Here is a selection of English language travel guidebooks to help you plan your vacation in the Midi-Pyrénées.
BLUE GUIDE SOUTH-WEST FRANCE
Publisher: A&C Black Publishers
Author: Delia Gray-Durant
2003 edition
576 pages
Price: £ 16.99
Content
Subjects: art, history, geography, culture, architecture
Attractions: historic buildings, churches, chateaus, museums, gardens, festivals
Gastronomy: restaurants, specialities
Useful addresses
COMPANION GUIDE TO GASCONY AND THE DORDOGNE
Publisher: Boydell & Brewell Ltd
Author: Richard Barber
1999 edition (updated every 4 years)
349 pages
Price: £ 14.99
Content
Subjects: art, history, architecture, culture
Attractions: churches, chateaus, museums, historic buildings
Maps
INSIGHT GUIDE SOUTH WEST FRANCE
Publisher: APA Publications
2001 edition (1st edition)
380 pages
Price: £ 16.99
Content
Subjects: history, geography, culture
Attractions: historic buildings, churches, chateaus, museums, gardens, festivals, theme parks, nature parks
Activities: bicycle tourism, boat rides
Accommodation: hotels, youth hostels, campsites, rented accommodation, B&B
Gastronomy: specialities
Road itineraries, hiking paths, maps, useful addresses, shopping
LANDSCAPES SERIES: PYRENEES
Publisher: Sunflower Books
Authors: Christine Smith & Paul Jenner
1997 edition (updated every year)
136 colour pages
Price: £ 9.99
Content
Subjects: hiking paths (very detailed), history, geography
Attractions: churches, chateaus, museums, gardens, historic buildings, nature parks
Accommodation: hotels, youth hostels, self-catering cottages
Road itineraries, maps
LAZY DAYS OUT DORDOGNE / THE LOT
Publisher: Cadogan Guides
Authors: Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
1996 edition
192 pages
Price: £ 9.99
Content
Subjects: history, geography, culture
Attractions: historic buildings, churches, museums, gardens, festivals
Accommodation: hotels
Gastronomy: restaurants, cafés
Road itineraries, useful addresses, shopping
SOUTH OF FRANCE: DORDOGNE & THE LOT
Publisher: Cadogan Guides
Authors: Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
2001 edition
488 pages
Price: £ 12.99
Content
Subjects: history, culture
Attractions: historic buildings, churches, museums, festivals
Accommodation: hotels
Gastronomy: restaurants, cafés
Shopping, useful addresses
SOUTHWEST France
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Authors: John King & Julia Wilkinson
2002 edition
408 pages
Price: £11,99
Content
Subjects: history, geography, culture, architecture, art
Attractions: historic buildings, churches, chateaus, museums, gardens, festivals
Accommodation
Gastronomy: restaurants, specialities
Shopping, useful addresses