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CHAMPAGNE PARIS & ITS &THE BRITTANY & DAYTRIPS p51 NORTHEAST NORMANDY p101 p129
THE LOIRE &CENTRAL FRANCE BORDEAUX & p167 THE SOUTHWEST p287 LYON & THE FRENCH ALPS p203
THE SOUTH OF FRANCE p235
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THIS IS FRANCE 10 Battle of the Somme Memorials 124 Amiens 125 FRANCE’S TOP 25 Metz 127 EXPERIENCES 13 Verdun 128 FRANCE’S TOP ITINERARIES 31 BRITTANY & NORMANDY 129 PLANNING YOUR TRIP 39 HIGHLIGHTS 132 THE BEST… 136 PARIS & ITS DAY TRIPS 51 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 137 HIGHLIGHTS 54 ITINERARIES 138 THE BEST… 60 DISCOVER BRITTANY & NORMANDY 140 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 61 BRITTANY 140 DISCOVER PARIS & ITS DAY TRIPS 62 Rennes 140 Orientation 62 Forêt de Paimpont 143 Information 63 Carnac 143 Sights 63 Quiberon 144 Tours 77 Quimper 144 Sleeping 79 Presqu’île de Crozon 147 Eating 82 Île d’Ouessant 148 Drinking 88 Roscoff 149 Entertainment 88 St-Malo 150 Shopping 91 Dinard 152 Getting There & Away 92 Cancale 153 Getting Around 92 NORMANDY 155 DAY TRIPS 95 Rouen 155 Versailles 95 Bayeux 157 Disneyland Resort Paris 99 D-Day Beaches 160 CHAMPAGNE Trouville & Deauville 161 & THE NORTHEAST 101 Honfleur 162 HIGHLIGHTS 104 Mont St-Michel 164 THE BEST… 108 THE LOIRE & CENTRAL THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 109 FRANCE 167 ITINERARIES 110 HIGHLIGHTS 170 DISCOVER CHAMPAGNE & THE THE BEST… 174 NORTHEAST 112 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 175 CHAMPAGNE 112 ITINERARIES 176 Reims 112 DISCOVER THE LOIRE & CENTRAL Épernay 117 FRANCE 178 Troyes 120 THE LOIRE VALLEY 178 NORTHEASTERN FRANCE 123 Orléans 178 Arras 123 Blois 180
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Château de Chambord 182 Arles 256 Château de Cheverny 183 The Camargue 258 Château de Chaumont 183 Nîmes 259 Tours 185 Avignon 261 Château de Chenonceau 186 Around Avignon 265 Amboise 187 Mont Ventoux 265 Château de Villandry 189 Fontaine de Vaucluse 265 Château d’Azay-le-Rideau 189 The Luberon 265 Saumur 189 Gorges du Verdon 266 Angers 190 THE FRENCH RIVIERA 268 BURGUNDY 192 Nice 268 Dijon 192 Antibes 274 Côte d’Or Vineyards 194 St-Paul de Vence & Around 275 THE DORDOGNE 196 Cannes 276 Périgueux 196 Grasse 278 Sarlat-la-Canéda 198 Massif de l’Estérel 279 Prehistoric Sites & the Vézère Valley 198 St-Tropez 279 THE CORNICHES 283 LYON & THE FRENCH ALPS 203 MONACO 284 HIGHLIGHTS 206 THE BEST… 212 BORDEAUX & THE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 213 SOUTHWEST 287 ITINERARIES 214 HIGHLIGHTS 290 DISCOVER LYON & THE FRENCH ALPS 216 THE BEST… 294 LYON 216 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 295 THE FRENCH ALPS 221 ITINERARIES 296 Chamonix 221 DISCOVER BORDEAUX & THE Megève & St-Gervais 227 SOUTHWEST 298 Les Portes du Soleil 227 BORDEAUX 298 Annecy 229 The Médoc 302 Les Trois Vallées 231 St-Émilion 302 Val d’Isère 232 Île de Ré 305 Cognac 306 THE SOUTH OF FRANCE 235 Arcachon 307 HIGHLIGHTS 238 FRENCH BASQUE THE BEST… 244 COUNTRY 309 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 245 Bayonne 309 ITINERARIES 246 Biarritz 311 DISCOVER THE SOUTH OF FRANCE 248 St-Jean-Pied-de-Port 313 PROVENCE 248 THE PYRENEES 315 Marseille 248 Pau 315 Aix-en-Provence 253 Lourdes 316
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FRANCE IN FOCUS 321 BEHIND THE SCENES 397 ARCHITECTURE 322 INDEX 401 ART & LITERATURE 325 CAUGHT ON FILM 331 MAP LEGEND 408 FAMILY TRAVEL 335 THE FRENCH 338 FRENCH CUISINE 342 FRESH-AIR FROLICS 349 HISTORY 352 SHOPPING 363 WINE 366 DIRECTORY & TRANSPORT 371 DIRECTORY 372 Accommodation 372 Climate Charts 373 Courses 374 Customs 374 Dangers & Annoyances 375 Embassies & Consulates 376 Festivals & Events 376 Gay & Lesbian Travellers 376 Health 377 Holidays 378 Insurance 378 Internet Access 378
Legal Matters 379 CHAMPAGNE PARIS & ITS &THE Local Government 379 BRITTANY & DAYTRIPS NORTHEAST NORMANDY p51 p101 Maps 379 p129 Money 380 THE LOIRE & CENTRAL Telephone 381 BORDEAUX FRANCE &THE p167 Time 382 SOUTHWEST LYON & THE p287 FRENCH Tourist Information 382 ALPS p203 Travellers with Disabilities 382 THE SOUTH OF Visas 383 FRANCE p235 Women Travellers 383 TRANSPORT 384 Getting There & Away 384 Getting Around 388 GLOSSARY 395
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