Let's Go 2000: France : The World's Bestselling Budget Travel Series

by Inc. Let's Go

Release Date: 01 January, 2000

Edition: Paperback

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Good basic

I always find the Let's Go guides very easy to use and loaded with information, and this was no exception. They are very thorough; you'd be hard put to have a place in mind that is not touched on in some fashion. (Compared to Rick Steves, for example, whose books are limited generally to his favorite places in a country) My only complaint is their slant toward partying college types, so there is overabundant information on those particular activities and places.

Indispensable for budget travel

Let's Go France: 2001 has all of Let's Go's series-wide virtues in spades. First, it focuses on budget hotels and food, meaning you get an exceptionally careful, detailed survey of the budget scene in the city you're headed for. Second, it gives you more detailed practical information than any other guidebook on the market; Let's Go assumes its readers will end up drenched, tired, and without a car in the middle of Lyons at 3 AM, so it gives them a support system of nitty-gritty facts that other guides don't provide. No other book tells you how often each train leaves the station, what temperature it will be when you arrive, how precisely to walk to your hotel, and what to do if you get rabies. Third, it's funny. Having a Let's Go guide feels like traveling with an exceptionally witty and knowledgeable friend who never gets on your nerves.

What's more, Let's Go: France: 2001 is an exceptionally good Let's Go guide. I should know; I was in charge of editing it. We've strengthened, lengthened, and deepened our coverage to help you get a feel for the place as you walk around it, and we've added one-sentence breakdowns (new this year) of all the towns in each region, keyed to a regional map, to help you decide if you want to go there in the first place. City and town introductions have been lengthened and revised across the board with an eye to helping readers plan their travel, and accommodations have been added in each town. Sights coverage is breathakingly expanded. As always, every listing has been rechecked and reconsidered for 2001. All in all, this guide makes budget travel in France significantly easier and more fun than it would otherwise be.