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Travel Guides

Reading travel guides before your trip is a great way to prepare. You can learn general advice for travelling, plan out weekend trips, and find activities that match your interests. UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries own a number of basic guidebooks to France, as well as guidebooks focusing on special interests.

Start your exploration of UNC's travel guides by going to the UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries Catalog and entering "France--guidebooks" as a subject heading. (The quotation marks aren't necessary.) If you're looking for special-interest travel guides, you can add keywords, such as "wine" or "war," to your search. You can also limit your results to recent materials by doing an advanced search and entering a date in the "after" box. For example, you can enter a subject heading of "France--guidebooks" and "after 2001."

A Few Travel Guides to Start With


Abram, David. The Rough Guide to France. New York, NY: Rough Guides, 2005.
Popular with young world travellers, the Rough Guide series focuses on experiencing a country to the fullest, while on a budget. They lead readers away from major tourists spots, toward less-famous places that embody the heart of a country. This particular volume highlights French food, wine, the countryside, and some urban architectural masterpieces. Note that there is a separate Rough Guide for the city of Paris. Rough Guides' web site provides current and additional information.
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Cover of Frommer's France travel guide

Frommer's France. New York, NY: Macmillan Travel. Published yearly.
Frommer's has produced a classic series of travel guides for decades. Their guides focus on the "best" of a region: hotels, restaurants, landmarks, tours, and so on. Be sure to check a recent edition for the most up-to-date advice. You can read additional advice at Frommer's Travel Guides online.
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cover of Fodor's Paris Fodor's Paris. New York, NY: Fodor's Travel Publications. Published yearly.
Paris is exciting enough to warrant many guidebooks of its own. Similar to the Frommer's series, Fodor's Guides focus on the highlights of lodging, sights, and food. Note that Fodor's publishes several other series of travel guides to France, including Paris and "Short Escapes in France." These are available at UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries. Fodor's Travel Online provides current travel advice, updated daily.
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