Lonely Planet Provence & the Cote D'Azur [Paperback]

Nicola Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2007

Discover Provence & The Cote d'Azur

Sniff out fungus worth its weight in gold with a truffle dog in Avignon's forests.
Learn how to choose the sweetest Cavaillon melon from the lively morning market.
Fill your lungs cycling through lavender fields from Buoux to Saignon.
Exfoliate like the stars with a diamond-dust massage in Monaco.

In This Guide

Two long-term, France-based authors, more than 1200 hours of on-the-road research, 63 detailed maps.
Get active with extensive outdoor coverage from bird-watching to donkey rambling.
Bursting with local interviews and brimming with insights on Provencal culture.
You asked for it, we researched it - more of the region's best painting, cooking and French-language courses.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet; 5th edition (April 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1741042364
• ISBN-13: 978-1741042368
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,104,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #80 in Books > Travel > Europe > France > Provence

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As Usual - Great., June 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lonely Planet Provence & the Cote D'Azur (1st ed) (Paperback)

Once again, Lonely Planets demonstrates why so many travelers rely on its books. This book had exactly the information we needed: markets, hotels, bed/breakfasts, highlights, commentary.

We spent 5-days driving through Southern France and found the book to provide almost everything we needed to get around and plan our itinerary.

The book is organized very well and topics could be referenced very quickly. It may not have all the depth of others, but it does have enough content to inform. And the clarity of the writing and structure more than make up for it.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good all-around guide that was useful and mainly accurate, October 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lonely Planet Provence & the Cote D'Azur (1st ed) (Paperback)

We used this guide, along with the Triple A guide on Provence and the Cote d'Azure. The Lonely Planet guide was by far the most relevant and contained most of the practacilities the traveler needs. Some of the facts and features were a little different than the author stated, and it could have been quite a bit more thorough regarding the practacilities of driving. Historical and cultural information was both well done and interesting. Definitely 4* and possibly 4 1/2 *.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great., September 2, 2003

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parrhesiastes "ti esti" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lonely Planet Provence & the Cote D'Azur (Paperback)

I must say this is my first experience with Lonely Planet guides, though i already had high recommendations and positive feed-backs. I decided to give it a go with my 4-weeks in Sun. :-) I spent four weeks travelling around Cote D'Azur and Haute-Provence from Monaco to Marseille and into Alps e.g. Castellane, St. Andre, etc. The information contained is ver much accurate and helpful (i was travelling alone, not with a group!). There are sufficient maps of major regions and city but this guide should not be used for the sake of map. Always take a detailed map e.g. a driving one if you got wheels otherwise every tourist office got full detailed city maps.
Five stars stuff.