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Languedoc-Roussillon travel guide. Holiday advice and travel tips for Occitanie in southwest France. Features Cathar castles, Canal du Midi, Pont du Gard, Nîmes, Carcassonne, Montpellier, Perpignan, Narbonne and the Cévennes. Covers accommodation, hiking, watersports, wine, history, culture, food, city breaks, wildlife, beaches and dark skies.
About the author
Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls (facarospauls.com) have lived in Occitanie, southwest France, since 1989, and over the decades have uncovered all the ins and outs (and quirks) of the region. Their children went to school there, and they have even picked up the local twangy accent and know how to make cassoulet with the best of them. They've been to nearly all of the festivals 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. The couple are veteran travel writers; Facaros' first guidebook was published in 1977. Alongside numerous subsequent guidebooks for Cadogan, they are the authors of four Bradt guides: Emilia-Romagna, Northern Greece, France: Languedoc-Roussillon and Gascony & The Pyrenees. Jane Falkner settled in the Lot Valley in southwest France in 2020, having spent her early childhood growing up on Italy's Adriatic Coast, later travelling extensively through Europe by campervan and train. Much of her adulthood has been spent exploring France whenever the opportunity has arisen; speaking fluent French has enabled Falkner to indulge her curiosity for the myths, legends and folklore of the country. When not travelling along any waterway on offer by kayak or paddleboard, she can often be found poking around hidden corners of French towns, villages and ruins of all kinds. She is the updater of Bradt's guidebook France: Languedoc-Roussillon.
