Loire Valley in the France series from Footprint; comprising of a range of titles dedicated to the regions of France & designed for independent travellers who like exploring off the beaten track. Footprint guides have an established reputation, built up since 1921, for catering for more adventurous & individual travellers. Each author has travelled extensively to provide unique insights into France's best loved regions & individual guides provide comprehensive descriptions of the main sights, as well as many lesser known gems. There are also listings of the best value & most romantic places to stay, sample local food & buy local specialties. Widely recognized for their reliability & independent writing style, each guide in the Footprint France series helps visitors plan their trip, with lively insights on subjects such as the French history & cafe culture. An introductory section profiles the region, with an overview map, selection of notable highlights, a month by month calendar & the best of the area in books & on screen. Each section has a particular focus on local sights & places of interest, with details of accommodation, restaurants & nightlife also included. A ...

From world-renowned vineyards to elegant Renaissance chateaux, the Loire Valley provides some of the defining sights of France. This Footprint Focus guide will ensure that you get the best of wine-tasting in Sancerre, reveling at the Orleans Festival de Loire, cycling through medieval towns or strolling around exquisite chateaux. With listings on the best restaurants & accommodation, this guide will help you make the most of your trip. Essentials section with useful advice on getting to & around Sancerre, Orleans, Blois, Chambord, Chenonceaux & Amboise. Comprehensive, up-to-date listings of where to eat, sleep & play.

Includes:: information on tour operators & activities, from picnicking to visiting vineyards. Detailed maps for the Loire Valley. Slim enough to fit in your pocket. With detailed information on all the main sights, plus many lesser-known attractions, Footprint Focus Loire Valley: Sancerre to Ambois (
Includes: Orleans, Blois, Chambord & Chenonceaux) provides concise & comprehensive coverage of one of France's most iconic regions. The content of the Footprintfocus Loire Valley: Sancerre to Ambois (
Includes: Orleans, Blois, Chambord & Chenonceaux) guide has been extracted from Footprint's Loire Valley Full-Color Guide.



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From mighty chateaux to troglodytic caves, the Loire Valley provides some of the defining sights of France. Whether you are seeking the famous wine-producing vineyards, local French food or specialist boutiques, this Footprint Focus guide will ensure that you get the best of the Loire Valley with its fantastic listings on the best activities, restaurants & accommodation. Essentials section with useful advice on getting to & around Tours, Azay-le-Rideau, Chinon, Saumur & Angers. Comprehensive, up-to-date listings of where to eat, sleep & play.

Includes:: information on tour operators & activities, from learning French to horse-riding. Detailed maps for the Loire Valley. Slim enough to fit in your pocket. With detailed information on all the main sights, plus many lesser-known attractions, Footprint Focus Loire Valley: Tours to Angers (
Includes: Azay-le-Rideau, Chinon, Saumur & Angers) provides concise & comprehensive coverage of one of France's most iconic regions. The content of the Footprintfocus Loire Valley: Tours to Angers (
Includes: Azay-le-Rideau, Chinon, Saumur & Angers) guide has been extracted from Footprint's Loire Valley Full-Color Guide.



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Loire Valley in the Thomas Cook Driving Guides series; comprising a range of guides dedicated to exploring a selection of the best car tours & drives in Britain, Europe, Australasia & North America. The guides are designed to provide readers with a flexible reference source to explore the region or country by car; taking in the best local attractions & things to do & see. Recommended driving tours are linked with local sights for each chapter & total driving time is indicated clearly. An introductory section gives an overview of the destination with details of the place & its people, history, art & architecture, culture, geography & food & drink. Each chapter is divided into a touring area which is rated in categories such as architecture, entertainment & children to allow readers to plan a drive accordingly. Individual chapters give an outline of the region & provide practical guidance on getting there & around. A dedicated ...

Loire Valley Eyewitness travel guide from Dorling Kindersley is a lavishly illustrated book concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to sightseeing in the country & a broad cultural introduction. Popular historical buildings & museums are often described with cutaway diagrams allowing you to view ...

Loire Valley Eyewitness travel guide from Dorling Kindersley is a lavishly illustrated book concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to sightseeing in the country & a broad cultural introduction. Popular historical buildings & museums are often described with cutaway diagrams allowing you to view ...

French region of Pays de la Loire including most of the Loire Valley at 1:200, 000 in a series of double-sided touring maps from Michelin. The map

Includes:: a city centre street plan of Nantes indicating principal traffic arteries, one way streets & places of interest, with selected streets named & listed in the accompanying index. Maps in the Michelin’s REGIONAL series are designed to cover a large area in each title & offer a more convenient touring alternative to the publishers’ LOCAL coverage of France at 1:150, 000. The maps present the road network in great detail, indicating width & the number of lanes, motorway services & rest areas, dangerous or restricted entry roads, steep gradients, height & weight restrictions, etc. Scenic sections are highlighted. The maps also show selected cycle paths & nature trails. Railway lines are shown with stations & local airports are marked. Satellite-derived base with colouring for the forested areas & boundaries of national or regional parks shows the topography. In the mountainous regions the maps have bold, very effective relief shading, with a large number of names of peaks, passes, & other topographic features. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 10’ intervals & are indexed. Map legend

Includes:: English. To see the list of all the regional titles in this series please click on the series link.



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You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in the Loire Valley. Rick Steves covers the essentials of the Loire Valley, including Amboise & Chinon. Visit grandiose chateaus, such as Chenonceau, Blois, & Chateau d' Azay-le-Rideau. Tour the Leonardo da Vinci Park & go wine-tasting in Vouvray. You'll get Rick's firsthand advice on the best sights, eating, sleeping, & nightlife, & the maps & self-guided tours will ensure you make the most of your experience. More than just reviews & directions, a Rick Steves Snapshot guide is a tour guide in your pocket. Rick Steves' Snapshot guides consist of excerpted chapters from Rick Steves' European country guidebooks. Snapshot guides are a great choice for travelers visiting a specific city or region, rather than multiple European destinations. These slim guides offer all of Rick's up-to-date advice on what sights are worth your time & money. They include good-value hotel & restaurant recommendations, with no introductory information (such as overall trip planning, when to go, & travel practicalities). ...

This guide expertly divides the Loire Valley into touring areas
- one per chapter. The best of the Loire Valley is offered, from
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Loire-Atlantique & Vendée départments on the Atlantic coast of central France at 1:150, 000 in Michelin’s Local Series, with highlighting for scenic routes, an index, a special panel with best sights & recommended driving tours, & street plans of central La Roche-sur-Yon & Nantes. The map is double-sided, with a good overlap between the sides, & extends from Châteaubriant to La Rochelle, & inland to Cholet & Niort. Coverage

Includes:: La Baule, St-Nazaire, Les Sables-d’ Olonne, Ile de Noirmoutier, Ile de Ré, the Poitevin Marches, etc. PLEASE NOTE: our coverage image, provided by the publishers, does not take into account which areas along the edge of the map are blocked by the index & the additional features. Maps in Michelin’s Local Series of France have the same cartography (road network & place names shown on the maps) as the publishers’ Regional Series at 1;200, 000 but enlarged here to 1:150, 000 to provide greater clarity & larger, easier to read print size. Road network is presented in great detail, indicating width, motorway services & rest areas, dangerous or restricted entry roads, steep gradients, height & weight restrictions, etc. Scenic sections are highlighted. The maps also show selected cycle paths & nature trails. Railway lines are shown with stations & local airports are marked. Symbols indicate various places of interest, with additional star rating for best sights, based on the publishers’ Green Guides for French regions. Satellite-derived base with colouring for the forested areas & boundaries of national or regional parks shows the topography. In the mountainous regions the maps have bold, very effective relief shading, with a large number of names of peaks, passes, & other topographic features. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 10’ intervals & are indexed. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title in addition

Includes:: a panel showing the area’s principal roads & places of interest, plus recommendations for sightseeing tours. Also provided are town centre maps of main cities, indicating principal traffic arteries, one way streets & places of interest. Only selected streets are named & listed in the accompanying index. Please click on the series link to see all the titles in this series.





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