Gascony and the Pyrenees - With Toulouse

Travel guide to Gascony and the Pyrenees (France). Expert advice and travel information covers hotels, cuisine, art havens, beaches, mountains, hiking, cycling, surfing, wellness therapies and cave art. Features Toulouse, Perpignan, Bayonne, Biarritz, Auch, Mimizan, Dune du Pilat, medieval Catalan villages, Niaux, Le Mas-d'Azil and the Landes.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE GENERAL INFORMATION
Chapter 1 Background Information
Geography, Climate, Natural history and conservation, History , Government and politics, Economy, People and culture, Sports and activities
Chapter 2 Practical Information
When to visit, Highlights, Suggested itineraries, Tourist information, Tour operators, Red tape, Getting there and away, Health and safety, Women travellers, LGBTQIA+ travellers, Travelling with a disability, Travelling with kids, What to take, Money and budgeting, Getting around, Accommodation, Eating and drinking, Public holidays and festivals, Shopping, Arts and entertainment, Outdoor activities,
Media and communications, Travelling positively
PART TWO THE GUIDE
Chapter 3 The Landes
Arcachon and its bassin, Parc Naturel Régional des Landes de Gascogne, Down the Côte d'Argent, Mont-de-Marsan, Down the Adour, Saint-Sever and the Chalosse, Dax, The southern Côte d'Argent, Capbreton-Hossegor
Chapter 4 The Gers
Auch Eauze and Armagnac country, Condom and around, Lectoure and around, East of Auch, South of Auch: the Astarac
Chapter 5 The Pays Basque
Basque cultur, Getting there and away, Getting around, Bayonne, Biarritz, Saint-Jean-de-Luz and the Côte Basqu, The Labourd interior: around La Rhune, The valley of the Nive, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, The
Haute-Soul
Chapter 6 Béarn
Salies-de-Bearn and the Gave de Pau, Orthez, Pau, North of Pau: the Vic-Bilh, Oloron-Sainte-Marie and around, The Vallee d'Ossau
Chapter 7 The Hautes-Pyrénées
Lourdes, Tarbes, The Lavedan Valleys, To the Cirque de Gavarnie and around, Bagneres, the Pic du Midi and the Baronnies, The Lannemezan Plateau, The Vallee d'Aure and Vallee du Louron, The Comminges: Montrejeau
to Saint-Beat, The Upper Comminges: Bagneresde-Luchon, Saint-Gaudens and the Petites Pyrenees
Chapter 8 The Ariège and Andorr
The western Ariege: the Couserans, East of Saint-Girons and the lower Ariege, Foix, East of Foix: Montsegur and Mirepoix, Tarascon-sur-Ariege, Up the Ariege: Ax-les-Thermes and around, Andorra
Chapter 9 Roussillon: the Pyrénées-Orientale
Perpignan Northern Roussillon, Down the coast from Perpignan, Collioure and the Cote Vermeille, Up the Conflent Valley, The Cerdagne, The Vallespir
Chapter 10 Toulouse
History, Getting there and away, Orientation, Getting around, Tourist information, Where to stay, Where to eat
and drink, Entertainment and nightlife Shopping, Sports and activities Other practicalities, What to see and do
Appendix 1 Language
Appendix 2 Glossary
Appendix 3 Further Information
Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls (facarospauls.com) have lived in France's Lot Valley since 1989, and over the decades have uncovered all the ins and outs (and quirks) of the region and wider southwest France. Attending school here, their children have even picked up the local twangy accent and know how to make garlic tourain soup, pommes de terre sarladaises and cassoulet with the best of them. Facaros and Pauls have been to nearly all of the festivals at least once, climbed the Dune de Pilat, and poked around every single Romanesque church at least once. After all these years, what they don't know about the region isn't worth knowing. Known as the 'dynamic duo of travel writing', Facaros and Pauls have been writing guidebooks since 1977, producing more than 40 titles alongside smart phone apps and numerous newspaper articles. Their oeuvre includes four previous Bradt guides, covering destinations in Italy and Greece.
James Taylor (jamestaylortravelwriter.com) is an experienced Australian travel writer who has spent several years traveling and working around Europe, specializing in writing about culture and adventure. His current home in Barcelona has provided a convenient base from which to thoroughly explore the French Pyrenees and Gascony, often with the help of local contacts. Before moving to Spain, Taylor lived in Iceland, where he completed the entire update for the fifth edition of Bradt's award-winning guide to the country. Since living in Catalonia, Taylor has gained an appreciation of the kaleidoscopic scope of culture present in his corner of the world, including those found just across the border in France. In Gascony, he has become lost on trails in the Pyrenees, felt the warm welcome of the Pays Basque, surfed up and down the Côte d'Argent - and probably drank too many glasses of good wine along the way.

Zusammenfassung

Travel guide to Gascony and the Pyrenees (France). Expert advice and travel information covers hotels, cuisine, art havens, beaches, mountains, hiking, cycling, surfing, wellness therapies and cave art. Features Toulouse, Perpignan, Bayonne, Biarritz, Auch, Mimizan, Dune du Pilat, medieval Catalan villages, Niaux, Le Mas-d'Azil and the Landes.

Vorwort

. Written by expert and locally resident travel-writers who have authored 40-plus guides
. Features a wide area of southwest France, including Gascony, Toulouse and the whole Pyrenees
. Deep and broad coverage: culture, landscapes, walking, surfing and cycling
. Encourages quirky tourism: stay in astronomers' dormitories, shop for espadrilles and berets, or climb Europe's tallest sand dune

About Bradt Travel Guides
. Founded in 1974, Bradt is now the largest independent guidebook publisher in the UK with over 200 titles in print
. Serial winner of the Gold award for Best Guidebook Series in the Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards
. Bradt guides are written by authors who really know their destinations. Many are resident there, or have been visiting regularly over a number of years
. Each new Bradt guide is backed by a dedicated press and social media campaign

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Dana Facaros, Dana Pauls Facaros, Facaros Dana, Michael Pauls, Pauls Michael
• Verlag: Bradt Travel Guides
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.08.2023
• EAN: 9781784779177
• ISBN: 978-1-78477-917-7
• Seiten: 400
• Serie: Bradt Travel Guides
• Themen: Reise > Reiseführer > Europa; France, Toulouse, Perpignan, Landes, Mountains, Travel & holiday guides, TRAVEL / Europe / France, Dune du Pilat, Beaches, Travel and holiday guides, Gascony, cave art, Gascony and Pyrenees travel guide