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Michelin Green Guide Languedoc Roussillon Tarn Gorges
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The definitive guide to one of France''s most varied and exciting regions. The Rough Guide to Languedoc and Roussillon combines rich cultural and historical information and lively coverage of all the sights with detailed practical information - for all budgets. Special attention is given to outdoor activities, including cycling and hiking as well as boating the region''s famous inland waterways. Expert advice is given on making the most of the region''s gastronomic specialities and vineyards. Coverage is close up and critical - the guide tells you what to see, what to pass up and gives you all the inside information to make your travels in the region rich and rewarding.
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For a good time in Languedoc, read this book.......2002-01-28
The mark of a good travel book is not just the durability of the cover, although that is important; it is also a function of the quality of the research.
This book has both. Not only is the cover tough yet remarkably pliable, but the contents are well written and well researched. While I was in Languedoc over Christmas, Catlos never left my side - my wife and I ate with him, drove with him. Heck, we even followed his advice on where to spend the night. In fact, we even started calling the book "the Catlos"! We felt that the book was a friend who was guiding us through this mysterious and deeply foreign landscape.
My wife found his tips for female travellers to be especially helpful and considered. To be frank, not many guidebooks consistently point out where one might purchase certain feminine necessities.
I highly recommend this book and suggest that anyone travelling to the region purchase a copy. It'll become like a good pal - albeit one with a flexible laminated cover.
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Cadogan brings travelers a brand new regional guide from expert authors Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls, who live in France themselves. The Languedoc-Roussillon region boasts beautiful and diverse landscapes, from miles of beaches and scorched limestone to lush olive groves, and is home to the spectacular walled town of Carcasonne, one of France's most famous national monuments and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cadogan's comprehensive and entertaining guide to this wonderful region takes readers to the seaside towns of Sete, Maguelone, and Agde, the fabled Roman aqueduct of the Pont du Gard in Nimes, and the lively bars and clubs of Montpellier. The region is a gourmet's dream, and no trip would be complete without indulging in the distinctive cuisine and innovative wines of the region. The authors pick out the most charming auberges and extravagant restaurants in which to do just that.
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Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the most exciting areas in the wine world, and this is the first illustrated book to explore the terroir, traditions, winemaking practices, and laws of the region. Written by Paul Strang, a leading authority on the subject, it features maps and photographs of each district’s landscape, plus fact boxes that offer a useful guide to climate, soil, and grape varieties.
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Excellent guide to the wines of the Languedoc.......2005-02-15
It is rare to find a book devoted to the Languedoc Rousillon region, and rarer to find one devoted to that region's wines. Paul Strang does a great job of explaining the recent changes in the Languedoc wine industry and focuses on the pioneers of excellence in a region known more for its bulk table wine. His commentary is interesting and enlightening. His reviews and simple rating and pricing guides for the top wines of selected producers are easy to understand. His recommendations are rarely disappointing. On a recent tour of the region this book was invaluable. Discovering new producers, different grape varieties and interesting, often excellent wines, made the visit more enjoyable. In a region that produces thousands of different labels of varying quality, this book will help you to avoid disappointment in buying and enjoying Languedoc wines.
Nepotism.......2004-07-06
I think I was the partner of Paul Strong/Strang in his law firm in London. Our partnership meetings, or more correctly dinners, convinced me that here was a man who is so multi talented, that I was embarrassed to be his partner. Although, as memory serves me, he poured more gin than wine down my eager, but inexperienced throat, even some 30 years ago I knew that he was a 'professional' in the region of France that he loved. This region is to the west of the Languedoc-Roussillion area where I have had a home for 12 years, but his analysis of the local wines is 'spot-on' and any newcomer to our area needs to heed his advice. He covers many of the vineyards that I have found, faut de mieux, and I think he understands how the local vigneron are struggling, in this competitive market, to exploit the huge advantages they have in climate, terroir, and centuries of experience, brought up-to-date by modern wine-making expertise from all over the world,both old and new.
finally a book is wonderful wine region.......2002-11-20
For years I have been searching for wine from this region, as the quality is amazing virus the amount that you have to spend. Paul Strang's book clued me into the politics of the region from the Greek and Roman times to now. It was during the Roman times that the natives of Languedoc were known for their "proverbial drunkeness." After reading this, not only do I understand this region better and am planning on visiting as soon as I can, but I am also a much more informed wine consumer. Forget the overpriced Bordeaux's, Paul guides you through some of the best wine for the dollar.
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Languedoc-Roussillon (Country & Regional Guides - Cadogan)
ASIN: 2067106422 |
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The Rough Guide to Languedoc & Roussillon is your essential handbook to one of France’s most beautiful and intriguing regions. The full-colour section introduces the area''s highlights from the picturesque beach town of Collioure and the Orb Valley mountain river to swimming at the Pont Du Gard - an extraordinary Roman Aqueduct. For every town and village, there are comprehensive and opinionated reviews of all the best places to stay, eat and sample the local wines, whatever your budget. There is plenty of practical advice on exploring hiking trails, boating on the Canal du Midi and experiencing the Catalan dances of Roussillon. The guide also takes a look at the region''s best festivals and comes complete with maps and plans for every area.
The Rough Guide to Languedoc & Roussillon is like having a local friend plan your trip!
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This title in the acclaimed Michelin Green Guide series is your indispensable guide to the cultural and natural highlights of Mediterranean southwest France: craggy, snow-capped mountain peaks; vertiginous river gorges; ruined Cathar fortesses; sumptuous Romanesque art treasures; bizarre rocky landscapes; elegant cities of red brick or white stone; fragrant garrigue interspersed with vineyards; inviting beaches...bon voyage!
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Why isn't all of Languedoc-Roussillon here?.......2005-05-18
Michelin's guides are a five-star resource for travel information, from hotels and restaurants to attractions and how to get there. This guide is no exception, containing all the practical info you'd expect from Michelin, plus maps and some color pictures. The alphabetical listing of sites makes information easy to find. As you'd expect from a guide published by a tire company, the Michelin series seems best suited to car travel. I appreciate the star ratings of cities and attractions (1 star = "interesting", 3 starts = "highly recommended"), which help you determine whether a detour is warranted, or helps you meander your way through the countryside on a day of exploring.
I'm annoyed with this guide, however, because even though the title includes the names "Languedoc" and "Roussillon", it is NOT a guide to the entire French region known as Languedoc-Roussillon. Rather, it includes parts of Languedoc-Roussillon and parts of the adjacent region of Midi-Pyrenees. I bought it in preparation for a stay in Nimes, which is in the Gard department of Languedoc-Rousillon. Inexplicably, information about the Gard is found in the Michelin "Provence" guide, even though the Gard is not in fact part of Provence. So, if you're wanting to purchase a Michelin guide for information about a particular city or region, use the "Look Inside" feature to review the Table of Contents before you buy!
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Michelin Languedoc/Roussillon, France Map No. 240 (Michelin Maps & Atlases)
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ASIN: 2067002406 |
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An annually updated road map of Languedoc and Roussillon, covering the main and secondary road networks across the region. Scale: 1/200,000 - 1cm=2km Legend/Key in two languages (French, English)
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- Nice glossy coverage
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Vacances Languedoc Roussillon
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336 pages (all in color)
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Nice glossy coverage.......2005-04-02
I like both kinds of travel books: the detailed, picture-free, historically rich style of Blue Guide or Rough Guide, as well as the picture-loaded, site-focused books like Eyewitness or Insight. This new Hatchette Vacances series definitely falls in the latter group, but it seems to have much more information than your standard Eyewitness guide [much more than the flimsy Insight guide]. The individual towns from the Herault to the Aude are covered generally in about 2 pages each, with longer sections for the larger towns like Narbonne, Perpignon, etc. It doesn't have much depth in the descriptions, nor does it have much historical coverage, but it is broader in terms of the number of villages that it covers than the more detail-oriented books such as Rough Guide or Blue Guide [caveat: I like both of those books as well].
There's also a nice introduction to the region and the many different features and cultural opportunities that it provides in the first third of the book. The information again is somewhat light, but nonetheless useful.
However, the Vacances series is small, handy, covers and visually reveals a bunch of places all over the region, and has some information that isn't covered at all in the detail books [e.g.; I didn't know the Ricard plant was so close to Agde and Pezanas] so deserves 4 stars as far as I'm concerned. And not just because I like Ricard! ;)
I am sending it back.......2002-07-12
I really don't like this kind of travel book and was very disappointed when I received it. It skims over the most obvious tourist attractions of each town filling half the pages with photos (of things like a lion at the zoo in that town - like we can't all picture what the lion looks like).
It's probably a personal preference - if you like LP and Rough Guide I'd say this is way too glossy and general for you.
Hachette & Michelin: Unbeatable.......2001-02-10
We buy every guide to the Languedoc Roussillon that we can, to stock the shelves for renters in our French vacation home. There are two indispensable volumes: the Michelin green guide, which leaves no historical stone unturned; and this new Hachette guide for the region. The Hachette guidebooks bill themselves as "France by the French." The Languedoc guide is exceptional fare: it has enticing overviews of food & drink specialties, restaurants, wines, home furnishings (!), castles, other history (this area has been settled FOREVER), sports, festivals and the arts. There are a dozen preplanned itineraries you can adopt. And an extraordinarily rich level of reporting, with magnificent photography. My test for a new guidebook is this: Does it tell me something new about a place I thought I knew? The Hachette does just that, over and over.
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