Product Details

• Actors: Rick Steves
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Questar
• VHS Release Date: April 16, 2002
• Run Time: 52 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 1568551746
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,088 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Another chipper installment from Rick Steves's indefatigable travel series, France: Paris, Normandy & Brittany takes us to the regions' most noteworthy and often least crowded cultural sights.

Starting in Paris, Steves adroitly whisks us around the city, emphasizing use of public transport, including buses, and walking. Ever the decisive traveler, he wisely suggests skipping the hotel breakfast and hitting the bakeries and brasseries. "Pick a neighborhood and settle in" is his mantra for a week in Paris. Steves is a history and architecture buff, and this reflects in his choice of stops: Hotel des Invalides, San Chapelle Cathedral, and Chantilly, outside of Paris. Skip the crowded Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, and Versailles, he advises. Steves's best meal and view in Paris turn out to be just as surprising and "insider" as the rest of his suggested Paris stops.

Leaving the "city that could teach us all about fine living," Steves rents a car and takes off for Normandy. Here the video spends most of the remaining time, only touching briefly on Brittany. Ever the "taste-bud traveler," Steves extols the virtues of regional specialties calvados, seafood, crepes, omelets, and cheeses, as well as the breads of the region, and he provides some mouth-watering footage of chefs at work concocting wondrous dishes. Also noted is the scenery and the military and religious history of the region. Steves visits the D-day beaches, Mont-Saint-Michel, the Bayeaux tapestry, and the quaint streets of port village Monfleur. Blessed with perpetually good weather it seems, Paris, Normandy, and Brittany beckon through Steves's appealing introduction. --Gilia Angell

Product Description

Take in the gothic splendor of Saint-Chapelle, the nightlife of Montmartre, the vitality of the Left Bank, the artistic ambiance of the Rodin Museum and the sobering history of Napoleon's tomb and military museum. Join the local crowd at a "turn of the century" style restaurant and day trip to Chateau Chantilly. Chase Europe's largest tides at the ancient abbey of Mont St. Michel, sample crepes, Camembert and cream sauces, and delve into Normandy's history. 1997 VHS 60 min. Wehman Video Cat. #0583

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great video!, September 4, 2002

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This review is from: France: Paris, Normandy & Brittany [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I very highly recommend this vidio of France, and all the other of Rick's travel shows. He's an excpert travler and friendly guide. All of his travel series vidios are fun and informative. Great for any one who loves tarvel.