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Languedoc and Roussillon Rough Guide (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

by Brian Catlos (Author)
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  • Paperback: 390 pages
  • Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd (26 April 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1858286638
  • ISBN-13: 978-1858286631
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 472,798 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The definitive guide to one of France's least explored and most fascinating regions, covering all the towns and historic cities such as Toulouse and Montpellier, as well as the full extent of the changing landscape, from mountain backroads to Mediterranean beaches. The book includes expert descriptions of all the sights, including the walled city of Carcassonne and the Nimes coliseum, and detailed and honest reviews of the best places to stay, eat and drink. All the accounts include lively, informed discussion of the rich history and cultural diversity of this part of France, written in a candid, unpretentious style.


About the Author

Born in Montreal, Canada in 1966; since 1985 juggled university, travel and living abroad: motorbike despatch rider and squatter in London, hotel and coffee shop runner in Amsterdam, tree-planter in Northern Canada, and extensive travel in North Africa, Europe, Canada, US, Latin America, Asia.
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69 of 70 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A great travelling companion!, 15 Oct 2001
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I used this guide when driving around this area of France this summer and found that not only did it provide accurate factual information, but that it also captured the atmosphere of the area. It covers individual towns and villages in sufficient detail that you do not need to get individual guides, and the coverage ranges from describing the architectural features of a building to where you can go white water rafting.

I went to several of the hotels and restaurants mentioned in the guide and these had been accurately described and the prices in the guide were up-to-date.

The guide has a very helpful section on local food and wine, so that you can understand exactly what the regional specialities are before you order them.

I do however have one criticism: I did not find the maps of the city centres easy to follow.

If you are driving around this area, the green Michelin guide is also very informative and suggests lots of good routes along country roads.

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Nearly excellent, 9 Oct 2004
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One of the enjoyments of any holiday for me is buying the guide books in advance and reading them in bed last thing at night for at least the month before going away! Being restricted by weight considerations (flying) to how many I could take with me on holiday with me this summer, after much reading I ended up taking the Rough Guides to (1) the Dordogne and the Lot and (2) Languedoc and Rousillon.

They were both very helpful and the highlight was undoubtedly reading the section on Montsegur and its lost treasures to my companions as we surveyed the "pog" and fortifications on a pleasant Sunday evening with no tourists! Well worth the detour - although we decided we weren't upto the climb to the top.

However, I did search for two restuarants - one in Carcassone and one in Lautrec - which could not be found. I came to the conclusion that they may have closed or changed owners/names - or the directions needed to be improved.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor, 6 Jul 2008
By Humpty Dumpty (Wall St, Upton Snodsbury) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Rough Guide to Languedoc and Roussillon (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
This is easily the most feeble of all the many Rough Guides I have used while abroad. If the author did all the research and writing on his own, than that's a mistake which shows. He's clearly uninterested in art (viz. cursory descriptions of Musee Fabre in Montpellier and Musee Goya at Castres), so someone who is interested should have been employed to help him out.

There are glaring omissions - the rural area around the Herault Valley is fascinating and offers lots of walking possibilities, and there should have been clear advice on where the best beaches are on the Languedoc Coast in the Montpellier-Narbonne-Beziers sector; Catlos more or less dismisses this whole littoral, which is wrong, as there are a few nice, uncrowded places among the dross, and that's just the kind of thing that a Rough Guide should know about and pass on.

I also think it's pretty unhelpful, re accommodation, to say: "you could try the Hotel Moderne at x village" without any comment at all on its merits or prices.

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