Drive Around Loire Valley: Your guide to great drives (Drive Around - Thomas Cook) [Paperback]

Andrew Sanger (Author), Fiona Nichols (Author), Gillian Thomas (Author), John Harrison (Author)

Book Description

Series: Drive Around - Thomas Cook | Publication Date: April 1, 2005

This title features the châteaux, cathedrals, towns, villages, and landscapes of the enchanting "Valley of the Kings", northwest central France.

>Ideas for independent exploring
>Detailed guides to sightseeing and activities, together with accommodations, dining, and shopping recommendations
>Rated attractions and areas
>Road maps and city plans pinpoint driving routes and other tours
>Walking routes around towns and cities

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

An indispensable guide to driving around the Loire Valley featuring the chateaux, cathedrals, towns, villages and landscapes of this enchanting part of north-west central France.

Highlights include:

* Top 25 tours
* Fully comprehensive driver's guide including road signs
* Full-color detailed maps with major destinations clearly pinpointed
* Walking tours around towns and cities
* Detailed guides to sightseeing, activities, dining and accommodation
* Ideas for exploring on your own

About the Author

Andrew Sanger is a well-established freelance travel writer who has contributed hundreds of travel articles to British newspapers and magazines and has written over 25 guidebooks, mostly about regions of France.

Fiona Nichols lives in the south of France where she continues to write and photograph travel-related features and books.

Gillian Thomas and John Harrison, husband-and-wife authors of this book, are both members of the British Guild of Travel Writers. They reside in West London.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Cook Publishing; 1st edition (April 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841574708
• ISBN-13: 978-1841574707
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #705,109 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #14 in Books > Travel > Europe > France > Loire

More About the Author

I'm the author of The J-Word. After thirty years as a travel journalist and guidebook writer, I found myself wanting to write about something much closer to home.

My first novel, The J-Word was published in the UK in 2009 by Snowbooks (and released in the US in 2010). I'm glad to say it was very well received and has had excellent reviews. It's set in Golders Green, a Jewish district in London, England.

The J-Word has been featured at London's Jewish Book Week and Hampstead & Highgate Literary Festival. To read about The J-Word and see what reviewers thought of it, see http://www.andrewsanger.com/The-J-Word

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The J-Word tells the story of an elderly Jewish man called Jack Silver. I say he's Jewish, but he flatly denies it. Jack is resolutely secular and long ago repudiated everything Jewish. He likes to think of himself as English. Jack is asked to come to Golders Green (London's largest Jewish neighborhood) to care for his 10-year-old grandson, Danny. Of course, the brilliant young Danny knows nothing at all about his Jewish heritage, and Jack's certainly not about to discuss it with him.

When Jack is beaten up by an antisemitic gang, it changes everything. At first, Jack is helped by a more religious Jew, who advises him to go to the police. But Jack doesn't do that. He and Danny secretly set out to outwit and track down the thugs and bring them to justice. The hunt takes Jack into memories of his own childhood and the two unlikely heroes discover a shared identity spanning generations that eventually draws the whole family together.

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Apart from The J-Word, I've written about thirty travel guides, mainly to different regions of France - especially Provence, Languedoc, Burgundy and Picardy - but also to Flanders, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Ireland and Israel. Some have been successful, and most of them have been translated into several languages. I've contributed to a wide spectrum of British national newspapers, magazines and websites, too, and for ten years I was the editor of French Railways' customer magazine.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Discovering the Loire - Made Easy, May 15, 2008

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Elizabeth Varley (Sydney - Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drive Around Loire Valley: Your Guide to Great Drives (Drive Around - Thomas Cook) (Paperback)

I purchased this book for a friend to assist her in planning a trip to the Loire. She has an enduring passion for France and all things French. Mine being Italy. However, after delving into the pages of "Drive Around Loire Valley: Your Guide to Great Drives", I too have discovered a new awareness of all thing beautiful in France - particularly the Loire. A great read with outstanding practical advice, scenic routes and suggested dining and accommodation for all budgets. A really helpful guide to discovering the Loire - take it with you!