Book Title: France 2005
Author: Rick Steve
Year written/published: 2005
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: France regions and how to travel these areas
My Comments: Fantastic… Rick Steve travel books are a genre of their own. Really useful guide
Contents page:
- Paris
- Normandy: Rouen, Honfluer, Bayeux, D-Day Beaches, Mont St. Michel
- Brittany
- Loire: Amboise, Chenonceaux, Chinon
- Dordogne: Sarlat, Beynac-Cazenac
- Basque Country
- Languedoc: Albi, Carcassonne, Collioure
- Provence: Arles, Avignon
- French Riviera: Nice, Monaco, Antibes
- French Alps: Annecy, Chamonix
- Burgundy and Lyon: Beaune, Lyon
- Alsace and Northern France: Colmar, Route du Vin, Strasbourg, Verdun, Reims
Some extracts:
sight-seeing priorities
- 3 days: Paris and maybe Versailles
- 5 days: Normandy
- 7 days: Loire
- 10 days: Dordogne, Carcassonne
- 15 days: Provence, Riviera
- 18 days: Burgundy, Chamonix
- 21 days: Alsace, Champagne
- 23 days: Basque Country
Train tips
- Arrive at station with plenty of time before your departure
- check schedules in advance
- write the date on your flexi-pass each day you travel
- validate tickets (not passes) and reservations in orange machines before boarding
- Before getting on a train, confrim that it’s going where you think it is
- Some trains split cards on route
Paris in 3 days starting from day 1:
- morning: self-guided tour featuring ile de la Cite, Notre Dame, Latin Quater and Sainte-Chapelle
- afternoon: Visit Pompoadouu, Jeiwsh Art, Picasso
- Evening: Cruise the Seine RIver or take the Prais Illumination nighttime bus trou
day 2 in Paris:
- morning: Arc de Trimphe, self guided tour of Chams-Elysees Walk
- afternoon: Lunch in Tuileries and then Louvre
- Evening: Twilight ride up the Eiffel Tower
day 3 in Paris:
- morning: Tour the Orsay Museum
- afternoon: Rodin Museu, and Napolean’s Tomb
- night: Montmartre and Sacre-Couer basilica
some museum tips:
- tuesday: most museums are closed including Louvre and Picasso
- Sunday: some museums are free the first sunday on the month and therefore more crowded eg. Louvre, Picasso etc
some main attractions in paris…
- Louvre
- Orsay Museum
- Eiffel Tower
- Arc de Triomphe
- Saint Chapelle
- versailles
- Notre Dame Cathedral
- Sacre Couer