Travelers Mediterranean France Companion (TRAVELER'S COMPANION MEDITERRANEAN FRANCE)

By David Burke

Encompassing the Cote D'Azure, Provence, and Languedoc, Mediterranean France has some of the world's most dramatic scenery, luxury resorts, famous vineyards, and exceptional cuisine. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762706074
• ISBN13: 9780762706075
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Great Guide

Although a little weak with maps of the whole region(Carcarsonne and surrounding areas were for some reason left out completely), the guide is a fascinating journey with great tidbits and helpful hints. Restaurants guide and touring tips were particularly helpful and our sampling indicated that the author knew his material well.

Cuts through the cliches

The Cote d'Azur is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. As such, I was not expecting to find a guidebook which would add much to what has, over time, become common knowledge about the region (beautiful people, chic casinos, jet setting etc). David Burke's book, however, was a revelation. The author has obviously done his research, producing a guide which is short on cliche and long on detail and other useful information. Burke has tried to point the reader to the lesser-known delights of the Cote d'Azur, while at the same time not neglecting the old favourites. I presume that the same is true for the other regions covered in the guide. This is a book for romantics and explorers alike.

Vivid descriptions support colorful photographs

David Burke guides the traveller from Monaco to Perpignan. My trip remained inscribed in the Cote D'Azur. I stayed near Fayence, in the mountains an hour north Cannes for 10 days. I was able to visit many of the areas Burke reviewed and always found his reviews to be accurate. One excellent restaurant in Nice he recommended was Merenda a "tiny hole-in-the-wall" run by chef Dominique Le Stanc who left his post at the Michelin 2-star Le Chantecler. Throughout all of the towns he reviews he points you out to little treasures like Merenda.The local histories and photographs got me started on my trip well before I left New York. The anticipation carried over into an eagerness to explore the country side. I'll be going back to Provence and Lanquedoc with this book in hand.