Table of contents : CONTENTS DISCOVER Welcome to France Reasons to Love France Explore France Getting to Know France France Itineraries France Your Way A Year in France A Brief History EXPERIENCE PARIS Île de la Cité, Marais and Beaubourg Tuileries and Opéra Champs-Élysees and Invalides The Left Bank Beyond the Centre EXPERIENCE FRANCE Île-de-France Le Nord and Picardy Champagne Alsace and Lorraine Normandy Brittany The Loire Valley Burgundy and Franche-Comté The Massif Central The Rhône Valley and French Alps Poitou and Aquitaine The Dordogne The Pyrénées Languedoc and Roussillon Provence and the Côte d’Azur Corsica NEED TO KNOW Before You Go Getting Around Practical Information Index Phrase Book Acknowledgments