Lille
City Guide
By Laurence Phillips
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Paperback, 240 pages
16pp colour photos & 6 maps
Published: November 2009 (3rd edition)ISBN: 9781841622965 Format: 108mm x 135mm Status: Available £9.99
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This guidebook won the British Guild of Travel Writers’ Best Guidebook Award. Now in its third edition, it’s been redesigned in keeping with Bradt’s new look for its city guides with a larger portrait format, two-colour text throughout, black-and-white photos throughout, 16 pages of colour photographs and full-colour grid-referenced maps. Packed with updated information, it features at least a dozen essential new dining addresses since the last edition, as well as specialist shops, including the new Galleries Lafayette department store, hotels, museums, art galleries and nightlife venues both new and established, all presented with Laurence Phillips’s trademark wit and charm. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (City Guides) Rating: 5 / 5 stars - 2 vote(s). |
Press Reviews:
'Best guidebook.'
The Sunday Times
'We enjoyed the guide and Laurence Phillips' quirky personal writing style. We felt this book stood out against the others for its unique writing style and you do feel that Laurence really does have a true love of France and all things French that is reflected in the content of the book. When you read it you really feel you want to visit the destination.'
Judith Chalmers OBE on presenting the British Guild of Travel Writers awards
'Entertaining and comprehensive look at Lille.'
The Observer
'Small but comprehensive, this is all you'll need.'
Food & Travel
'Excellent and handy guide.'
Living France
'Even your maps and transport details were preferable to those issued by the Tourist Office being so easily accessible.'
Reviewed by: Rosemary Wilmont, UK on 14th August 2009 12:00AM
'Love the Lille book. The information content is superb - just what I look for in a guidebook. I like the down to earth way that you write... quite refreshing in a guide.'
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Preface
How to use this book
1 Contexts
Introduction, History
2 Planning
The city – a practical overview, When to visit , What to see and do, Tourist office, Tour operators, Red tape, Time, Health, Getting there and away, What to take, Money and budgeting
3 Lille for visitors with limited mobility
4 Practicalities
Banks and money matters, Communications, Tips and service, Worship
5 Local transport
Métro, trams and buses, Tour bus, Airport transfer, Taxis, Car hire, Cycling
6 Accommodation
Bon weekend – bon prix, City centre, Lille Métropole
7 Eating and drinking
Budget, Where to eat, Bistros and estaminets, Restaurants, Wine bars, Bars & cafés, crêperies & tea rooms, Vegetarian
8 Nightlife, entertainment & sport
Theatre, Floor shows, Cinema, Music, Bars & clubs, Gay listings, The morning after, Golf
9 Shopping
Opening hours, Accessories, Books, Clothes and fashion, Clothes – bargains, Clothes – factory outlets, Clothes, Crafts, Florists, Food and wine, Gifts, Home, Home entertainment/music, Jewellery, Markets, Supermarkets/department stores
10 Walking tour
The walk
11 Museums and sightseeing
The unmissables, Museums, Sites and monuments, Place du Général de Gaulle, Churches, Maisons Folies, Parks and gardens
12 Beyond the city
Roubaix, Seclin, Tourcoing, Villeneuve d’Ascq, Wambrechies, Also worth a visit, Hiking and biking
13 Language
French
14 Further Information
Index
Laurence Phillips is an award-winning travel writer specialising in European cities and travel guides for food lovers. He lives in the sleepy Mediterranean fishing village of Marseillan amid the vineyards of the south of France.
'Even your maps and transport details were preferable to those issued by the Tourist Office being so easily accessible.'
Reviewed by: Rosemary Wilmont, UK on 14th August 2009 12:00AM
'Love the Lille book. The information content is superb - just what I look for in a guidebook. I like the down to earth way that you write... quite refreshing in a guide.'
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