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France: The Rough Guide (Rough Guide to France) (Paperback)

by Kate Baillie (Author), Tim Salmon (Author)
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  • Paperback: 1160 pages
  • Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd; 7th Revised edition edition (3 May 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1858286972
  • ISBN-13: 978-1858286976
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 3.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 362,062 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Rough Guide to France follows its now well-established format that puts cheap eats, clubs and accommodation above comfort and style. That is its appeal for the student traveller intent on making the most of limited resources. The 2001 edition adds and updates a host of Web site addresses and includes euro price equivalents. Its 100 maps have improved measurably and its listing of map sources in England remains very helpful.

Yet the guide, despite its assurance that this is an "updated" seventh edition of the book, is a remarkably similar--and unfortunately sometimes outdated--version of much earlier guides in the France series that was launched in 1995. In this Rough Guide edition, for the most part, there are fewer restaurant listings and many of the recommendations remain the same as those touted five years ago. Those with a bit more change in their pocket might find better gastronomic satisfaction from Fodor's France or Cadogan Guide to France for upmarket touring.

On the plus side, the Rough Guide to France goes to great lengths to explain and encourage public transportation rather than driving. For cyclists, the list of routes, rentals and means of transporting bicycles across the Channel is one of the best for a broad-based guidebook. The camping section, too, has more depth than its competitors.

Take the name of the book as a guide: it's for those who want to rough it. --Kathleen Buckley

Times Literary Supplement, London, UK
Pithy and descriptive...undoubtedly the backpacker's bible, but invaluable for almost every independent traveller. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic even for a student backpacker, 27 April 2001
This review is from: Rough Guide To France (Paperback)
I lived in France for a year and travelled a great deal with my rucksack, and this book was like my bible. There were so many times I would have got lost without the maps inside. The best thing is that you even know where the tourist office is before you arrive, and all of the information was spot on. I used this book especially in the South of France and in Corsica, and what I found especially useful was the 'classmark sysytem' of the price of hotels and youth hostels. We had most of it booked before we even arrived, which was such a godsend when we arrived there knackered! The ONLY problem was that it was quite heavy to carry around - but a small price to pay.... Don't go there without it!
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The most useful general guide book of France, 18 Jan 1999
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For the tourist rather than the holiday maker this is truly a useful book and well worth the cost. Use it to plan your journey before you go and while away dark winter evenings or let it take you on your way once you are there. We used ours to tour the Loire Valley, Normandy and the area around Paris.
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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Best guide to cheap accomodatiopn and good food in France, 8 Aug 2001
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Travelling in France is wonderful for the food and the cheapness of the hotels however many guides (such as Michelin Red Book) etc either cover a wide range of hotels and restaurants or only expensive ones. This book covers the affordable but good! having used it over the past two years I have stayed at some amazing little inns and eaten some superb food (and drunk some exceptional wine) at very reasonable cost. Dont expect it to show you a chateau, the hotels are usualy modest but clean with typical 'local' decor. The restaurants are generally local cuisine, not 4 star but very very good. Before I found this guide I used to take pot luck, ok if you can put up with the occasional awful place, this guide helps you avoid the problem.
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3.0 out of 5 stars France is too big for one book
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5.0 out of 5 stars If you can take only one book on your trip...this is it.
My husband and I took a couple of well known guide books with us on our recent trip to France...but this is the one we found most useful. Read more
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