Top 10 Normandy (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) (Paperback)
May 19, 2009 by Destination Guide
Filed under Travel France Guides
Product Description
From Normandy’s top historic sights such as Mont St-Michel to the D-Day beaches to the gustatory delights of cream, Camembert, apples, cider, and Calvados – don’t miss out on a thing in one of the most beautiful and popular regions of France.
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Concise, time-saving and fits in your carryon nicely. Certainly follows the porfessional and reliable series well. We used this guide the most (out of several)during a January trip to Normandy. Highly recommended.
I agree fully with the previous reviewer — this book is not enough to be a stand alone guide to your trip to Normandy, but it is a spectacular compilation of things to do across the region.
There are numerous lists of everything from little villages specializing in crafts, food, and whatnot such as pottery, cheese, copper cookware, and more, to the top 10 D-Day sights and top 10 D-Day museums, to the most picturesque villages in the countryside and coast.
If you’re interested mainly in D-Day sights, I found this book useful, because it had a few pages dedicated to the best museums, and key sights. Most people have a limited amount of time, and especially if you’re driving yourself around, it’s extremely helpful to have this reference of the “must-sees” along with the “nice to sees” time permitting.
We used this book lots during our 5 days in Normandy this May to plan what we wanted to do and see, and used a more detailed book (Lonely Planet Normandy was great) to round out the practical details. (Oh, yeah — if you’re driving, better bring a GPS! I think we’d still be lost in the bocage somewhere if I hadn’t had that life-saving device with me!!)
This book lacks details like contact info and opening hours for museums, but makes up for it with a wealth of suggestions, useful facts, and great pictures (a strong suit of all the DK Eyewitness books).
Bottom line, get this, plus Lonely Planet or a guidebook of your choice, and you will have a great trip!
Not that anyone can use everything in this book, but there are certainly lists to help anyone with their trip to Normandy. Good additional book, not to be your only reference.