Drive Around Provence & the Cote d'Azur: Your guide to great drives (Drive Around - Thomas Cook) (Paperback)

~ (Author) "An invisible frontier somewhere in the Rhone valley, somewhere south of Valence and north of Orange, separates two utterly different countries..." (more)
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Product Description

Drive around Provence and the Côte d'Azur features the Camargue, the Vaucluse, the Alpes-Maritimes and the Riviera.


" Ideas for exploring on your own
" Detailed guides to sightseeing and activities, together with accommodation, dining and shopping recommendations
" Attractions and areas all rated to guide your personal choice
" Road maps and city plans pinpoint driving routes and other tours
" Walking routes around towns and cities

From the Back Cover

An indispensable guide to driving around Provence and the Cote d'Azur featuring the Camargue, the Vaucluse, the Alpes-Maritimes and the Riviera.

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

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Cook Publishing; 1st edition (April 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841574716
• ISBN-13: 978-1841574714
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #765,013 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Our Most-Used Source, August 21, 2006

By	J. Haworth (Boston, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is worth the price and the last-minute shipping that we needed to get it to us before our flight to France. We referred to it constantly. We used it to select which drives to take on a given day, and it is of great value here. Readers may disagree with some of the star-ratings on certain sites (and sights), but this is to be expected and one should calibrate oneself against the views of the author. For example, we would rate Aix-en-Provence lower, Nimes lower, and the upper Vaucluse in general higher. Once you see where your tastes lie (Roman ruins more interesting than Vacqueyras tasting?) then you will know how to use the book to its best advantage. Highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better Maps, Please!, June 8, 2007

By	Douglas R. Mann (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The content reflected a great appreciation of this part of France, and the general route information very useful, photos attractive and representational, but I found the format somewhat awkward. Some of the sidebar infomation would have better been included in the text, e.g. specific driving instructions within towns. The maps were weakest feature; some of the route maps were so cluttered that I needed a detailed road map to make sense of the proposed route.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phew, July 8, 2007

By	L.J. (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews

If your renting a car and traveling this book really helped. It gives you for example the parking places in Aix and roads to use-its right on. The sites it picked are well thought out and "no-nonsense".
I think its worth the weight during the trip we took.