France For Dummies

As a team of veteran travel writers, Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince have produced numerous titles for Frommers, including best selling guides to Italy, France, the Caribbean, England, and Germany. Porter, a former bureau chief at The Miami Herald, is also a Hollywood biographer, his most recent releases entitled Katharine the Great, a close up of the private life of the late Katharine Hepburn, and Howard Hughes: Hell's Angel. Prince was formerly employed by the Paris bureau of The New York Times, and is today the president of Blood Moon Productions and other media related firms.

Introduction. Part I: Introducing France. Chapter 1: Discovering the Best of France. Chapter 2: Digging Deeper into France. Chapter 3: Deciding Where and When to Go. Chapter 4: Four Great France Itineraries. Part II: Planning Your Trip to France. Chapter 5: Managing Your Money. Chapter 6: Getting to France. Chapter 7: Getting around France. Chapter 8: Booking Your Accommodations. Chapter 9: Catering to Special Travel Needs or Interests. Chapter 10: Taking Care of Remaining Details. Part III: Paris and the Best of the Ile de France. Chapter 11: Settling into Paris, City of Light. Chapter 12: Exploring Paris. Chapter 13: Traveling Beyond Paris: Five Great Day Trips. Part IV: Tours and the Loire Valley Chateaux. Chapter 14: Tours: Gateway to Chateaux Country. Chapter 15: The Best of the Loire Valley Chateaux. Part V: Normandy and Brittany. Chapter 16: Normandy. Chapter 17: Brittany. Part VI: Provence and the Riviera. Chapter 18: The Best of Provence. Chapter 19: Introducing the Riviera. Chapter 20: Nice, Monaco, and Beyond. Chapter 21: The Western Riviera: From St Tropez to Cannes. Part VII: The Part of Tens. Chapter 22: Bon Appetit: Ten Foods You'll Want to Taste While in France. Chapter 23: The Art of the Souvenir: Ten Gifts to Buy in France. Appendix: Quick Concierge. Index.