France: the Essential Guide for Car Enthusiasts by Julian Parish

France: the Essential Guide for Car Enthusiasts by Julian Parish

Whether you prefer vintage models, or the latest sports cars, you'll find 200 ideas for places to see and events you can take part in inside this unique guide to France. Covering everything automotive, from museums and concours d'elegance, to motorsport events and track days, this book is packed with useful information and essential data.

colourfully illustrated.. just as nice to sit at home and browse through as it is to use on trips, though, beware, it will rouse the wanderlust in you! Even those Francophiles who have seen it all before will surely find bits and pieces of new information, and to have them all in one pocketable book is quite something. Citroenian a great addition to your 2cv travel kit. Or a great book to pore over this winter, whilst planning routes elsewhere. There are certainly a few attractions that might well worth detouring for on the way to the French National at La Rochelle! 2CVGB News this is an excellent book and every car enthusiast who visits France should buy a copy. Citroenet ANY petrolhead crossing the Channel for a holiday this summer should take this book for inspiration. Auto Express jam packed with invaluable info for the car mad holidaymaker. Drive-France.com presents an impressive number of day trip and holiday destinations in a thoroughly contemporary form. From museums to motorsports and track days there is a diverse and inspiring selection of French destinations. Classic Car Weekly Apart from Paris, the Col de Turini, Le Mans and the odd cafe tucked away down a side street somewhere in Calais, where else is there to go in France? By co-incidence, and thanks to Veloce Publishing, I have the answer. And you're going to like it ... costing no more than a couple of glasses of vin rouge, that tucks nicely in the glove-box. More than that, it describes in some detail over 200 venues, including museums, across the country usually missed as we whizz down the autoroute in search of the sun. RETRO SPEED An excellent book ... tells you all you need to know. Amazon.co.uk Useful and colourful book - some great ideas for places to visit. Amazon.co.uk BOOK OF THE MONTH Classic & Sports Car (UK) Overall a wealth of information in a convenient format for the glove compartment. Highly recommended Alpine Revue Do you dream of cruising France's roads in a vintage 2CV, or roaring around the circuit at Le Mans in a state-of-the-art race car? Then France: The Essential Guide for Car Enthusiasts is the book for you. Packed with motoring events, museum exhibitions, circuits you can try and places to holiday in your car, the guide offers endless possibilities for the car enthusiast and has a dedicated website with downloads, updated information and blog posts. Living France really easy to use ... Even if you have no intention of visiting France, this book is still a really interesting read ... it's worth every penny- I can see my copy becoming a well-thumbed and dog-eared companion for many years to come. Hagerty Classic Cars newsletter To sum up a worthwhile book that anyone going on holiday to France, or just visiting for a weekend, should definitely buy and take in the glove-box or door pocket. Definitely recommended. VSCC Bulletin a mine of information Renotes France comes alive in this new driving guide ... well written, concise and to the point. Whether you prefer vintage models, or the latest sports cars, I highly recommend this book for anyone with the desire to have an automotive related holiday in France. Bon Voyage! Petrolicious If your interest extend to France and all things motoring, then this book will make a fabulous addition to your library, or [...] your glove box. Jaguar World Holiday[ing] in France has never been so varied, because finally there is [a] guide for [the] car crazy Auto Bild Klassik There are thousands of French travel guides ... but to the best of our knowledge this is the first that's tailored specifically to car lovers. Motor Sport Well worth stashing in your glovebox, whether you're on a road trip or simply wish to add activities to a family holiday. EVO

Julian Parish hails from the south of England, but has now lived and worked in France for many years. After a career in publishing and international software development, Julian now contributes regularly to magazines including Classic & Sports Car, and translates motoring content from French and German into English. He has both written and translated several of Veloce's Essential Buyer's Guides, mainly concentrating on the Mercedes-Benz marque for which he has a particular passion. He has also written the popular travel guides 'France: The Essential Guide for Car Enthusiasts' and 'The Essential Guide to Driving in Europe,' also published by Veloce. Julian is a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781845847425
ISBN 10	1845847423
Title	France: the Essential Guide for Car Enthusiasts
Author	Julian Richard Parish
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	David & Charles
Year published	2015-01-22
Number of pages	248
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.