Provence & the Cote D'Azur

by Lonely Planet, Catherine le Nevez, Nicola Williams

Discover Provence & The Cote d'Azur

Sniff out fungus worth its weight in gold with a truffle dog in Avignon's forests.
Learn how to choose the sweetest Cavaillon melon from the lively morning market.
Fill your lungs cycling through lavender fields from Buoux to Saignon.
Exfoliate like the stars with a diamond-dust massage in Monaco.

In This Guide

Two long-term, France-based authors, more than 1200 hours of on-the-road research, 63 detailed maps.
Get active with extensive outdoor coverage from bird-watching to donkey rambling.
Bursting with local interviews and brimming with insights on Provencal culture.
You asked for it, we researched it - more of the region's best painting, cooking and French-language courses.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, France, Reference, Guidebook

456 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

OUR STORY
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.

Reviews

[Jack Hrkach · Rating 2 out of 5]

I know many, many people like the Lonely Planet series, so every once in a while I go to one of them and always find it lacking. I'm off to Provence in exactly one month, and as usual I am depending on Rick Steves and the Rough Guide (both of these on France as a whole, vs the specific area). The Lonely Planet is up to date and has all sorts of links (I read Kindle versions, as my eyes need large print) - too many links for my taste, but it simply does offer the detail of my preferred guides.

After this attempt I shall probably not even bother again.

[Nur Çoklar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Restaurant and accommodation suggestions taking too much place in the book. Of course, they are important as well, however, lots of pages becoming boring after a while.

[Diane D White · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just what I needed before my first trip to the Mediterranean shores of France! Informative and well organized material.

[Evenstar-Johanna ☾ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Flight booked, gite reserved, dreaming and planning underway!

It seems rather silly to rate a travel guide until AFTER our holiday, but LP has yet to steer me wrong. This one is now chock-a-block stuffed with post-its and scribbles...

[Laurie Byro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Re reading bits of this for an upcoming trip, and again, I find no fault in these books, in fact I bought some for the library as they were in need of better travel books. I just reread it as I bought this for myself. A good guide.

[Kelly Holmes · Rating 3 out of 5]

I prefer the Rick Steves guides, but this is a decent guide.

[Lauren orso · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was a weirdly family oriented lonely planet, but I MIGHT GO THERE ANYWAY while i'm studying abroad this summer because the fucking beach, you know?

[Beth Arrington · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice and concise, good tips