic buy!
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-09-16 04:41:15 EST)
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| 08-26-08 | 5 | (NA) |
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Great price for this book--and it's very beautiful. My wife loves it, and I saved approximately 40%. Fantastic buy!
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-11-19 04:19:23 EST)
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| 04-20-08 | 4 | (NA) |
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I shall be basing a few tours on this finely produced book but it gives only a tantalising introduction: the illustrations seem to emhasise the cathedrals - take Laon, for instance, it is an extraordinary fortress on a rock with fascinating labyrinths. I expect to find far more delights in the places we visit than the few that are hinted at. Great coffee table conversation piece.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-08-27 04:28:02 EST)
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| 03-17-08 | 5 | (NA) |
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This amazing book leads you through beautiful France with a gentle hand. It opens doors not otherwise available unless you have unlimited time to research across a wide range of texts. Each step into each Department ensures another ( and different ) breath catching sight into ancient and contemporary France. Even though it is a heavy ( weightwise) text it is essential
to take it with you. The index in back of the book it a treasure trove of information that otherwise would not be available to you. I rate this book as one of my special treasures and will be taking it with me for the 2 months I intend spending in the south of France in September and October. Don't buy another book until you have put this treasure in your library even if just for pure pleasure of meandering through beautiful France. (Review Data Last Updated: 2008-04-21 04:02:58 EST)
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| 02-08-08 | 3 | (NA) |
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It's nice if you want a VERY short overview of towns in France. If I had leafed through it in a bookstore, I probably would not have purchased it.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-02-16 04:14:38 EST)
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| 02-08-08 | 3 | (NA) |
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It's nice if you want a VERY short overview of towns in France. If I had leafed through it in a bookstore, I probably would not have purchased it.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-03-17 04:07:02 EST)
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| 12-03-07 | 5 | 0\2 |
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This item was exactly what I needed: birthday present coffee table book for discerning New Orleans doctor. It arrived promptly & was well packaged, too.
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| 01-18-07 | 3 | 16\17 |
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I was very disappointed in the book. Most of the description is history, very little about current life in the towns. The photos are not very sharp in focus. It would have been very helpful to be able to id the towns on a map. The book does really delveinto some small remote towns that are not often covered in books.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-12-04 13:22:36 EST)
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| 01-17-07 | 3 | 6\6 |
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I was very disappointed in the book. Most of the description is history, very little about current life in the towns. The photos are not very sharp in focus. It would have been very helpful to be able to id the towns on a map. The book does really delveinto some small remote towns that are not often covered in books.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-04-11 04:56:36 EST)
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| 01-09-07 | 5 | (NA) |
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Absolutely a beautiful book. I have been to France several times and found this book to show many of the places I have visited and loved. The photos are fantastic.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-01-18 04:59:13 EST)
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