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Guide for the iconic Haute Route: Glacier Trek from Chamonix to Zermatt, taking in classic alpine scenery.

Undoubtedly the world's most famous ski traverse, the Haute Route takes skiers through the most prestigious ranges of the Alps, crossing the glaciers and high passes between Chamonix (F) and Zermatt (CH). Every year, around 4000 skiers undertake this unforgettable one-week traverse between the mountaineering capitals of the Alps.

The introductory sections provide a wealth of practical advice on preparation, strategy and equipment, plus expert tips and a brief history of the traverse, all of which serve to highlight the alpine dimension of the Haute Route. Each stage is then presented in detail through comprehensive route descriptions, profiles of the climbs and descents, sketch maps and photos showing the route to follow.

• Forfatter: François Matet
• Publisert: Juli 2013
• Utgave: 1. utgave
  
• Antall sider: 241
• ISBN: 9782918824138

Mont Blanc Off Piste from Vamos covers the classic ski and snowboard off piste and backcountry descents in the the Mont Blanc Massif.

Including all the usual zones in the Chamonix Valley - Brevent / Flegere, Aiguille du Midi, Grands Montets and Le Tour. Descents into Switzerland at the eastern end of the range are also featured, along with comprehensive sections on both Courmayeur and Le Contamines. This is perhaps the most complete Chamonix off piste guide book. 

Each of the 100+ routes has a photo topo along with a description in both English and French. Access info, along with avalanche and general safety info, is also included. There are many guide books to the Mont Blanc area but Mont Blanc Off Piste from Vamos is without doubt one of the most up to date and relevant out there.

• Forfattere: Francois Burnier og Dominique Potard
• Publisert: Desember 2016
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
  
• ISBN: 9782910672270

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Côte de Granit rose et côte des Bruyères : vous êtes en Armor. C'est le "pays au bord de la mer", avec ses plages. ses baies. ses criques et ses pointes. Le Trégor vous réserve une échappée en Argoat. C'est le "pays des bois" avec ses landes d'ajoncs. ses manoirs, ses calvaires et ses fontaines. Vous conjuguerez les images de Bretagne, côté mer et côté campagne.

Publisert måned: Apr
Publisert år: 2018
Utgave: 13.utg
Sider nr: 128

Publisert år: 2017
Sider nr:112

Let Secret Paris guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Paris guide book, now in its 9th edition. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city.

Featuring over 300 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Paris guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. Find winemaking firefighters. See a tree in a church. Explore an atomic bomb shelter under Gare de l'Est. Meet the patron saint of motorists. Uncover royal monograms hidden in the Louvre courtyard. Enjoy a pre-historic merry-go-round. Marvel at a sundial designed by Dali. Discover bullet holes at the ministry and war-wounded palm trees. For those who thought they knew Paris well, the city is still teeming with unusual and secret places that are easily accessible. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Paris or would like to discover the other face of the city.

• Publisert: Jun 2024
• Utgave: 9. utgave
• Antall sider: 384
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: 9782361957650

Pocket-sized, full-colour guide to Avignon, ideal for an active short break. Avignon Sunflower Walk and Eat pocket guide is designed to add another dimension to your walking holiday in Avignon. This pocket-sized full-colour guide to walking in Provence is designed for short-break walking holidays around Avignon and the Roman cities of Nimes and Arles using the excellent public transport services. Whether you fly out for a weekend, week or a fortnight, with this book you'll have in your hand enough walks, excursions, restaurants and recipes to last throughout - so you can choose the most appealing.

Publisert: Des. 2018

Sider nr: 144

Guidebook to walking the northern section of the GR5 - 1000km starting in Hoek van Holland and passing through the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Lorraine to Schirmeck in France. A long-distance route covering a variety of cultures and landscapes. The full GR5 from the North Sea to the Mediterranean is one of the world's greatest trails.

• Publisert: September 2024
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781852849597

Guidebook to 35 half-day and day walks in France's beautiful Dordogne region, based around Bergerac, Lalinde, Sarlat and Souillac (Lot). The walks, which range from 6 to 18.5km, take in the region's myriad delights, from spectacular gorges to enchanting chateaux and charming medieval villages. All walks are within the capacity of the average walker, and are on well-marked paths or quiet roads.

They are graded easy or medium; there are no long, steep climbs or abrupt descents. There are step-by-step descriptions and maps for each route. Also included is information on the history, flora and fauna of the region, together with practical pointers such as what to take and when to go, as well as notes on waymarking, accommodation and transport.

A route summary table and glossary are also provided. Lying in south west France, the Dordogne is a land of great scenic variety, from rolling wooded hills and fertile valleys to barren upland plateaus and limestone cliffs riddled with caves. The charm of the Dordogne also lies in the picturesque medieval towns, chateaux, churches and abbeys that stud the landscape, and these are the focus of many of the walks.

Publisert år: 2018
Sider nr:262

A guidebook of half and full-day walks in the lovely Haute Savoie mountains of France. This guide describes 30 circular routes of between 7 and 13km, based around Evian-les-Bains, Morzine, Abondance, Chatel, St-Julien-en-Genevois, Bellevaux, Boege and Habere-Poche. Graded from easy to difficult, there are walks to suit most abilities, but a few have some exposed sections and need a head for heights.

The guide is divided into 6 areas covering the Saleve and Vuache, the Vallee Verte, the Vallee du Brevon, Pre-Alpes du Leman and Val d'Abondance. With highlights including Cornettes de Bise, Mont de Grange, Dent d'Oche and Pic Bore, the walks in this guide will show you a quieter, less busy side to this outstandingly beautiful area. Alongside a detailed route description and map, each walk has a summary of all you need to know before you set out (distance, time to walk, ascent, maximum altitude and instructions for accessing the start).

forfattere: J.Norton
Publisert år: 2017
Utgave: 3.Utg
Sider nr: 216

New from Bradt is the thoroughly updated second edition of The Vendée, the only English-language guidebook to focus on this part of Pays de la Loire. Also covered in this guide to an increasingly popular French region are Nantes, Pornic, La Rochelle and the Île de Ré. Written by Angela Bird, who for almost 50 years has owned a home in the region, and award-winning travel writer Murray Stewart, and updated by adventurer Ed Cooper, Bradt's guidebook offers comprehensive coverage of a beguiling area, detailing everything from family holidays to walks, cycling, local cuisine and history.

The Vendée offers all the benefits of a destination that is well established with both French and British visitors, with easy access and short drive times via UK ferries adding to its appeal. Popular with campers and self-caterers, the Vendée's sunny climate and 140 km of sandy beaches, plus its tree-lined canals and open marshland, make for a diverse outdoor playground. Bradt's The Vendée includes suggestions for walks and the best places for birdwatching.

This goes hand in hand with a new regional policy of promoting recreation premised on nature and wellbeing. Thanks to the authors' rich personal history with the area, the guide also reveals the quirks and themes which give the Vendée its own distinct character, as well as straying just beyond the area's boundaries to incorporate La Rochelle and Nantes, both entry points for those arriving by air and both offering urban distractions for the occasional rainy day. Although the region has no true cities, or even large towns, the guide includes details of the many local museums which provide easily accessible insights into the bloody history of an area which has, at times, been central to the evolution of modern-day France.

New elements in this edition of Bradt's The Vendée include expanded coverage of France's most dazzling son-et-lumière show and new restaurant listings that reflect the region's growing reputation for wine and Michelin-starred eateries, as well as its long history as a paradise for seafood-lovers.

forfattere: Angela bird
Publisert måned: sept
Publisert år: 2024
Utgave: 2utg
Sider nr:264

Through the French Canals has probably tempted more people to explore the beautiful waterways of France than any other book. First published in 1970, it's been the key authoritative title on cruising the French canals ever since. The revised new edition is the essential comprehensive planning guide for anyone wanting to cruise through the French waterways or take their boat from the English Channel through to the Mediterranean via the inland route.

It includes: Over 50 routes fully described and illustrated, with positions of locks, towns and villages through routes from the English Channel and Atlantic to the Mediterranean, plus distances, and assessment of suitable boats for the canals. It also provides dimensions of locks and operating times, details of bridge heights, canal depths, fuelling points, waterway signals, a guide to the cost of living, shopping and stores, sources of weather information, haltes for overnight stops, and ports de plaisance. As well as new photography, the new edition is updated throughout with new information on local facilities, new haltes and ports de plaisance, new VNF License fees, revisions to cruise hire companies, updated references to holding tanks, the availability of diesel and costs of cruising and much more.

• Forfatter: David Jefferson
• Publisert: 2021
• Antall sider: 328
  
• ISBN: 9781472981769

Ideal for independent travellers, this guidebook to Dordogne and the Lot, written by destination experts, combines must-see sights with hidden gems and offers essential tips for both planning and on-the-ground adventures. It's sustainably printed to ensure environmental responsibility.

• Publisert: 2025
• Utgave: 8. utgave
• Antall sider: 304
• Språk: Engelsk
• Innbinding: Heftet
• ISBN: 9781835291771

• Publisert: 2024
• Innbinding: Falset
• Materiale: Vanntett Papir
• Målestokk: 1:100 000