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"The writing is superb... each (Nelles) guide is delightfully comprehensive, a solid source of reliable information for the traveller... All travel guides claim to be comprehensive, but we found Nelles Guides superior". -- Arizona Senior World "(The Nelles Guides are) . . . beautifully photographed . . . the maps are better than Insight's, and practical information is integrated with the text, not relegated to the end". -- National Geographic Traveller -- Quality writing, often by native writers -- Detailed sections on the history, culture, special features and festivals -- Accommodations, restaurant guides, sights to see, places to shop, how to get around

More than 250 full-color illustrations, a map, and a traveler's guide take readers on a tour of the architecture, waterways, villages, churches, vineyards, and pastures of Burgundy and celebrate its present-day devotion to the good life. 15,000 first printing.

Short descriptions accompany photographs of buildings and gardens in English villages

This book is a comprehensive guide to Western Germany, rewritten and considerably expanded for this new edition. It contains detailed descriptions of the region's great wealth of architecture, its spectacular museums, picturesque towns and villages, and delightful landscape plus up-to-date information, maps and town plans.

The sequel to The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany returns to Italy to explore the art and architecture, landscapes, gastronomic delights, principal landmarks, hotels and restaurants, and other features of Tuscany's country towns.

A striking visual tour of one of Europe's most unique landscapes focuses on the Brittany coast of France, moving through the region's small villages to find Gothic architecture, castles, and a living fishing tradition scattered along the rocky shoreline and amid the fertile plains. BOMC.

A celebration of one of the most rich and varied landscapes in Europe, here are thirty-six villages and towns from all over Tuscany chosen both for their intrinsic beauty and for the part they have played in Tuscan history.

A best-selling series of colorful and compact guidebooks, which provide an excellent all-round insight to many of the world's destinations.

The ultimate dream book for Francophiles. The orchards of Normandy, the lavender fields of Provence, the fortified villages of the Dordogne, the heights of Savoy, the gorges of the Tarn, the chateaux of the Loire, the coastal villages of the Mediterranean--all these natural and man-made splendors make up the magnificent geographical and cultural tapestry that we know as France. More than any other Western country--apart, perhaps, from Italy--France has succeeded in maintaining a strong traditional way of life in an age of new technology. Michael Busselle's dramatic color photographs and James Bentley's informative commentaries bring this marvelous land vividly to its churches and farmhouses, picturesque narrow streets, medieval houses, and ancient fountains, half-timbering in Normandy and the Celtic mystery of the Brittany coast. It celebrates a culture that still retains the highest regard for the good things of artifacts well made, kitchen gardens well tended, the small family business, the village shop, robust eating and drinking. Here is the essential France--a fascinating journey to the heart of the true French experience.