Michelin The Green Guide Northern France & Paris Region (Michelin Green Guides) [Paperback]

Michelin Travel Publications (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1999

This 3rd ed. in the acclaimed Michelin Green Guide series is a comprehensive guide to the cultural and natural highlights of Northern France and the Paris region.'

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Michelin Travel Pubns; 3rd Revised edition (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 2061344038
• ISBN-13: 978-2061344033
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 4.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,712,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars outstanding Michelin coverage, as usual, July 27, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Michelin The Green Guide Northern France & Paris Region (Michelin Green Guides) (Paperback)

Unlike the previous reviewer, I was looking for coverage of Picardie (not Normandie or Bretagne or Paris, which are covered in separate Michelin guides), so this guide was perfect.

The guide covers Picardie, Nord Pas de Calais/French Flanders and the Ile de France. The coverage is exactly what one would expect from Michelin's intelligent, historical and comprehensive reviewing. I thought that the inclusion of coverage of the Ile de France was properly placed, and Michelin affords it detailed attention, as opposed to being treated as sidetrips from Paris.

Therefore, the guide is excellent for both Northern France and the Ile de France.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great guide to le Nord, July 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Michelin the Green Guide Northern France and Paris Region (Michelin Green Guides) (Paperback)

The 4th edition is quite a change from past green guides. It is much longer and includes limited hotel and restaurant listings as well as useful website addresses. It provides detailed information on architecture, art, beaches, numerous chateaux, nature reserves, walking tours etc for Flanders, Picardy etc. It is a great guide, especially if you have a car, as it provides a number of suggestions for driving tours. If you want a guide for the city of Paris it is probably better to get a guide that concentrates just on that city. However, if you want a guide for Pas-de-Calais towns and the greater Paris region (Versailles, Chartres, Fontainebleau) this one is a very good choice.

6 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Misnomer de Michelin, September 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Michelin The Green Guide Northern France & Paris Region (Michelin Green Guides) (Paperback)

As a devotee of Michelin Guides Vert, in anticipation of our forthcoming trip to Normandy and Brittany I was delighted to find listed on Amazon.com "Michelin THE GREEN GUIDE - Northern France and the Paris Region". On its arrival today I was disappointed to find that neither of our destination Departments was included - only "Nord - Pas de Calais", "Picardie", and "Ile de France - Paris". For what it covers, I presume that this volume meets Michelin's usual high standard. However, either Michelin or Amazon should have indicated what areas "Northern France" includes in this instance, if only by posting the small map of France highlighting the covered departments, that appears on the back cover of the volume. Also, the coverage of the city of Paris is only 7 pages plus a two page map. Thus, those anticipating a substantial coverage of Paris may be disappointed.