Michelin Green Guide Provence (Travel Guide)

Experience Provence, its relaxed pace, lively markets, stone villages, and fields of lavender. Travelers can plan their own adventure with Michelin's recommendations for attractions and activities, walking and driving tours, and colorful maps. The updated Green Guide Provence reveals the treasures of this southeastern corner of France. Explore Arles' many Roman monuments, go horseback riding in the Camargue or hike the limestone hills of the Alpilles. Savor a fish dinner in Marseille, sample the wines of Orange, or take a drive through Luberon's picture-perfect villages. With Michelin's celebrated star-rating system for top attractions, walking and driving tours, respected maps, suggested activities and recommendations for hotels and restaurants, you'll be able to craft a memorable trip. Attractions reviewed and rated, using Michelin's celebrated star-rating system from antique shopping in 1-star L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and the famous Roman monuments in 2-star Orange, to the 3-star Luberon mountain range with its picturesque hilltop villages and dry-stone huts. Walk-throughs of major museums, galleries, churches and attractions; includes illustrations and floor plans to zoom in on highlights and masterpieces so visitors don't miss a thing. Wander the narrow streets of old Tarascon lined with fine mansions and admire their carefully restored facades, or reserve an afternoon to enjoy the views from the longest and highest mountain range in Provence, the Massif de la Sainte-Baume. Michelin walking and driving tours offer an in-depth, personal experience of the region. Extensive, illustrated introduction to modern-day Provence, its history, architecture, arts, literature and nature, all written by experts in their fields. Sidebars throughout the guide are filled with lively anecdotes, detailed history and background information on such intriguing topics as truffles and truffle hunters Detailed visitor information given for every attraction, opening hours, entry fees, tour times, phone, website. Michelin area and city maps. Includes recommendations for great places to eat/stay for all budgets. Michelin Green Guides are ideal for advance trip planning as well as spontaneous decisions during the journey. To enhance your trip to Provence, try the MICHELIN Guide France for a selection of the best restaurants and hotels. And for easier navigation, try the Michelin Provence-Alps-French Riviera Road and Tourist Map No. 527 (1:200,000 scale)or the Michelin Provence, Camargue Map No. 113 (1:160,000 scale).