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This book features new colour food chapter highlighting the regional diversity of cuisine, including in-depth information on cheese, bread & charcuterie. Local voice interviews give reader's a window into the people who define French culture. It provides in-depth coverage of French culture, food & wine, plus thorough explanations about how all these are intertwined & inseparable. We have included increased coverage of how & where to travel sustainably & support businesses that make a concerted effort to minimise their impact on the environment. ...

Practice your cartographical skills with the France Tracermap. This ingenious Tracermap provides a template for drawing accurate outline-diagrams of countries. Holes corresponding to the location of major towns & cities are distributed throughout the template, allowing you to pinpoint specific locations on your traced map. The France Tracermap is the perfect device for home cartography! Colours may vary. ...

France Transports map showing 40, 000km of railways, train connections in the adjoining areas of the neighbouring countries, plus insets with metro & tram lines in 31 towns & cities including Paris, Brussels & Geneva. Published in cooperation with the SNCF, the main map shows the railway network from the TGV lines to special tourist routes, like the famous picturesque line connecting Nice & Digne-les-Bains. Also indicated are supplementary bus services run by the SNCF to locations without a rail connection, plus other road connections to seaside & winter sport resorts, spas, & selected well known places of interest. Towns with bus, tram & metro networks are highlighted. The base map shows the road network & the administrative division of the country into regions, with departmental boundaries also indicated. Large insets present the Ile de France in greater detail, plus Metro & RER networks within the Paris conurbation. Smaller insets show the metro & tram networks of 27 towns in France, plus Brussels, Basle, Geneva & the Hendaye to San Sebastian local line. Map legend is in French. ...

France in the National Geographic Traveler guide series, produced by America’s leading travel publishers, exploring a range of cities, regions & countries worldwide & using the expertise & tradition of National Geographic to provide a comprehensive survey of each destination. Each of the guides in the series draws upon National Geographic’s rich history of travel experience & is researched by authors familiar with the area. Whilst the content is influenced by an American editorial style, individual titles are still accessible to a non-American audience, with a combination of practical guidance & detailed information included in each guide. The series also relies upon the extensive image libraries of National Geographic to present a rich visual image of each destination. Individual National Geographic Traveler titles are organised uniformly, allowing readers to access information quickly & easily. Introductory sections provide information on Charting your Trip, with details of getting there & around & a History & Culture chapter profiling history, food & drink, land & landscape, flora & fauna & arts & literature. Chapter are arranged geographically by region, with notable cities & areas principally describing the main sites & attractions, with further information on directions, history & practicalities. There are also a number of individual features & insider tips throughout each guide covering subjects such as walking tours, local culture, driving tours, recommended local experiences & in-depth thematic short histories of the culture & histories of individual regions. A Travelwise section at the back of each guide provides essential practical information on when to go, what to take, further reading, getting there & around, local etiquette, media, holidays, money matters, religion, smoking, time differences, opening times, travellers with disabilities & accommodation. Restaurants & hotels are listed with brief descriptions & information on prices, location, contact details & facilities for the relevant regional chapters in the guide. ...

This new kind of map visually presents grape characteristics for all the wine regions & AOCs. There are illustrations of the acidity & tannin levels for each red & white grape variety & the most important characteristics of the grape in order of importance. ...

The nine main wine growing regions of France on a colourful map with on one side a road map of the country indicating areas presented on the reverse with detailed information on the various appellations, plus a table indicating best vintages. On one side is a general road map of the country at 1:1, 530, 000 showing the road network (please note: not recommended for driving!) & indicating the 10 areas presented on the reverse with information about regions. A table shows the classification from excellent to not so good for selected years from 1955 to 2005. On the reverse the ten regions are presented in detail with names of individual wine growing areas indicating their official classification: The Loire Valle including the central areas with Sancerre & Pouilly-Fum ...

France Wine Wall Map from De Long Company, size 61 x 92 cm / 24” x 36”, presents in an attractive pastel colouring the country’s wine regions according to their official classifications: AOC, AOP, VDP/IGP & VDF. Colouring & graphics are carefully designed to show overlapping zones. The base map has colouring according the mean annual temperature, with graphics to indicate mountainous and/or forested areas, main rivers & roads, plus selected towns & locations within the wine regions. Insets present in greater detail sub-zones of Bordeaux & two areas of Burgundy: Côte d’ Or & Beaujolais. Colouring & graphics extend to show wine regions in the adjoining areas of Germany, Switzerl&, Italy & Spain. For general reference, there is also a small map of France showing the country’s main wine growing regions. An interesting feature is the inclusion of latitude lines to provide comparisons with other wine growing areas, e.g. at 46°06’ Beaujolais is at the same latitude as the Walla Walla Valley in Washington State. The map is supplied with a separate brochure which

Includes:: two indexes: by region, plus alphabetically by the AOC/AOP names. Map legend & all the text are in English.

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France Wine Wall Map, a colourful & informative map from the IGN, using a road map of the country as a base for highlighting wine growing areas, all annotated with names & extensive lists of individual appellations, etc. The map is encapsulated, so it is damp-proof & will not crinkle in humid conditions. It can be written on with suitable marker pens. Encapsulation gives the map a shiny surface, similar to being displayed behind glass. The base map shows the road network from motorways to country roads to guide visitors to the various the vineyards from Champagne to Bordeaux, Roussillon & Provence. Many of the country ...

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