Undiscovered France: An Insider's Guide to the Most Beautiful Villages

outstanding photography and personal approach to describing each village. One distraction is that although there are maps throughout the book it was difficult to match the photograph with accompanying name of village to the map. I had to search and search all over the map to find where the village was located. Of course if the maps had been gridded (ex. village at F4 on map) it would not have been as artistic but a heckuva a lot easier. The book I read was the softcover version from the library and the binding was coming apart. A personal copy would probably be less stressed.

Having returned from a trip to Europe this summer, I found this book and was interested in seeing if Yvoire, a cute little French medieval village on the shores of Lake Geneva, was included in this book. We visited Yvoire in mid-June and although the town received some tourists throughout the day, my wife and I spent the night in Yvoire and I couldn't pick out one other tourist in the town. It was our favorite place in all of Europe.Sure enough, this book dedicates two entire pages to Yvoire. I had to get this book to look for other French villages we should visit on our next trip! The book is divided up by sections of France (Normandy, Brittany, etc.), and although some pictures look like they are taken in November or March, when I would LEAST want to visit France, most of the pictures are visually pleasing and the village write-up's compliment well.Given its price, this book gets five stars in my opinion. I've already got my list of new villages to visit on our next trip!