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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 914 EAN: 9781741042368 Edition: 5th ISBN: 1741042364 Label: Lonely Planet Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 456 Publication Date: April 01, 2007 Publisher: Lonely Planet Studio: Lonely Planet Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Sniff out fungus worth its weight in gold with a truffle dog in Avignon's forests, p. 178. Learn how to choose the sweetest Cavaillon melon from the lively morning market, p. 223. Fill your lungs cycling through lavender fields from Buoux to Saignon, p. 226. Exfoliate like the stars with a diamond-dust massage in Monaco, p. 88. --Two long-term, France-based authors, more than 1200 hours of on-the-road research, 63 detailed maps. --Get active with extensive outdoor coverage from bird-watching to donkey rambling. --Bursting with local interviews and brimming with insights on Provencal culture. --You asked for it, we researched it - more of the region's best painting, cooking and French-language courses. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Nice and the French RivieraNot impressed with this guide book. The authors give a brief synopsis of the travel locations and it is up to the reader to decide if they want to attend. I prefer to read an opinion of a hotel, restaurant, and tourist area rather than read a brief overview. I left my guide book in the hotel. Rating: - Lonely Planet Provence & the Cote D'AzurThis book is obviously aimed at young, hip readers, interested in "in" places and night life. I did not find it as helpful for "senior" travelers such as I. Rating:  - Complete and well-researched guidebookWatch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RLRJWZ9K98MV3 A quick video review for Lonely Planet Provence & the Cote D'Azur, to better see what you get... Rating:  - not so useful in traveling with children.I had taken out the prior version of this book from the library and was pleased to see that there was a 2007 updated version to read. However, in the prior version there was much more specifically directed toward traveling with kids. In this version, most of that was eliminated, and I was bummed not to have that pointed out. While the color pictures are beautiful in the front of the book, more maps and more detail about traveling would have been more useful to me, rather than looking at fields of ... Read More Rating: - Useful and thorough reviewcontains very useful information. However, the authors only covers major cities and tourist attractions, and ignore many beautiful villages and towns in country side. For this reason, I recommend reading other guide books and travel essays. 
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