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This guide contains extensive focus and coverage of chambres d'hotes (B&Bs), agencies that list gites accommodation, local festivals and food markets. All this enables visitors to engage with the community and make their visit a more personal authentic experience. This entire region is a fantastic destination for people who want their travels to be as green as possible. By nature, many of the traditions and practices here such as organic farming, sourcing food straight from a farmer at the local market, have always had sustainable roots. Dig deep into the region's culinary and boutique wine treasures. This title details the best land and water activities prevalent in the region.
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54 of 55 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have read a good number of the guidebooks to the Languedoc Roussillon region and this is my favourite. While relatively compact and light, it packs in plenty of information and the recommendations on places to go and see are both helpful and reliable. Best of all, it's written with enthusiasm and an eye for the small details that make for holiday highlights.
The book opens with photographic highlights of the region accompanied by quotes from travellers about their experience in those destinations. It gives you an immediate taste for what the region has to offer and a hankering to visit. There are then a number of suggested routes and highlights, which are very helpful when planning your trip (including recommendations for families and recommended drives). Each section also contains suggested highlights for that smaller region.
While descriptions are often brief, they are accurate and convey a very good flavour of each destination. For example, on a recent trip we were tossing up between staying in Perpignan or nearby Narbonne. Many books I read made them sound very similar which wasn't very helpful in guiding our choice, but the Lonely Planet differentiates them clearly. Based on places where I have stayed or eaten, the accommodation and dining guides are accurate. We thought the food at L'Epicurian in Albi was fantastic and I was pleased to see it included here.
If you are tossing up between this book and the Rough Guide to the region, I recommend the Lonely Planet. The Rough Guide is more detailed and may be better if you are planning an extended stay in the region, but the Lonely Planet guide covers all the region's highlights and is a much more enticing read.
The book opens with photographic highlights of the region accompanied by quotes from travellers about their experience in those destinations. It gives you an immediate taste for what the region has to offer and a hankering to visit. There are then a number of suggested routes and highlights, which are very helpful when planning your trip (including recommendations for families and recommended drives). Each section also contains suggested highlights for that smaller region.
While descriptions are often brief, they are accurate and convey a very good flavour of each destination. For example, on a recent trip we were tossing up between staying in Perpignan or nearby Narbonne. Many books I read made them sound very similar which wasn't very helpful in guiding our choice, but the Lonely Planet differentiates them clearly. Based on places where I have stayed or eaten, the accommodation and dining guides are accurate. We thought the food at L'Epicurian in Albi was fantastic and I was pleased to see it included here.
If you are tossing up between this book and the Rough Guide to the region, I recommend the Lonely Planet. The Rough Guide is more detailed and may be better if you are planning an extended stay in the region, but the Lonely Planet guide covers all the region's highlights and is a much more enticing read.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Not quite so detailed as the "rough guide" to the same area, but much more upbeat - and, we think, accurate - about the many attractions of this beautiful and fascinating region
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Extremely useful guide to Languedoc-Roussillon
This book was extremely useful on our recent trip to Carcassonne. There was a lot of detailed background information and historical accounts that made the trip even more... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Annie
Factual and boring.
Very disapointed with this book. Full of facts but does not give any insight of what to really look for or avoid. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Sometime traveller
South of France
Book does what it said - it's a guide with some useful data. All seems to be correct and update. Worked well for us.
Published 7 months ago by P. J. Wade
Making the most of it
Hot on the heels, kind of, of Simon de Montfort's 13th century Christians against Christians Pays Cathare gore-fest Crusade, La Rubia and I fly in to Carcassonne en route to a... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Steve Keen
Few pictures
I bought this guide in order to plan a trip in the region, a region i had visited with my parents when i was young; now i want to take my kids. Read more
Published 12 months ago by John
Go and visit
Hard to distinguish between the book and my memories, but as a veteran of Briattany, Normandy, Pas de Calais and the Vendee, a trip to this part of France is a must. Read more
Published 12 months ago by willmcf
Great review but came too late!!
Annoyingly my husband not only ordered this book but he paid extra for express delivery- it arrived two days after our return- approx delivery time of 20 days!! Read more
Published 19 months ago by Classics fan
Perfect service
My book arrived ahead of schedule and in perfect condition
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Published on 22 Mar 2010 by O. Hurley
Great book, packed with relevant info
I agree with the earlier reviews. This is a great, little book. Easy to carry round with all the pertinent information that you could need, to hand. Read more
Published on 28 July 2009 by A. Sykes
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