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This eBook offering is an excerpt of Lonely Planet's latest France guide book and includes:
- The Loire Valley chapters
- Understanding France
- The Loire Valley maps
From turrets and glittering banquet halls to cupolas and crenellated towers, the hundreds of chateaux dotted around the Loire Valley - now a Unesco World Heritage Site - comprise 1000 years of astonishingly rich architectural and artistic treasures.
This guide is the result of research by dedicated authors and local experts who immersed themselves in the Loire Valley, finding unique experiences, and sharing practical and honest advice, so you come away informed and amazed. This guide includes up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, eat, sights, cultural information, maps, transport tips and a few best kept secrets - all the essentials to get to the heart of the Loire Valley.
Coverage includes:
- Understanding France: France Today, History, The French, Bon Appetit, French Wine, The Arts, Architecture, Lyrical Landscapes
- Orleans, Sully-sur-Loire, La Sologne, Blois, Chateau de Chambord, Chateau de Cheverny, Chateau de Chaumont, Chateau de Beauregard, Tours, Vouvray, Chateau de Chenonceau, Amboise, Chateau de Villandry, Chateau de Langeais, Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau, Chateau d'Usse, Loches, Chinon, Saumur, Angers & around.
Lonely Planet's France guide is researched and written by: Nicola Williams, Alexis Averbuck, Stuart Butler, Tom Masters, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Steve Fallon, Oliver Berry, Daniel Robinson, Kerry Christiani, John Vlahides, Catherine Le Nevez, Miles Roddis, Emilie Filou