Lonely Planet French Alps & the Jura: Chapter from France Travel Guide

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

• French Alps & the Jura Mountains chapters
• Understanding France
• French Alps & the Jura Mountains maps

The French Alps are a place of boundless natural beauty: a symphony of colossal peaks and glaciers, epic drops and climbs will elevate you and seduce your senses. The Jura Mountains come to life with vineyards cascading down hillsides, sun-dappled forests and jewel-like lakes.
This guide is the result of research by dedicated authors and local experts who immersed themselves in the French Alps & the Jura Mountains, 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 the French Alps & the Jura Mountains.

Coverage includes:

• Understanding France: France Today, History, The French, Bon Appetit, French Wine, The Arts, Architecture, Lyrical Landscapes
• Chamonix, Megeve & St-Gervais, Les Portes du Soleil, Thonon-les-Baines, Yvoire, Annecy & around, Chambery & around, Les Trois Vallees, Val d'Isere, Parc National de la Vanoise, Grenoble & around, Briancon, Besancon & around , Poligny, Region des Lacs, Belfort, Ronchamp, Metabief, Metabief Mont d'Or & around, Parc Naturel Regional du Haut-Jura

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