France

by Jeanne Oliver, Lonely Planet

-- covers all the must-see spots along with advice for finding out-of-the-way gems
-- informed recommendations on places to stay, from rural campsites to Renaissance chateaux
-- special section on France's renowned cuisine and wines
-- new coverage on French cinema

Genres: Travel

1088 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2003

About the author

Jeanne officially became a travel writer in 1996 when Lonely Planet hired her to updated the Croatia chapter of the company's Eastern Europe guidebook. She had never been to Croatia before but was interested to see how the country was coping with the aftermath of war. Even with the obvious damage both to the infrastructure and morale, it was obvious that Croatia had massive tourism potential.

She has been returning nearly every year since, first to updated Eastern Europe and then to write the very first guidebook in English to Croatia. What an adventure!

Eventually she decided to "go indie" with her travel knowledge and launch an online guidebook, Croatia Traveller. With this massive storehouse of constantly updated pages, Jeanne was able to provide more detailed and more recent information than is available in a printed guidebook.

With her new e-book, Dubrovnik and Beyond, Jeanne has presented her knowledge of this great destination in a fun and easy-to-use format.

Next up is a regional guidebook and after that, who knows?

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bent, ripped, stained - I throughly used this book for 2 months as I bounced around the country. It haphazardly landed me in the middle of a bull-fight, explained me the logic (and therefore the economy ) of riding the train during a strike, and kept me well fed. Detailed Rail and city maps, an acceptable listing of hostels and emphasis on grocery stores for your main source of food - even in the small places.