Eyewitness Travel Guide to Provence and the Cote d'Azur [Paperback]

Paul Hines (Editor)

Book Description

Series: EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE | Publication Date: June 1, 1995

The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you!

Featuring over 800 full-color photographs, experience the best of Provence, France's sun-blessed southeast corner in DK's Eyewitness Travel Guide: Provence and the Cote D'azur. Includes overviews of Bouches-Du-Rhone and Nimes, the Vaucluse, the Alpes-du-Haute-Provence, the Riveria and Alpes Maritimes, and the Var and Iles d'Hyeres. Within each regional section, the major towns are showcased, and unique points of interest are highlighted on street-by-street maps with suggested walking tours and travel routes. Galleries, museums, wineries, beaches, festivals, and other attractions are detailed throughout. For each region and major town of Provence, there is a listing of hotels, restaurants and cafes, so all travelers can savor the essence of this intensely atmospheric corner of France.

Editorial Reviews

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...You feel, looking at them, as if you could close the book and step into the street. -- Contra Costa Times

...considered to be the world's best travel resource to over 30 destinations around the world, make it easier to plan a splendid vacation. -- North American Press Syndication

Both novice and experienced travelers will be captivated. -- US News & World Report

Each book is a visual as well as informational feast about a particular place. -- The New York Times

Encyclopedic in scope, it's meant to be used before, during, and after your stay. -- Travel & Leisure

The Best Guidebooks Ever -- SKY MAGAZINE

The best travel guides ever. -- Sky Magazine -Delta In flight Magazine

The most graphically exciting and visually pleasing series on the market. -- Chicago Tribune

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: DK Travel (June 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564588602
• ISBN-13: 978-1564588609
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,061,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

London-based journalist, editor and author, I am a perpetual tourist with a penchant for hotels called Bristol. See www.rogerwilliams.eu

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent travel guide of Provence/Cote D'Azur, February 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Provence and the Cote d'Azur (Paperback)

This was our bible on our two week driving trip through these areas. Once I got the hang of the organization of the book, it was a wonderful planning aid, to be sure we could fit everything in. It's acually an Eyewitness travel guide, which I have purchased again for Venice, and I'm now getting the Paris edition. No matter what they say, pictures do help! The strength of these books is their travel and itinerary advice, not hotels and restaurants, although there is a brief section about them. It's a wonderful trip, and this book is an excellent companion.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy Travel Companion, September 5, 2001

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Lewis Rose (North Potomac, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Provence and the Cote d'Azur (Paperback)

We recently traveled throughout Provence and used this guide to determine what to stop and see and what to miss. Great pictures, up-to-date information about costs and hours. We use this series whenever we travel.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good planning guide, but not helpful once there..., October 5, 2000

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"christinekkattas" (Herndon, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Provence and the Cote d'Azur (Paperback)

We just spent five days in Cannes, France. This book was great as a pre-trip planning guide to do preliminary research the area and the sites to see. The wonderful pictures got us very excited for the trip.

However, once there, we found the guide book didn't have enough practical information, such as how to get to the sites. (It was shear luck we found the Matisse Museum in Nice) It gave a great overview of the entire area of Provence and the Cote D'azur, but didn't go into depth enough on any one place to be your only guide book.

I was very impressed with one of the resteraunts they recommended. It was one of the "least expensive" restaurant and was one of the best meals we have ever had. While the quanity of recommended resteraunts was not there, I would continue to get the DK travel books if the quality is as good.