There are few countries in Europe more stunning and diverse than France in the summertime. If you're about to plan a trip to Paris, Lyon, Nice, Marseille, Arles or Toulouse this holiday season, we've put together a list of the top six french city & region travel guides for you to download and start researching your trip of a lifetime.
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Top 6 French City & Region Travel Guides
This
chapter contains the Paris Today, History, Fashion, Architecture, Literary
Paris, Painting & Visual Arts, Music & Cinema, Transport, Directory A-Z
and Language chapters from Lonely Planet’s Paris guidebook.
This is the
Lyon & the Rhône Valley chapter from Lonely Planet's France
guidebook.
Grand old
Lyon, with its cobbled Unesco-listed old town, is France 's third-largest metropolis
and gastronomic capital. Downstream, the Rhône forges past centuries-old Côtes
du Rhône vineyards yielding some of France 's most respected reds,
eventually reaching the rugged Gorges de l'Ardèche.
This is the
Marseille to Aix-en-Provence chapter from Lonely
Planet's Provence & the Côte d’Azur
guidebook.
This is the
Arles & the Camargue
chapter from Lonely Planet's Provence &
the Côte d’Azur
guidebook.
Nice, with
its atmospheric old town, great architectural heritage, fantastic nightlife and
excellent restaurants is everyone’s favourite city. Monaco , complete with scandal-prone
monarchy, throngs of VIPs and casino glamour, endlessly fascinates: come and
make your own opinion!
Coverage
includes: Nice, Arrière-Pays Niçois, Peillon, Peille, Corniche inférieure,
Moyenne Corniche, Grande Corniche, Monaco, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Menton,
Ste-Agnès and Gorbio.
Rich food,
good wine and slow living: that's what this sunbaked corner of southwest France is all
about. Toulouse is one of France 's
liveliest provincial cities. Beyond it lies a landscape dotted with sturdy
bastides (fortified towns), cathedrals and country markets.
Coverage
includes: Toulouse ,
Albi, Castres, Montauban, Moissac, Auch and Condom & around.