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The Rough Guide to Brittany & Normandy 9 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) | 
 enlarge | Author: Greg Ward
Publisher: Rough Guides
Category: Book
List Price: $18.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1156998
Media: Paperback
Edition: 9
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 1843534622
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781843534624
ASIN: 1843534622
Publication Date: July 4, 2005
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Condition: Shelf wear, may contain some notes or highlighting, corners/edges worn and bent, may not include companion materials like cdroms or access codes.
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Product Description
Brittany and Normandy is one of Frances most visited regions with its outstanding scenery, picturesque villages, remarkable history and fine French produce. The Rough Guide gets under the skin of the area with informed coverage of all the sights from the magnificent abbey of Mont-St-Michel to the evocative medieval city of Rouen. There are practical tips on a host of activities including trips to Brittanys stunning off-shore islands and cycling the backroads. In each chapter there are critical reviews of the best hotels, cafés and restaurants, in every price bracket. Finally a detailed contexts chapter covers the history of the region, further reading and an essay on Breton music.
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Info...liberally seasoned with author's high self-opinion February 29, 2004
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
I bought this book in anticipation of visiting Normandy. On first glance, it looked ideal for my purposes (traveling alone with lots of time to meander). Once into the book, I saw that few of the towns have maps--even maps of cities'-centers would be helpful. More than that, though, was the condescending tone he used when discussing holy places (i.e., referring to the devotion to Saint Thèrése of Lisieux as "a cult"). The author's inflated sense of self was reflected in nearly every section of this book, and I soon relegated it to the bottom of my suitcase: I wanted information; not editorializing. For the rest of my trip, I did quite well with small town maps (free at any tourism office).
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