Guidebooks for France

The full-colour, image-laden Discover guides get you straight to a country's highlights - perfect for travellers with limited time. You'll experience the best of a country with these easy-to-use guides. You'll get you straight to a country's unmissable highlights with itineraries, best-of lists and insider secrets.

If you really want to spend a bit of time in one city and get the most out of your stay, a city guide's your best bet - part history, part planning and filled with expert recommendations. Book some accommodation, plan a day trip, get the lowdown on public transport - all the stuff you need to really get to grips with the city.

Encounter guides help you discover twice the city (or region) in half the time. With a full-colour pull-out map and unique itineraries, these guides are less about accommodation and more about neighbourhoods; less about advance planning and more about diving in - past the tourist bureaus and straight to the locals' latest favourites.

Covering over 100 destinations including Italy, Paris, New York and China, each Eyewitness Travel Guide is packed with stunning photographs, detailed illustrations, 3D maps, specially designed cutaways and floorplans of all the major sights. Written by expert authors and contributors, there is a huge selection of hotels and restaurant listings in each Eyewitness Travel Guide; making them the perfect companion for travellers who want to visualise their destination before they get there. Your holiday starts the moment you open the guidebook.

Covering over 28 destinations including Paris, London, Beijing and Las Vegas, Pocket Map & Guides are perfect for a short city break or stopover. They slip easily into your pocket or bag for quick, on-the-go navigation. Each full-colour guide is packed with the best restaurant and hotel recommendations and includes a detailed pull-out map to help you plan your itinerary. Pocket Map & Guides cover everything from shops, sights, restaurants and bars and are the perfect companion to the Eyewitness Travel Guide.

Our new-style Berlitz Pocket Guides are packed with all the information you need to get the most from your visit. Small in size, but big on content, they cover all the sights and attractions, as well as giving helpful tips on hotels, eating out, shopping, outdoor activities, nightlife and much more. They also feature a wealth of beautiful photographs that capture the essence of the destination. Berlitz Pocket Guides are available for well over 150 destinations worldwide.

Covering over 66 destinations, including Paris, New York, Bangkok and St. Petersburg, Top 10 Travel Guides are the UK’s number one city guide series. Perfect for travellers taking a short trip or weekend break, these pocket-sized guides highlight the very best of every destination with the help of dozens of Top 10 lists. Every new title and edition now comes with a handy pull-out map and guide to help you get straight to the best things to see, do, buy, taste, avoid and much more.

With their user-friendly rounded spine and portable size, Insight City Guides are a pleasure to handle. They're a joy to use, too, because they present a city's main attractions and cultural context in a strikingly visual style while retaining Insight Guides' traditional strength of in-depth and elegantly written text. These are cities seen through the eyes of local writers who know what it's like to live there, not just visit. As well as providing a wealth of travel tips for visitors, Insight City Guides also offer real insight into the destinations' history, culture, politics, arts and, above all, the people.

Written by more than 175 travel experts around the globe, Frommer's Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do. America's #1 bestselling travel series - More annually updated guides than any other series - 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides - Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries - Dozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design - New for 2010: full-color Complete Guides with hundreds of color photos and maps throughout.

The Insight Select Guides are seductively packaged and aimed at well-informed, experienced travellers looking for fresh insights.  Striking covers, stylish ribbon bookmarks and elegant interiors are backed by top quality writing compiled by local experts who know the cities inside out. Clear mapping and evocative photography, the hallmarks of Insight, combine to make these highly visual guides a must-have for the discerning traveller. By dipping into over 100 inspiring experiences, independent travellers can set their own agenda based on the mood of the day.

These attractively priced, four-color guides offer dozens of neighborhood and thematic tours, complete with hundreds of photos and bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Day by Days are the only guides that help travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip.

If you really want to spend a bit of time in one city and get the most out of your stay, a city guide's your best bet - part history, part planning and filled with expert recommendations. Book some accommodation, plan a day trip, get the lowdown on public transport - all the stuff you need to really get to grips with the city.

Take a fresh approach to your holiday with Step by Step guides. Written by local experts, these guides take you step-by-step through the City; highlighting the best walks and tours each destination has to offer. Whether you are new to the city or a repeat visitor, and however long your stay, this book is the perfect companion, showing you the smartest way to link the sights and taking you beyond the beaten tourist track. Tailor-made itineraries include options for all tastes, from art enthusiasts and architecture buffs, to night owls and shopaholics!

Smart Guide’s unique and innovative A-Z format allows you to plan your trip according to your personal taste. Area overviews conveniently highlight the best each district has to offer helping you set priorities for your holiday. Packed with authoritative, easy-to-access information, the themed headings cover over 400 amazing things to see and do. Including architecture, bars, cafes, churches, fashion, hotels, museums, nightlife, restaurants, shopping, theatre and much more for a truly tailor-made, individual travel experience. 

More than 4 million copies sold! This series is the only one that offers evaluations based on reader surveys and critiques, compiled by a team of unbiased inspectors. Hotels, attractions, and restaurants in all price categories - Extensive information on shopping, nightlife, and sports - Easy-to-use, two-color design - Detailed, two-color maps.

Spend less, see more. This is the philosophy behind Pauline Frommer's guides. Written by travel expert Pauline Frommer (who is also the daughter of Arthur Frommer), and her team of hand-picked writers, these guides show how to truly experience a culture, meet locals, and save money along the way. Industry secrets on how to find the best hotel rooms - Details on alternative accommodations, great local restaurants, and cool, offbeat finds - Packed with personality and opinions.

Spend less, see more. This is the philosophy behind Pauline Frommer's guides. Written by travel expert Pauline Frommer (who is also the daughter of Arthur Frommer), and her team of hand-picked writers, these guides show how to truly experience a culture, meet locals, and save money along the way. Industry secrets on how to find the best hotel rooms - Details on alternative accommodations, great local restaurants, and cool, offbeat finds - Packed with personality and opinions.

Covering the highlights of a destination, these affordable pocket-sized guides include all the attention to detail found in a full-size Frommer's Guide in a compact package. Outspoken opinions on which attractions are worthwhile-and which aren't - Exact prices to help travelers plan the perfect trip, no matter what their budget - The best hotels and restaurants in every price range, with candid reviews.

Frommer's 24 Great Walks is a full-color series of walking guides to the world's most exciting cities. Carefully designed tours explore the city's most culturally rich areas, from best-known landmarks to lesser-known gems. 24 themed tours covering history, mystery, culture, legends, and lore - More than 90 color photos in each book - Easy-to-follow maps, clear route directions - Engaging anecdotes and a friendly first-person narrative.

The compactness of Insight Compact Guides makes them ideal for on-the-spot use. The Top 10 sights and star attractions in each destination are clearly highlighted, fact panels provide extra information, photographs are generously used, and locations are related precisely to maps. Listings of hotels and places to eat are provided, plus a practical tips section, covering everything from customs and visas, to internet services and security.