Table of Contents
France 5
France's top Destinations 11
Planning Your Trip 18
Travel Smart 29
Paris 33
Near Paris 185
Versailles 185
Chartres 205
Giverny 216
Disneyland Paris 222
Normandy 225
Rouen 230
Honfleur 249
Bayeux 265
D-Day Beaches 280
Mont St-Michel 318
Brittany 337
Dinan 340
St-Malo 354
Fougères 367
The Loire 369
East of Tours 379
West of Tours 428
Dordogne 452
Sarlat-la-Canéda 461
Dordogne River Valley 474
Cro-Magnon Caves 490
Oradour-sur-Glane 511
St-Emilion 513
Rocamadour 518
Lot River Valley 526
Languedoc-Roussillon 530
Albi 533
Carcassonne 547
Collioure 570
Provence 583
Arles 593
Avignon 624
Pont du Gard 649
Les Baux 653
St-Rémy-de-Provence 660
Orange 665
Cotes du Rhône Villages 671
Hill Towns of the Luberon 689
The French Riviera 702
Nice 713
Villefranche-sur-Mer 752
The Three Corniches 762
Monaco 773
Antibes 785
Inland Riviera 799
The French Alps 806
Annecy 809
Chamonix 825
Burgundy 865
Beaune 870
Burgundy's Wine Villages 891
Between Beaune & Paris 907
Between Burgundy & the Loire 916
Between Burgundy & Lyon 928
Lyon 936
Alsace 974
Colmar 978
Alsace's Route du Vin 1003
Strasbourg 1030
Reims & Verdun 1044
France: Past & Present 1084
Practicalities 1097
Appendix 1171
Index 1189
Map Index 1216
Post-Pandemic Travels: Expect a Warm Welcome…and a Few Changes Research for this guidebook was limited by the COVID-19 outbreak, and the long-term impact of the crisis on our recommended destinations is unclear. Some details in this book will change for post-pandemic travelers. Now more than ever, it's smart to reconfirm specifics as you plan and travel. As always, you can find major updates at RickSteves.com/update.