Lonely Planet Champagne: Chapter from France Travel Guide Book

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This eBook offering is an excerpt of Lonely Planet's latest France guide book and includes:

• Champagne chapters
• Understanding France
• Champagne maps

Champagne arouses all of the senses: the eyes feast on vine-covered hillsides, the ears rejoice at the clink of glasses, and the palate tingles with every sip. Happily, despite the prestige of their vines, the people of Champagne offer visitors a warm and easy-going welcome.

This guide is the result of research by dedicated authors and local experts who immersed themselves in Champagne, finding unique experiences, and sharing practical and honest advice, so you come away informed and amazed. This guide includes up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, eat, sights, cultural information, maps, transport tips and a few best kept secrets - all the essentials to get to the heart of Champagne.

Coverage includes:

• Understanding France: France Today, History, The French, Bon Appetit, French Wine, The Arts, Architecture, Lyrical Landscapes
• Reims, Champagne Routes of the Marne, Epernay, Troyes, Champagne Route of the Cote des Bar

Lonely Planet's France guide is researched and written by: Nicola Williams, Alexis Averbuck, Stuart Butler, Tom Masters, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Steve Fallon, Oliver Berry, Daniel Robinson, Kerry Christiani, John Vlahides, Catherine Le Nevez, Miles Roddis, Emilie Filou