Title:

Fodor's Provence & the Côte d'Azur, 7th edition
(Fodor's, 2006) ISBN 978-1-4000-1610-5 1-4000-1610-X

Theme:

Discover the inside scoop about France's Provence and the Côte d'Azur. Learn about hotels, restaurants and shops, what to see and do, and how to get there.

Sample Items:

Descriptions of a typical city include its history and location. A walking tour takes in the highlights, with sections on where to Take a Break, Where to Eat & Stay, Nightlife & the Arts, Sports & the Outdoors, Shopping and Sidetrips.

Notable Elements:

With the background information on food, drink, chefs, and ingredients provided in Cuisine of the Sun, you can use this book as a guide to Provençal culinary pleasures.

Tone / Style:

The book includes prices, addresses, hours and dates of opening, websites, maps and lists. Colorful facts and tidbits, like the origin of denim and jeans, keep the details from being overwhelming. Enticing essays titled Closeups enhance your interest and make you want to vist Provence and Côte d'Azur. An introduction features information on weather, flights, beaches, business and banking hours, biking, boats and ferries, car rental and gasoline, embassies and consulates, newspapers, doctors and hospitals, mail, currency, washrooms, and travel for the disabled and children.

Visuals:

There are few photos. With the exception of the cover, all are sepia tone and provide little visual excitement.

Contents:

Departure Points

• About This Book
• What's Where
• When to Go
• Quintessential Provence
• If You Like
• On the Calendar
• Smart Travel Tips

The Face of Provence & The Côte d'Azur

1. The Alpilles, Arles & The Camargue
   • The Languedoc Frontier
   • The Camargue
   • Arles
   • The Alpilles
   • Alpilles, Arles and the Camargue Essentials
2. The Vaucluse
   • Avignon
   • Haut Vaucluse
   • The Sorgue Valley
   • The Luberon
   • Vaucluse Essentials
3. Aix, Marseille & The Central Coast
   • Aix-en-Provence: City of Cézanne
   • Marseille
   • The Central Coast
   • Aix, Marseille & the Central Coast Essentials
4. The Western Côte d'Azur
   • St. Tropez & the Massif des Maures Fréjus, St. Raphael & Estérel Resorts
   • The Haut Var & into Haute Provence
   • Western Côte d'Azur Essentials
5. Nice and The Eastern Côte d'Azur
   • Cannes
   • Into the Pays Grasssois
   • Between Cannes & Nice
   • The Hill Towns: On the Trail of Picasso & Matisse
   • Nice
   • Monaco & the Corniches Resorts
   • Nice & the Eastern Côte d'Azur Essentials

Understanding Provence & The Côte d'Azur

• Stone, Sun & Sea: Provence Primordial
• Books & Movies
• French Vocabulary

Provence & The Côte d'Azur in Focus

• Don't Fence Me In: France's "Wild West"
• Blue Gold: The Lavender Route
• Cuisine of the Sun
• Strokes of Genius

Cultural Closeups

• Van Gogh in Arles & St. Remy
• Those Ubiquitous Provençal Cottons
• Du Bon Vaing Pour Votre Sangté
• Perched Villages
• The Gîte Way
• Old as the Hills
• De-Coding Da Vinci in Provence
• Paul Cézanne, Superstar
• How to Eat a Sea Urchin
• The S is (Hardly Ever) Silent
• Little Saints with Feet of Clay
• Touring the Calanques
• Just What is the Côte d'Azur?
• The Dogs of St. Tropez
• C'est Délicieux!
• The Gorges Challenge
• The Feisty Flora of Provence
• The Three Corniches
• Flowers, Floats & Fatheads
• Cooking the Niçois Way
• Want to Break the Bank?
• Paradise Found: The Magnificent Gardens of Menton

Maps

Authors:

Nancy Coons, Sarah Fraser, Rosa Jackson and editor, Robert Fisher.

Claim to fame:

Nancy Coons wrote the first edition and has spent years in Provence researching material for other Fodor's guides. Sarah Fraser who lives in Cannes, France, updated several sections and wrote two features. Rosa Jackson, who writes for many publications about restaurants and cooking, updated several chapters and wrote the Cuisine of the Sun feature.

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