The Dordogne, Lot & Bordeaux, 6th (Country & Regional Guides - Cadogan) (Paperback)

by Dana Facaros (Author), Michael Pauls (Author)

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‘Passionate and packed with good info’ – National Geographic Traveler (US)

 

‘Bursting with practical information and in-depth knowledge, Cadogan Guides also make a cracking good read.’ - The Times (UK)

‘Cadogan are the pick of the bunch’ - Daily Telegraph (UK)

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This lush, rural corner of France where four great rivers meet offers good food, good wine and good living. Cadogan’s foray into the home of gastronomic indulgence now sails into its fifth edition. Authors Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls lived in the Lot for ten years, and the guide bursts with their intimate knowledge of the region. They explore the world’s most celebrated vineyards along the Dordogne and Lot rivers, through Bergerac, Saint Emilion and the medieval city of Cahors, with detailed wine critiques along the way. From Bordeaux to Toulouse, the region’s two fascinating cosmopolitan cities, they reveal the density of historic and natural treasures the region has to offer; from the earliest known prehistoric art at the Lascaux caves to the beautiful Renaissance town of Sarlat. Now fully redesigned, this new edition contains the most up-to-the-minute practical information and listings, along with a stunning section of color photographs and useful maps.

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Product Details Paperback: 472 pages Publisher: Cadogan Guides; 6th edition (June 1, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1860113540 ISBN-13: 978-1860113543 Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #346,908 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in these categories: (What's this?) #5 in  Books > Travel > Europe > France > Bordeaux #7 in  Books > Travel > Europe > France > Dordogne #16 in  Books > Travel > Guidebook Series > Cadogan

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Product Details

• Paperback: 472 pages
• Publisher: Cadogan Guides; 6th edition (June 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1860113540
• ISBN-13: 978-1860113543
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #346,908 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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  #5 in	Books > Travel > Europe > France > Bordeaux
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Almost zero photos. Pithy, cheeky Brit-speak makes for a hard slog..., March 28, 2009

By	apc-discs-books "apc-discs-books" (USA) - See all my reviews

This book does have a fair amount of useful information. But this positive comes with a big negative: the guide is written in pithy, cheeky Brit-speak with a decidedly Anglo-Saxon, expatriate type of perspective on French culture and history. The text abounds in childish witticisms and conflations and is filled with adjective loaded condensations of and comments on history and facts. The author is, evidently, addicted to cartoonish metaphors and silly descriptions that convey French history as a grade school costume pageant.

The text is in a very small type face, and is rather grayish rather than black, making for some hard reading in anything other than strong light. There is a brief color photo section at the front, but the book is otherwise all text and maps.

There's useful info; but it's a hard slog. Insight Guide's "Southwest France", while less detailed in some ways as to recommendations, and far less opinionated, is vastly better in all meaningful respects. Eyewitness Guide's "Dordogne and Southwest France" is also filled with useful info and history, as well as wonderful photos and extensive illustrations. Either of these alternatives are superior. But if you buy both of them they will, together, completely out class the Cadogan "The Dordogne, Lot & Bordeaux, 6th"

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Have they really been there?, June 23, 2009

By	CYRIL (EDLEEN, South Africa) - See all my reviews

While motoring from Bordeaux up through the Medoc to Pointe de Grave it became increasingly clear that the authors of this book either spent no time or very little in the area they are writing about. The book gives very little relevant information on the surroundings but tends to waffle on in childlike fashion about essentially nothing. The information on the Dordogne valley is as dissapointing.