The Most Beautiful Villages of the Loire

Informationen zum Autor James Bentley was a distinguished travel writer who specialized in Italy and France. He was the author of the volumes on Tuscany! The Dordogne! Burgundy! England and Brittany in The Most Beautiful Villages...series. Hugh Palmer is one of Britain's foremost photographers of rural life. His previous books include Garden Ornament and The Water Garden! both published by Thames & Hudson! as well as many titles in The Most Beautiful Villages...series. Klappentext A lavish photographic celebration of the "garden of France"! lookingly at over thirty outstandingly beautiful villages in the region! and their surrounding countryside. 280+ colour illus. Zusammenfassung Over 30 villages of the Loire and the surrounding countryside are described and illustrated in this book! which is completed by special sections on wine and food! and abbeys and churches. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; I. Around Orleans; II. Cathedrals and Churches; III. Around Blois and Tours; IV. The Chateaux of the Loire; V. Around Angers and Nantes; Map; Food and Wine of the Loire; A Traveller's Guide; Select Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: James Bentley, Hugh Palmer
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.2001
• EAN: 9780500510513
• ISBN: 978-0-500-51051-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 250 mm x 310 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 1690 g
• Series: The Most Beautiful . . .; Most beautiful villages; THE MOST BEAUTI; Most beautiful villages; THE MOST BEAUTI; The Most Beautiful . . .
• Subject: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales