DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Dordogne, Bordeaux and the Southwest Coast
The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this tranquil and picturesque region.Visit the magnificent Chateau de Chambord, take a wine and cheese tour around Sancerre, enjoy the lively atmosphere of medieval Tours or be amazed at the giant mechanical creatures
The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this tranquil and picturesque region.Visit the magnificent Chateau de Chambord, take a wine and cheese tour around Sancerre, enjoy the lively atmosphere of medieval Tours or be amazed at the giant mechanical creatures at Les Machines de l’Ile in Nantes: everything you need to know is clearly laid out within colour-coded chapters. Discover the best of the Loire Valley with this indispensable travel guide. Inside DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Dordogne, Bordeaux and the Southwest Coast- Over 20 colour maps help you navigate with ease- Simple layout makes it easy to find the information you need- Comprehensive tours and itineraries of Dordogne, Bordeaux and the Southwest Coast, designed for every interest and budget- Illustrations detail famous sights such as the impressive Cathedrale de Notre-Dame in Chartres, the extraordinary Abbaye de Fontevraud in Anjou, the beautiful Chateau de Chenonceau and more- Colour photographs of the region’s bustling cities, picturesque towns and pretty rural villages, elegant chateaux and their landscaped gardens, lush vineyards and more- Detailed chapters, with area maps, cover Anjou; Touraine; Blesois and Orleanais; Berry; North of the Loire; Loire-Atlantique and the Vendee; and more- Historical and cultural context gives you a richer travel experience: learn about the region’s fascinating history and easygoing culture, beautiful chateaux, historic churches and abbeys, famous writers and artists, winemaking and vineyards, pleasant river, traditional festivals including unique son et lumiere, local cuisine and more – Essential travel tips: our expert choices of where to stay, eat, shop and sightsee, plus how to get around, useful phrases, and visa and health information DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Dordogne, Bordeaux and the Southwest Coast is a detailed, easy-to-use guide designed to help you get the most
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Sample Tours are the best The beauty of ordering online with Amazon, is you tend to get what you pay for. The travel guide arrived the very day that was expected and thank goodness because I was taking my family to France the very next day. This is a great guidebook, absolutely packed with really useful information. I really like how the book creates sample travel tours which you can simply emulate and use. The only reason I have not given this a five star is because of the price, For a travel guide is on the more…
good guide, but only four pages on Bordeaux Good guide, but a little disappointed it only has about four pages on Bordeaux out of the whole book.
Rather disappointing in its limited brief. Pretty pictures take the place of useful information I bought this guide because the alternative appeared to be the Michelin guide for the Dordogne which seems to assume you want to drive everywhere, even giving you touring routes. This one is hardly better. There is no mention of other ways of seeing this beautiful area of France. For example, we camped near Castelnaud la Chapelle, surrounded by cycling and walking routes. Our best day was spent cycling from the site up a foot path (some of which we had to walk) to Domme and then back by road on…