Book Description
"Michelin The Green Guide Paris, 4e"
Customer Reviews:
Michelin Green Guide to Paris.......2007-09-29
The format is confusing with areas alphabetically arranged. You have to know the name of the Metro stop or the small area to find the information...it's rather choppy in its presentation.
I bought this guide because I'm going to be living in Paris for a month and I thought it would be more helpful than thew standard American guide. I'm not sure it will be. The style is also rather dry, and not very generating of enthusiasm for the places described.
Walking Through Paris with Michelin.......2007-05-17
There must be hundreds of Paris guides but I chose this one for its comprehensive coverage of museums and monuments. It is organised by district and is great for just walking around the city with its easy-to-follow maps. I especially like the "don't miss" feature to keep you from wandering through a museum and accidently walking past what it is famous for. It also has good material on history and art and architecture at the front of the book. My only quibble is that the Michelin format is too tall to zip comfortably into my pocketbook.
very helpful book good transaction.......2007-05-13
saw so much more in a little amount of time doe to your help
Don't go without it........2007-03-17
It has been too long since I have visited Paris, so felt an investment in this book a good move. This guide will more than pay for itself in tips and must sees that I would have missed. The neighborhood maps are wonderful, the walking tours invaluable. Recommendations on what to do including hours and days of operations of major attractions imperative in planning your perfect visit to this beautiful city! Love this guide. Thank you Michelin!
Great Pocket Guide.......2000-04-08
Fantastic size - allows you to carry the guide with you without being loaded down. Gorgeous photography gives you a visual impression of the sites. Very factual, very accurate. Can't buy a better guide for the money!
Book Description
Michelin Green Guide Italy
Customer Reviews:
Valuable but..........2007-05-09
I bought this because I had had the Michelin Red Book of Germany (all Red books are in the language of the country) and needed an English version for Italy. This is not the English version of the Red Book Where I found the Red Book to be invaluable in Germany (in 1996), the green book is less so.
The pictures, illustrations, and maps are an improvement over the Red book but the hotel ratings are limited by comparison and the English is apparently translated by the French from Italian and is not exactly idiomatic -- whether your persuasion is British or American English.
If you're from the USA you'll probably get more of what you want from Frommer or Steves.
Good as expected.......2007-04-02
I ordered the book to plan my trip to Italy. Unforunately, delivery took 150 days, thus I already traveled over North Italy and saw all major sites. But, when I recently received this Guide, I noticed that there are a lot what I missed. So, this book brought new bright ideas for the new travel!
Book Description
Michelin Green Guide Provence
Customer Reviews:
Michelin Classics.......2005-08-31
Unfortunately it seems 2002 print is the latest available at present, which means some admission times and charges are no more correct. Nevertheless, it is a guidebook with the standard Green Guide outlay with lots of town plans, suggested tours (both in towns and across region) and the easy-to-find alphabetical list of sights. What I didn't like is the index where sights (castles, villages) described within proposed tours are often missing and there is no simple way to find them in the guidebook. This is a flaw that I met in several other Michelin Green Guides I used in the past. On the good side, information is mostly adequately detailed and with a car driver in mind (positions of car parks on the maps, road numbers etc).
I LIVE IN FRANC E- GREEN GUIDES ALWAYS RELIABLE.......2005-05-20
I have lived in France for over two years, and have traveled to over 50 places all over the country.
I have chosen the Provence Green Guide to review because it's my favorite region; though all of the guides are similar. I might also mention that I have not actually seen the English version of the Green Guide - I only use the French ones.
That being said, I have tried and looked at MANY guides of France. The Green Guide (or Guide Vert) is the best for FRANCE. For other countries this is not the case.
The maps are useful; the rating system is very, very useful (and pretty close in my opinion); and the sites they recommend are very good. There is also a recommended walking path for each city map - a sort of top place to walk around if you are rushed, during a train layover for example. The many photos of sites, buildings, and cities is nice; they are often a critical deciding factor in my travel choices. Though more often than not the photos dont do justice to the quality of the fantastic places in France.
There are a few things of course i don't like (in terms of selections of sites et al) but nothing is perfect.
Since the Green Guide is from a French company (Michelin) obviously they can get a lot of good information and insight into the guides. Best of all, they have a regional focus. Since I live in France, my need for a national book is minimal; I only go to more or less one region at a time over a long weekend or week.
The Green Guides let me take my time, give me travel ideas that a France-wide guide would not give, and is pretty reliable.
On a separate note, i do not use any of the times for the sites; in France, opening times are unreliable. You are best off using the net or just taking your chances.
In the end, whatever your guide, France is a fantastic country for tourism and it's also wonderful to live in.
Useful overview.......2003-02-18
The green guide for Provence provides a very useful overview, along with pertinent information such as opening/closing times (the Pont du Gard at opening, approx 7:30 am, is not to be missed--marvel in the silence). Used it, along with Rick Steves's France guide in 01, and will use both again in 03.
some like it plain.......2001-03-26
Having just returned form a brief sojourn outside of Avignon(one of numerous visits over the years to the South of France) I found the Green Guide as indispensable as ever.
These oddly shaped, distinctive volumes dispel whatever remains of Peter Mayle's cute and condescending presentation of the region. Here instead is an ancient and noble land of sunlight and wind, which has created strangely shaped stones and mountains surrounding ancient olive groves,endless vineyards, wide rivers, and more Roman remains than can be found in Rome. The magical Middle Ages are here, too, as well as the quintessential visions of Cezanne, the native son, and Van Gogh, the wandering Dutchman. As your eyes do the looking, this highly useful green book will filll you in with all the information you will need on plants, stones (manbuilt and otherwise) weather,rivers, geology, and above all history.
What you see around you is explicated with an appropriate Gallic resserve, accuracy and precision, so that you can meditate on the land without any editorial interference. The format of the Green Guides is unique, reflecting their self-confidence that, like Popeye, and all unique creations, they are what they are.
And the small maps included in the descriptions of many of the most important sites are, as befitting a maker of tires and maps, perfect. If you love France, you will love this book and all the others defining that land for travelers from near and far.
Book Description
Michelin Green Guide France
Customer Reviews:
A valuable resource!!.......2006-06-30
I disagree with the reviewer from Switzerland. What I love about the France guide is that Michelin allows travelers to France the freedom to hone up on everything they need to know about major sights and attractions as well as the little hidden corners of the country that real francophiles might enjoy. These are the places where you don't run in to everyone else on vacation with the same guidebook. You can break away from the crowds and still have enough information to make new discoveries. As go the hotel and restaurants, there is a nice red book called the Michelin Guide France that accompanies the Green Guide. Anyone going to France should most certainly have a copy of it - use this and eat in authentic restaurants the way only savvy locals do. Michelin provides you enough info to make your own discoveries without any surprises.
Surprisingly Bad.......2006-05-09
You'd think Michelin, a French company, would write an excellent guide to its home country. You'd be wrong, unless you consider information about accomodation and places to eat to be superfluous, which this guide does.
What does it contain? Lots of brief explanations of every last tourist site in France. In an effort to be inclusive, it has failed to prioritize, resulting in minor attractions being given nearly the same coverage as major ones. Yes, they rate things using their three-star system, but it's just not enough to distinguish the worthwhile from the merely amusing.
The only reason the book merits two stars is the suggested walks provided for various cities.
From now on I'm sticking to Lonely Planet. Their guides may be weighed down by unnecessary PC editorializing, but they give you enough logistical information to find places to eat and sleep.
Book Description
"Michelin The Green Guide Great Britain, 4e"
Book Description
Michelin Green Guide Spain
Customer Reviews:
Good guide to Spain.......2006-07-30
Always been impressed with Michelin guides even though the newer versions are heavier on graphics and pictures than the older versions. This particular issue on Spain appears to hit all the high points and hopefully give enough of a background to have a good time when visiting.
Impressive.......2006-06-14
I bought this book and thank goodness I didn't read the reviews first. First, I have to give it major points for being in a slim format, far and away preferable to other bulky travel guides. Slim however doesn't mean lacking in content. Primarily, this guide is about the sights. It gives you history, context , and culture to the things you will see. It also tells does a great job in explaining travel logistics. It also rates sights through a three-star rating system making it easier for you to prioritize things on a short trip.
The main shortcomings are the non-existent discussion on how to get around using public transportation (this is Michelin after all) and the scandaluously limited lodging and eatery options. You must be good with maps for this guide to be fully useful to you because that's how sights are organized, and I don't mind that at all. I recommend getting this book in tandem with a guidebook that focuses in on budget travelling.
Michelin Green Guide Spain.......2006-06-09
I have several Michelin Guidebooks and recently purchased the newest edition of the one on Spain. This book is a real disappointment and I hope it does not reflect the approach that Michelin is taking to their other guidebooks. I have a 1982 edition of the Michelin Spain green guide and it is far superior to the current larger edition. The previous layout and design is superior and lists a larger number of cities and towns with comments. For a person who is driving throughout a region, the previous editions provide a more thorough and organized approach. It was far more easy to navigate. Since 1982 to the present edition is a long time, I am not certain when Michelin decided to change their format. The current book lists many cities alphabetically and not by region (i.e., Alicante is not in the section on the Levant or Costa Blanca and it is difficult to find that region in the index). If you have access to earlier editions, I would not spend the money on the current guide. Maybe Michelin forgot to survey their readers to find out how they appreciated the previous guidebooks and they would have continued what was a tried and proven format.
Book Description
Michelin The Green Guide Wine Regions of France
Customer Reviews:
Very Helpful Wine Region Guide of France.......2007-05-07
This guide book covers various regions of France including less known regions and contains from basic wine information to beginners to more advanced information for well-experienced travelers. I have traveled to certian wine regions in France a number of times in the past but still find this book very helpful and informative.
Fabulous Travel Guide for France: Many Off the Beaten Path Attractions.......2007-02-22
I got this book as adjunct to my Frommer's France Guide, but ended up using it as my main tour guide. We weren't primarily doing a wine tour (would have loved to do more, but with three kids along, couldn't do that much). But, as it turns out, almost all of France is a wine region so the book pretty much encompassed every place we went. But what made it really valuable is all the off-the-beaten path tourist attractions it covered. For instance, through this guide we found: Monkey Mountain in Alsace (Barbary Macacques from North Africa, wandering amongst humans in a wooded enclosure), the prehistoric cave of Aze with bones of cave bears and an underground river (not mentioned in Frommer's -- local people in Beaune, 45 minutes away didn't even know about it!), and, best of all, a wine-tasting Chateau in Savigny-les-Beaunes with an attached Motocross and Aviation Museum (head to the museum kids, we'll be along in a while!) I couldn't believe what a great guide it turned out to be for a family trip.
Book Description
"Michelin The Green Guide Ireland, 5e"
Customer Reviews:
Michelin Guide to Ireland.......2006-03-04
Very useful, succinct, well organized, helpful fold-out overview maps, extensive index, no "chattiness" to plow through.
Not as useful as it could be.......2000-03-20
Because of the way the book is organized (alphabetically instead of by region), this book isn't as useful for initial planning of a vacation route. It is useful as a resource when you've already figured out where you want to go and what you want to see, however. I also don't like the map that goes with this much. The insets are pretty bad (and only available for Dublin and Belfast). They don't even use one side of the map. If they did they'd have room for better (and more) insets.
Book Description
Michelin Green Guide Languedoc Roussillon Tarn Gorges
Book Description
Michelin Green Guide Tuscany
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