Michelin Green Guide France (Michelin Green Guides)

by Guides Touristiques Michelin

PLAN…...DISCOVER…..EXPLORE….with the newly updated Michelin Green Guide Series. Reorganized and reformatted, Michelin’s Green Guide Series helps travelers find the best local and regional travel information. Our goal is to provide travelers with practical, accurate and cultural destination information to a city, region or country with emphasis • Prioritizing your trip via Michelin’s star ratings for major sights • Time-saving practical information with detailed itineraries, excursions and walking tours • Navigating effectively thru the area, destination and sight using maps and floor plans throughout the guide. • Enhancing knowledge of destination and sights with detailed historical and cultural information • Learning the best hotels, restaurants, shopping, entertainment and recreation sights to visit during trip. New and improved • Writing Style-The writing style offers friendly guidance, but still retains the intellectual substance of the traditional Green Guide • Cover- New graphically vibrant covers highlight exciting information inside. • Colors- Contemporary colors have been added for page banner and headers to help readers easily identify the guide’s major sections-making important information to you easier to spot. • Sidebars- Touring Tips, Sidebars and other practical information have been placed throughout the guide. • Double Columns- have been placed introduced in two sections, "Planning Your Trip" and "Understanding the Regions," for ease of reading. • Maps- Colorful, legible Michelin maps have been retained throughout the new layout along with many helpful waling or driving tour maps. Some guides include a metro or subway map on the inside front cover.

Genres: Travel, Reference, France

576 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1900

About the author

Le Guide Vert est un livre faisant partie d'une collection de guides touristiques, fondée en 1926 par Michelin, qui met l'accent sur la découverte du patrimoine naturel et culturel des régions.

Il est complémentaire aux cartes Michelin ou de l'IGN, pour renseigner les touristes souhaitant voyager et découvrir une région, plusieurs villes ou un pays, en indiquant les principaux endroits caractéristiques intéressants à visiter, et circuits à effectuer, s'adjoignant elles-mêmes depuis quelques années au GPS.

Il peut aussi s'associer au guide rouge gastronomique et hôtelier Michelin.

Reviews

[Overbooked ✎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Sue Nash]

These are the best travel guides on the market. I have now worked out our must sees and maybes while in France. Love the overview of history as well. Detailed enough without being laboured

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have always held Michelin to be one of the best travel guides on the market. Am, however, just about ready to move one. Their 2011 and 2012 editions (at least for Germany and France) desperately need the attention of an editor. Purchased this book to get some ideas for a trip to France. This book is all but useless for that purpose, as there is just not enough depth and the indeces have been slimmed down dramatically, meaning that sites listed as side trips from other locations frequently cannot be found without reading the entire book. O example: Giverny (Normandy), home of Claude Monet's home and gardens (think ponds, lily pads, ...) does not even get a mention. Realize that the local/regional guides are available, but I would expect a site such as Giverny to at least merit mention (if only the "sales pitch" of: see Normandy guide for further detail). May still take a look at the regional (e.g., Brittany, Normandy) guides, but will not purchase another country guide. In the meantime, I would like my EUR20 back...

[Paul W · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having used many travel guides in the past. the Michelin Green Guides are now my go to guide when planning a trip. Their ratings (Interesting, 1*, 2*, 3*) are an accurate way of planning what to see and where to go. The descriptions of places are informative but concise.
As importantly, unlike online sites which either work off commission or can be gamed by bots, Michelin's brand gives confidence that the views about locations are independent and unbiased.
We never start a trip without consulting a Michelin Guide.

[Karen Christian · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the classic book for people planning a trip to France. Even though I have been there many times, I like to keep my library collection of all things French as up to date as possible. Michelin also publishes a very wonderful Red Guide, but it is in French and that can be a challenge for English-only speakers.