France ([7th ed.])

Discover France Gaze at the gargoyles and ponder Quasimodo's fate as you laze in the park behind Notre Dame.

Fly off-piste down glaciers near Chamonix on the notorious Vallee Blanche descent.

Get lost in secret passageways beneath Lyon and discover why silk weavers toiled to build them.

Spit a mouthful of Burgundy without causing offence at Beaune's Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne. In This Guide: Six authors, 23 combined years living in France, 196 days of in-country research, 184 maps.

You asked for it, we researched it - more value accommodation in this edition Belle Ile Romance, Marseille short-break, Tour de France trail - take inspiration from our itineraries and explore France your own way.

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