Open Road's Best of Provence & The French Riviera

This series offers color photos and maps along with information on hotels and restaurants and descriptions of key cities and activities, in guides that help travelers plan any trip, whether it be a day or two weeks.

Open Road's Best of Provence gives readers a small number of great choices and itineraries for one-day,weekend, one-week and two-week trips. Only the best hotels, restaurants, sights, shopping and activities have been selected for this book. Readers will find a mix of unique trips of varying lenghts for the world's best-preserved Roman ruins, elegant seaside resorts and sun-drenched beaches, and savory cuisine and incredible wine. Highlights include: Arles' Old Town, Roman ruins, cafes and intimate restuaurnts; Aix-en-Provence with its shaded squares and bubbling fountains, 17th-century town houses and the grand main avenue; the old papal village of Avignon, with its large student popluation making it a vibrant small city; some of the world's best preserved Rooman sights in Nimes, "the Rome of France;" cosmopolitan and diverse Marseille; the refined and fun French Riviera; and lovely villages throughout the region. There is also a very useful French-English glossary of useful phrases and words.