France Green Guide

Description

The updated Green Guide France presents this beautiful country's star-rated attractions, accompanied by regional introductions, cultural background, detailed maps and recommendations for a range of great hotels and restaurants. It's all here: snowy sharp-angled Alps, medieval castle ruins on rugged mountainsides, world-renowned wine-growing regions, charming old villages and ancient abbeys inviting exploration, historic Normandy beaches, green fields patchworked with stone walls, gastronomic delights and cosmopolitan Paris with its iconic landmarks and museums. Michelin ensures you see the best of France."

Author description

In 1889 two brothers, Andre and Edouard Michelin, took over management of a tyre factory in France. This was the start of a great odyssey to develop human transport solutions, while valuing safety, efficiency and the pleasures of driving on the road. In 1908, Andre opened the Travel Information Bureau in Paris to help travellers plan their itineraries and then in 1910 the first Michelin road map was published. Today, Michelin has one of the best mapping systems in the world and offers atlases, maps and travel guides for many countries. The iconic Michelin Man, called Bibendum, is one of the most recognised logos of all time - Andre and Edouard's vision of how a pile of tyres would look if they made a man.