Avalon Travel

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Text © 2015 by Rick Steves and Steve Smith. All rights reserved.

Maps © 2015 by Rick Steves’ Europe. All rights reserved.

Paris Métro map © 2015 by La Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP).

Used with permission.

eISBN: 978-1-63121-314-4

ISBN 978-1-63121-187-4

ISSN 1084-4406

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Rick Steves’ Europe

Special Publications Manager: Risa Laib

Managing Editor: Jennifer Madison Davis

Editors: Glenn Eriksen, Tom Griffin, Katherine Gustafson, Suzanne Kotz, Cathy Lu, John Pierce, Carrie Shepherd

Editorial & Production Assistant: Jessica Shaw

Editorial Intern: Chelsea Wing

Researchers: Mary Bouron, Tom Griffin, Cameron Hewitt, Kristen Michel, Virginie Moré

Contributor: Gene Openshaw

Maps & Graphics: David C. Hoerlein, Sandra Hundacker, Lauren Mills, Mary Rostad

Avalon Travel

Senior Editor and Series Manager: Madhu Prasher

Editor: Jamie Andrade

Associate Editor: Maggie Ryan

Copy Editors: Judith Brown and Rebecca Freed

Proofreader: Kelly Lydick

Indexer: Beatrice Wikander

Production & Typesetting: Tabitha Lahr, Rue Flaherty

Cover Design: Kimberly Glyder Design

Maps & Graphics: Kat Bennett, Mike Morgenfeld

Photo Credits

Front Cover: Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy © Arco Images GmbH/Alamy

Title Page: Pont du Gard, © Rick Steves

Front Color Matter: here, Collioure, © Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli

Additional Photography: Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli, Abe Bringolf, Mary Ann Cameron, Julie Coen, Rich Earl, Barb Geisler, Cameron Hewitt, David C. Hoerlein, Michaelanne Jerome, Lauren Mills, Virginie Moré, Gene Openshaw, Paul Orcutt, Rhonda Pelikan, Michael Potter, Carol Ries, Steve Smith, Robyn Stencil, Rick Steves, Gretchen Strauch, Rob Unck, Laura VanDeventer, Dorian Yates, Wikimedia Commons (PD-Art/PD-US0). Photos are used by permission and are the property of the original copyright owners.

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