The Best Student Towns.

The Best Scenes for Hip Youngsters.

The Best Festivals.

The Best Funky Arts Venues.

The Best Tipple-Tasting.

The Best Venues for Tracking the Rich & Famous.

The Best Spots beside the Sea.

The Best Moments.

The Best Regional Produce.

The Best of Freaky France.

The Best Places to Eat Your Heart Out.

The Best Places for a Good Night’s Sleep.

The Best Places to Get Down with History.

The Best Châteaux.

The Best Outlandish Architecture.

The Best Religious Buildings.

The Basics.

The Lay of the Land.

The Regions in Brief.

Visitor Information.

Getting In & Out.

Money, Money, Money, Money! (Money!).

When to Go.

Health & Insurance.

Safety & Scams.

Getting Wired.

Getting There.

Staying in France: Tips on Lodgings.

Getting Around France.

Tips for Travel on the Cheap.

Tips for Backpackers/Creative Packing.

Tips for Gay Travelers.

Tips for Travelers with Disabilities.

Tips for Solo Travelers.

Tips for Minority Travelers.

Specialized Tours & Resources.

I Don’t Want to Leave! Staying Beyond Vacation.

Eating Your Way through France.

Paris & Ile-de-France.

The Best of Paris & Ile-de-France.

Getting Around the Region.

Paris.

Ile-de-France.

The Loire Valley.

The Best of the Loire Valley.

Getting Around the Region.

Tours: The Ultimate Base for Château-Hopping.

Top 20 Châteaux of the Loire.

Nantes: A Bridge to Brittany.

Playing Outside in the Loire.

Normandy.

The Best of Normandy.

Getting Around the Region.

Rouen: Joan of Arc’s Resting Place.

The Sea Stint: The Alabaster & Flower Coast.

The History Trail.

Brittany.

The Best of Brittany.

St-Malo: Surf, Sun & Stone Walls.

Rennes: Student Town, Medieval Flair.

Carnac: Brittany’s Jekyll & Hyde.

Quimper: Quaintness in the Country.

Bordeaux & Charente-Maritime.

The Best of Bordeaux & Charente-Maritime.

Getting Around the Region.

Bordeaux: Palatable & Happening.

Angoulême: Cartoon Central.

Cognac.

St-Emilion: Thank Bacchus You Made It.

The Bassin d’Arcachon & Dune de Pilat.

La Rochelle: An Unmissable Port of Call.

The Basque Country & the Pyrenees.

The Best of the Basque Country.

Biarritz: Surf’s Up on the Atlantic Coast.

Bayonne: It’s All About Food & Culture.

St-Jean-Pied-de-Port: A Day in the Basque Country.

Foix.

Languedoc-Roussillon.

The Best of Languedoc-Roussillon.

Getting Around the Region.

Nîmes: French, Roman, or Spanish?

Farther Afield of Nîmes: Le Pont du Gard.

Montpellier: Bumpin’, Gritty College Town.

Toulouse: Vibrant, Airy, Pink & Pastel.

Perpignan: Straddling Catalonia.

Le Viaduc de Millau.

The Gorges du Tarn.

The Dordogne & the Lot.

The Best of the Dordogne & the Lot.

Getting Around the Region.

Sarlat: Art, Foie Gras & Truffles.

Rocamadour & Cahors.

Provence.

The Best of Provence.

Getting Around the Region.

Marseille.

Avignon.

Arles.

Aix-en-Provence.

La Côte d’Azur (French Riviera).

The Best of La Côte d’Azur.

Getting to the Region.

St-Tropez: Clichéd but Still Beautiful.

Cannes: More than Just a Film Festival.

Nice: La Belle Dame de la Mediterranée.

Grasse: Ain’t Just Perfume.

Monaco & Monte Carlo: Playground of the Rich & Those Who Want to Be Seen Near Them.

Corsica.

The Best of Corsica.

Getting There.

Corsica History 101.

Ajaccio.

Bastia: Fierce Face of the Tyrrhenian.

Erbalunga.

Corte: A Stony Face Staring into Space.

Bonifacio: Your Yachting Dream Come True.

The Rhône Valley & French Alps.

The Best of the Rhône Valley & French Alps.

Lyon.

Drôme & the Ardèche.

Evian-les-Bains.

Chambéry.

Annecy.

Chamonix.

Grenoble.

Massif Central & Auvergne.

The Best of Massif Central & Auvergne.

Getting Around the Region.

Clermont-Ferrand: Molten Je Ne Sais Quoi.

Limoges: It Ain’t Just Porcelain.

Le-Puy-en-Velay.

Elsewhere in the Massif Central & Auvergne.

Burgundy & the Franche Comté.

The Best of Burgundy & Franche Comté.

Getting Around the Region.

Dijon: As Mild As Its Mustard.

Beaune: Quaint, Boozy & Multicolored.

Abbaye de Fontenay: Key to Monastic Past.

Besançon: Students, Citadels & Cheeses.

Ronchamp: Le Corbusier’s Masterpiece.

The Champagne Region.

The Best of the Champagne Region.

Getting Around the Region.

Reims: Bursting the Bubble.

Epernay: It’s Gotta Lotta Bottle.

Troyes: Shaped Like a Champagne Cork.

Alsace-Lorraine.

The Best of Alsace-Lorraine.

Getting There & Getting Around.

Strasbourg.

Colmar.

Nancy.

Verdun.

Mulhouse.

The Nerd’s Guide to French Wine & Culture.

French Wine 101.

French Art 101.

French Architecture 101.

French History 101.

What Remains: France Today.

Recommended Books, Films & Music.

Survival French.

Index.