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Provence Made Easy: The Best Sights and Walks of Provence and the French Riviera (Open Road Travel Guides)

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Like Open Road's series of foreign language menu-readers, our new compact lightweight travel guides are for those travelers who already know where they're staying and don't want to lug around a huge book during the day. With a sprinkling of restaurant selections, our Europe Made Easy series focuses on taking readers to the best, as well as the most different and unusual, sights and walking tours. Tuck this guide into your pocket and head out for a great day of sightseeing: you'll have over 100 sights at your fingertips, from the Papal Palace in Avignon to the mysterious spring in Fontaine-de-Vacluse, from the Roman amphitheater in Nimes to the strange stone huts near Gordes. Features insider tips on hip cafes, sidebars on great places to eat, interesting shops, fun outdoor markets, suggestions on where best to sample Provence's world-famous wines, and beautiful walks in Provence's loveliest towns, including a wine-themed walk in Chateauneuf-du-Pape; a stroll through medieval Avignon; a baroque walking tour of Aix; and a Roman-era walk through Arles. Bonus excursion info on the French Riviera. Attractive design features a second color on the inside.

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Provence Made Easy: The Best Sights and Walks of Provence and the French Riviera (Open Road Travel Guides)
  • Paperback: 10 pages
  • Publisher: Open Road; 2005-05-03
  • Label: Open Road
  • Studio: Open Road
  • ISBN: 1593600380
  • Sales Rank in Books: #1533187

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Make the Most of Your Trip, December 30, 2005
This review is from: Provence Made Easy: The Best Sights and Walks of Provence and the French Riviera (Open Road Travel Guides) (Paperback)
I prefer guidebooks that aren't just mammoth listings of everything (hotels, restaurants, sights). This compact book hits the target with its highlights and its walking tours.
The directions are in red, interspersed with commentary in black print. The notes give relevance to much that you would unknowingly pass by. Boxed in red are DETOURS (interesting museum or cafe close to the walking tour), SHOPPING TIPS AND ENTERTAINMENT TIPS.
This covers 35 towns in Provence, 10 in the Marseille/coast area, 24 for the Western French Riviers, and 9 for the Eastern French Riviera.
I wish I'd had this on my first visit to Provence and the French Riviera. This time, I won't miss so much.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprising gem of a guide book, November 13, 2005
This review is from: Provence Made Easy: The Best Sights and Walks of Provence and the French Riviera (Open Road Travel Guides) (Paperback)
This guide book was a last-minute impulse buy before we headed off on our 10 day trip to France. We surprised ourselves by using it almost exclusively to navigate around this wonderful region of France. Short 'n sweet descriptions of all noteworthy towns in the region helped tremendously with deciding where to head next. We used the walking tours in Aix-En-Provence, Avignon, and Arles, and felt them invaluble in getting the most out of our time in each city on our brief trip. We also visited many of the tiny scenic villages recommended in the book. "Provence Made Easy" is accurate, well-written, concise, and fun to read. (Fits in your pocket!) We also had Lonely Planet Provence with us and ended up using it almost exclusively (and seldom) for accommodation and restaurant information. For trip shaping, this small, handy book was it. We used this book in conjunction with "Walking In Provence" by Janette Norton and felt that together these two books offered us a unique,...Read more
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Too easy, April 10, 2007
This review is from: Provence Made Easy: The Best Sights and Walks of Provence and the French Riviera (Open Road Travel Guides) (Paperback)
This book might be better than nothing or it might do the trick if you don't care whether you make the most of your trip or you're on a directed tour and don't have any choices as to what to see or where to go. Better choices are available from Lonely Planet, Rick Steves, Cadogan, Michelin and National Geographic Traveler.
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