Lonely Planet Provence & the Cote d'Azur

by Lonely Planet, Hugh McNaughtan, Oliver Berry

Lonely Planet’ s Provence & the Cote d'Azur is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Party in St-Tropez, explore Nice’s old town, and hike Mont Ventoux; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Provence & the Cote d'Azur and begin your journey now!   Inside Lonely Planet’s Provence & the Cote d'Azur Travel   Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020’s COVID-19 outbreak NEW top experiences feature - a visually inspiring collection of Provence & the Cote d'Azur’s best experiences and where to have them What's NEW feature taps into cultural trends and helps you find fresh ideas and cool new areas NEW Accommodation feature gathers all the information you need to plan your accommodation Planning tools for family travellers - where to go, how to save money, plus fun stuff just for kids Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics Over 40 maps   Cov ers Cote d'Azur, Monaco, Bouches-du-Rhone, Marseille, the Camargue, Vaucluse, the Luberon, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence   The Perfect Lonely Planet’s Provence & the Cote d'Azur , our most comprehensive guide to Provence & the Cote d'Azur, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.  Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet’s France for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer.
About Lonely Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day.    'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' – New York Times   'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' – Fairfax Media (Australia)

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, France, Reference, Guidebook

352 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