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Abbeys: Cluny, 888–889; Fontenay, 869–870; Fontevraud, 436–437; Jumièges, 248; Mont St-Michel, 319–323; Notre-Dame de Sénanque, 670–671; St. Georges de Boscherville, 248
Acccommodations: See Sleeping; and specific destinations
Aiguille du Dru (Alps): 799
Aiguille du Midi Gondola (Alps): 791, 793, 794–798, 811
Airbnb.com: 1056–1057
Airborne Museum (Utah Beach): 306–307
Airlines (airfares): 1105–1106; budgeting, 10–11
Airports: Paris, 172–180. See also specific airports
Aître St. Maclou (Rouen): 245
À l’Aise Breizh (Dinan): 335
Albert, Prince of Monaco: 744
Albert Schweitzer Museum (Kaysersberg): 971
Albi: 518–529; eating, 528–529; map, 519; sights/activities, 520–527; sleeping, 527–528; tourist information, 518; transportation, 520, 529
Alésia MuséoParc (Alise-Ste-Reine): 866
Alet: 350
Alise Ste-Reine: 866, 872, 874
Allen, Paul: 689
Alpilles Mountains: 585, 633–634
Alpine Museum (Chamonix): 812
Alps (Alpes-Savoie): 773–821; cuisine, 775; geology, 800–801; map, 774; transportation, 775. See also Annecy; Chamonix
Alsace: 926–986; cuisine, 929; map, 927; transportation, 928–929. See also specific destinations
Alsatian Museum (Strasbourg): 982
Alsatian wines: 930, 947, 953–961, 964–965, 971, 975; map, 955; tours, 956
Amboise: 369–393; eating, 388–391; helpful hints, 370–371, 374; maps, 372–373, 390–391; orientation, 370–374; self-guided walk, 374–376; sights/activities, 376–379, 382–383; sleeping, 383–388; tourist information, 370; transportation, 370, 392–393
Amboise City Hall Museum: 375–376
Amboise Royal Castle (Château): 365, 376–378, 379
American Cemetery and Memorial (Omaha Beach): 296–298
American Cemetery and Memorial (Thiaucourt): 1026–1027
American Church (Paris): 42–43, 61
American Hospital (Paris): 26
Amphithéâtre (Arles): 584–585
Amsterdam: train travel, 185
Angoville-au-Plain Church: 303–304
Anis candies: 868
Annecy: 776–787; eating, 786–787; history, 780; map, 778–779; orientation, 776–780; sleeping, 784–786
Annecy Château Museum: 783
Annecy, Lake: 776, 780–784, 787
Annecy Museum: 782–783
Antibes: 753–766; eating, 765–766; helpful hints, 756–757; map, 754–755; orientation, 753–757; self-guided walk, 757–760; sights/activities, 760–763; sleeping, 763–764; tourist information, 753; transportation, 756, 757, 766
Antibes History and Archaeology Museum: 761
Anybody’s Tombstone (Dinan): 335
Aosta, Italy: 812–813
Apartment rentals: 1056–1058; Paris, 148–149; Riviera, 675
Apps: audio tours, 14; châteaux, 368; museums, 1048; navigation, 1096; Paris, 25; staying connected, 1077
Apt: market, 575
Aquarium, in Monaco: 748–749
Aqueduct (Pont du Gard): 629, 632–633
Arab World Institute (Paris): 105
“Arc de Triomphe” (Orange): 645
Arc de Triomphe (Paris): 49, 96–97, 104, 126
Archaeological museums: Alise Ste-Reine, 866; Antibes, 761; Arles, 592–594; Cluny, 888; Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, 482, 486–488; Lyon, 905–907; Nice, 704; Paris, 58, 91; Pont du Gard, 633; Strasbourg, 982
Archaeological sites: See Cro-Magnon caves; Roman sites
Architecture and Monuments Museum (Paris): 87
Argentière: 811
Arlaten Folk Museum (Arles): 591
Arles: 576–605; eating, 588–589, 602–604; helpful hints, 580–581; maps, 578–579, 596, 600–601; orientation, 576–581; self-guided walk, 581–592; sights/activities, 592–598; sleeping, 598–602; tourist information, 577; transportation, 577, 581, 605
Arles Ancient History Museum: 592–594
Arles Roman Theater: 584–585
Army Musuem (Paris): 48, 88–89
Arpentis Château: 387
Arromanches: 289–294
Art museums: general tips, 1047–1048. See also specific art museums
Art: of the Riviera, 680. See also Cro–Magnon caves; Impressionism; and specific artists
Atelier de la Soierie (Lyon): 901, 911
ATMs: 1041–1043. See also specific destinations
Attitude, French: 16–17
Audio Europe, Rick Steves: 14, 16, 25, 1106–1107
Au Lapin Agile (Paris): 123
Autoire: 504
Auzou (Rouen): 239
Avignon: 606–629; eating, 625–628; helpful hints, 608–609; maps, 610–611, 622–623; orientation, 606–609; self-guided walks, 612–619; sights/activities, 612–620; sleeping, 620–625; tourist information, 606–607; tours, 609; transportation, 607–608, 628–629
Avignon Ramparts: 614
Avignon Synagogue: 617–618
Aÿ: 1011
Azay-le-Rideau: 428–430
Azay-le-Rideau Château: 365, 428–429
Back Door travel philosophy: 19
Baeckeoffe: 929
Baie des Anges (Nice): 692
Barge hotels: 1057–1058
Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste: 910–911, 912, 935, 939; Museum (Colmar), 940, 945–947
Basilica of Ste. Madeleine (Vézelay): 875–878
Basse Corniche: 730–732, 734, 741; map, 731
Bastides: 529–532
Bateaux-Mouches (Paris): 41, 170–171
Bateaux Parisiens (Paris): 41, 170
Baths of Constantine (Arles): 594
Batobus (Paris): 42–43
Battle of Hastings: overview, 272
Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum (Bayeux): 275–276
Baubigny: 858
Bayeux: 267–280; eating, 278–279; helpful hints, 270–271; map, 268–269; orientation, 268–271; sleeping, 276–278; tourist information, 267; transportation, 280
Bayeux Cathedral: 273–274
Bayeux Tapestry: 271–273
Bay of Angels (Nice): 692
Bay of Mont St-Michel: 316–317
“Bayonet Trench” (Verdun): 1025
Beaches: Annecy, 781; Antibes, 758, 761–763; Cap Ferrat, 735, 736–737; Cap Fréhel, 354; Collioure, 558–559, 560; Dinard, 352; Dunes de Chevrets, 356; Etrétat, 261–262; Juan-les-Pins, 763; Nice, 686, 692–693; Paris, 66–67; Pont du Gard, 631; Sables-d’Or-les-Pins, 353; St-Malo, 349. See also D–Day beaches
Beaujolais Wine Route: 924–925
Beaune: 826–848; eating, 846–848; helpful hints, 828–829; maps, 830–831, 842–843; sights/activities, 833–840; sleeping, 840–846; tourist information, 827; tours, 829, 832; transportation, 827–828, 848
Beaune Ramparts: 839
Beaune region: 848–864
Beauvais Airport (Paris): 178–179, 180
Bed-and-breakfasts (chambres d’hôtes): 42, 1055–1056; Paris, 149. See also specific destinations
Bedoin: market, 575
Belvès: market, 446
Berthillon (Paris): 167
Beverages: 1073–1076. See also Wine and vineyards
Beynac: 462–463, 464, 466, 472–476; market, 446, 472
Beynac Château: 472–473
Bibliothèque Carnegie (Reims): 1002–1003
Biking (bike rentals): 1105; Tour de France, 1111; Alsace, 956, 960, 962, 965; Amboise, 371, 382; Annecy, 778–779, 782; Antibes, 757; Arles, 580; Avignon, 608–609; Bayeux, 270; Blois, 401, 404; Burgundy, 832, 848–849, 856–861; Camargue, 596–597; Carcassonne, 536–537; Chambord, 408; Chamonix, 793; Chinon, 417, 424; Colmar, 932–933; Dinan, 333, 340; Dordogne, 443, 500–501; Eguisheim, 962, 965; Giverny, 221; Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, 663–664; Kaysersberg, 971–972; Loire Valley, 366–367, 382, 401, 404, 408, 417, 424; Luberon, 662, 663–664; Lyon, 899–900; Nice, 686, 690–691, 695; Paris, 37, 40, 45–46; Provence, 569; Rance River Valley, 340; Ribeauvillé, 960; Riquewihr, 975; St-Emilion, 500–501; Sarlat, 448, 450; Strasbourg, 980; Vaison-la-Romaine, 650, 653; Versailles, 204; Villefranche-sur-Mer, 721
Bléré: sleeping, 388
Blois: 400–407
Blois Royal Castle (Château): 364, 402–403
Blues clubs, in Paris: 122–123
Boat cruises: Annecy, 780–781; Avignon, 609; barges, 1057–1058; Beynac, 473; Colmar, 933; Dinan, 340–341; Honfleur, 261; hotel barges, 1057–1058; La Roque-Gageac, 469; Paris, 41–44, 170–171, 187–188; Riviera, 680, 688, 689; Strasbourg, 983; Villefranche-sur-Mer, 726
Boating: Annecy, 780; Antibes, 757; Chenonceaux, 395; Lyon, 900; Villefranche-sur-Mer, 726. See also Canoeing
Bonaparte Bridge (Lyon): 902–903
Bonaparte, Napoleon: See Napoleon Bonaparte
Books, recommended: 1112–1114
Boudin (Eugène): about, 258; Museum (Honfleur), 257–259
Boules: 100, 129, 349, 468, 572, 581, 691, 721–722, 767, 769
Boulevard Malesherbes (Paris): 118
Bourges: 880–884
Bourges Cathedral: 882–883
Bourges Medieval Quarter: 883
Boutiques (Paris): 117–120
Bouzy: 1009–1010
Braille, Louis: 94
Brancion: 885–886
Brayer (Yves) Museum (Les Baux): 638
British Military Cemetery (Bayeux): 275–276
Brittany: 329–358; map, 331; planning tips, 330; transportation, 330. See also specific destinations
Bruniquel: 530
Brussels: train travel, 185
Budgeting: 10–12
Bullgames, in Arles: 597–598
Burgundy: 822–891; cuisine, 824–825; maps, 823, 873; planning tips, 824–825. See also specific destinations
Burgundy wines: 825–826, 828, 838–841, 848–864; maps, 857, 859; museum, in Beaune, 838; savoring tactics, 1072; shipping home, 840–841; tours, 832, 848–849; transportation, 824, 848–849; wine quality, 836–837
Buses (bus travel): 1093; airports, 174–175, 177–178, 179; budgeting, 11–12; map, 1084–1085; Paris, 33–35, 34, 36, 38–39, 40–41, 128, 131, 139, 187; three-week trip, 10–11. See also specific destinations
Business hours: 1040
Butterfly Exhibit (Hunawihr): 960
Caen: 309–312
Caen Memorial Museum: 310–312
Café Carlu (Paris): 105
Café de la Paix (Paris): 103
Cafés (brasseries): 1065–1066; Paris, 105, 120, 150, 171; tipping, 1044, 1065. See also specific destinations
Calvet Museum (Avignon): 619–620
Camarguais Museum: 595
Camargue, the: 595–597; map, 596
Campervan rentals: 1097
Camping (campgrounds): overview, 1056
Canadian Cemetery (Juno Beach): 308
Canadian D-Day sites: 307–308
Canal du Midi (Carcassonne): 543
Cancale: 356–357
Candes-St-Martin: 424
Cannes Film Festival: 675, 706, 1110
Canoeing: Amboise, 382; Chinon, 417, 424; Collioure, 560; Dinan, 333–334; Dordogne River, 443, 463–466; Pont du Gard, 631
Cap d’Ail: 745
Cap Ferrat: 732–737; cruises, 688, 689, 726; map, 733
Cap Fréhel: 354
Capitaine Fracasse (Paris): 171
Carcassonne: 532–549; eating, 548–549; guided walk, 537–541; helpful hints, 536–537; maps, 534–535, 539; nightlife, 543–544; sights, 542–543; sleeping, 544–548; tourist information, 533; transportation, 533, 536, 549
Carennac: 503
Car insurance: 11–12, 1096–1097
Car leasing: 1097
Carnavalet Museum (Paris): 49, 106–107
Carnegie Library (Reims): 996, 1002–1003
Carnival (Nice): 675, 699, 706, 1110
Carpentras: market, 575
Car rentals: 1093–1097; budgeting, 11–12; Charles de Gaulle, 176–177. See also specific destinations
Carrières de Lumières (Les Baux): 639
Car travel (driving): 1097–1104; Albi, 529–530; Camargue, 595–597; Charles de Gaulle, 176–177; Collioure, 561–562; distances and time, 1101; Dordogne, 461–463, 529–530; driving tips, 1103–1104; La Route Napoléon, 675–676; navigating roundabouts, 1100; navigation, 1095–1096; parking in Paris, 187; Riviera, 675–676; road signs, 1098, 1102–1103; Route of the Bastides, 529–530; Spain, 562; three-week trip, 8–9. See also specific destinations
Casinos: Monte Carlo, 749–750
Castelnau-Bretenoux Château: 503
Castelnaud: 462–463, 465; sleeping, 471
Castelnaud Château: 470–471
Castelnau-de-Montmiral: 531–532
Castles: See Châteaux
Catacombs of Paris: 95
Cathars: 522
Cathédrale de Monaco: 748
Cathédrale Notre-Dame: See Notre-Dame Cathedral
Cathédrale Russe (Nice): 690, 704–705
Caunes-Minervois: sleeping, 547–548
Caussade: 517
Cave art: See Cro-Magnon caves
Caveau de Puligny-Montrachet: 850–851, 857
Caveau des Vignerons (Amboise): 382
Caveau des Vignerons (Morey-St-Denis): 863
Caves Painctes (Chinon): 423
Cell (mobile) phones: 15–16, 1076–1079, 1081
Centre d’Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation (Lyon): 900, 914
Centre International du Vitrail (Chartres): 216–217
Centre Pompidou (Paris): 49, 105, 111–112
Ceramics, Museum of (Rouen): 247
Céret: 562
Chagall, Marc: 103, 110, 111, 562, 768, 1000; Museum (Nice), 690, 701–702
Chalet de la Floria (Alps): 808
Chalon-sur-Saône: 856
Chambolle-Musigny: 862–863
Chambord Château: 364, 407–411
Chamonix: 788–821; eating, 819–821; helpful hints, 790–791; history, 789; maps, 792, 795, 806–807, 814–815; orientation, 788–794; planning tips, 788; sights/activities, 793, 794–813; sleeping, 813–819; tourist information, 789; transportation, 790, 791–794, 821
Champagne: 987, 1004–1012; about, 1008
Champagne G. Tribaut (Hautvillers): 1011
Champagne Herbert Beaufort (Bouzy): 1010
Champagne region: 987–1016; cuisine, 988–989; maps, 988–989, 1010; planning tips, 987; tours, 1004–1005; transportation, 987–988
Champ de Mars (Paris): 86, 151
Champs-Elysées (Paris): 22, 48, 95–96, 126; map, 98–99
Changing of the Guard (Monaco): 745, 747–748
Chapaize: 886
Chapelle Cocteau (Villefranche): 723
Chapelle du Rosaire (Vence): 770
Chapelle et Phare de la Garoupe (Antibes): 762
Chapel of Penitents (Les Baux): 638
Chapel of St. Leo IX (Eguisheim): 963–964
Chapel of St. Pierre (Villefranche): 723
Chapel of the Rosary (Vence): 770
Charlemagne: 240–241, 509, 532, 1002, 1028, 1034
Charles de Cazanove (Reims): 1005–1006
Charles de Gaulle Airport (Paris): 172–177, 180; map, 173; sleeping, 147
Chartres: 209–218; eating, 218; helpful hints, 210–211; map, 210–211; orientation, 210–211; sleeping, 217–218; tourist information, 210
Chartres Cathedral: 209, 211–216
Chassagne-Montrachet Château: 851, 858
Château du Petit Thouars (Chinon): 423
Château Eza: 739
Châteauneuf-en-Auxois: 865, 872
Châteaux (castles): architecture, 1030; history, 380–381; Amboise, 365, 376–378, 379; Annecy, 783; Arpentis, 387; Azay-le-Rideau, 365, 428–429; Beynac, 472–473; Blois, 364, 402–403; Castelnau-Bretenoux, 503; Castelnaud, 470–471; Chambord, 364, 407–411; Chaumont-sur-Loire, 364, 413–415; Chenonceau, 364, 394–398; Cheverny, 364, 411–412; Chinon, 365, 421–422; Clos de Vougeot, 862; Clos-Lucé (Amboise), 365, 378–379; Collioure, 559; Commarque, 491; Eza, 739; Grimaldi (Antibes), 759; Guédelon, 879–880; Hautes Corbières, 550–552; Haut-Koenigsbourg, 960–961; Husseren Les Cinq, 965; La Fleunie, 494; Langeais, 365, 431–433; La Rochepot, 851–852, 858; Lastours, 553–554; Montfort, 462, 466–467; Nazelles, 387; Perreux, 387; Peyrepertuse, 551–552; Pray, 386, 391; Quéribus, 552; Rivau, 435; Rocamadour, 506, 508; Savigny, 855; Ussé, 435; Valençay, 416; Versailles, 48, 189–190, 194, 197–202; Villandry, 365, 433–435; Villeneuve (Vence), 769
Chaumont-sur-Loire Château: 364, 413–415
Cheeses: 230–231, 232, 368, 444–445, 574, 775, 824, 893, 989, 1071
Chemin de la Croix (Rocamadour): 504, 506, 508
Chemin des Fontaines (St-Cirq Lapopie): 653
Chemin du Fauvisme (Collioure): 560
Chemins de Fer de Provence: 705–706
Chénas: 924
Chenonceau Château: 364, 394–398
Chenonceaux: 394–400
Cher River: 366–367, 394, 397; canoeing, 382
Cheverny Château: 364, 411–412
Chinon: 416–428; eating, 426–427; helpful hints, 417; maps, 418–419, 430–431; sights/activities, 418–424; sleeping, 424–426; tourist information, 417; transportation, 427–428
Chiroubles: 924
Chisseaux: eating, 399
Chocolat (movie): 469, 868, 1113
Chocolate: 118, 120, 239, 374, 1071–1072
Churches (eglises): architecture, 1030. See also specific churches
Church of the Holy Cross (Kaysersberg): 969–970
Church of the Immaculate Conception (Antibes): 759
Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris): 49, 113
Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine (Paris): 87
Civray-de-Touraine: sleeping, 388
Classical theaters: See Théâtre Antique
Clignancourt market (Paris): 120–121
Clos de Vougeot Château: 862
Clos-Lucé Château (Amboise): 365, 378–379
Clothing sizes: 1117
Cluny: 887–890
Cluny Abbey: 888–889
Cluny Museum (Paris): 49, 91; eating near, 168–170
Cluny Museum of Art and Archaeology: 888
Cocteau (Jean) Chapel (Villefranche): 723
Coffee: 1074–1075
Col de Banyuls: 562
Col de la Chaîne Mountain Pass: 659–660
Col de la Forclaz: 783–784
Collégiale Notre-Dame (Beaune): 837
Colline du Château (Nice): 690, 705
Collioure: 555–565; eating, 564–565; helpful hints, 558; map, 556–557; orientation, 555–558; sights, 558–562; sleeping, 562–564; tourist information, 556; transportation, 557–558, 565
Collioure Royal Castle (Château): 559
Colmar: 930–952; eating, 950–952; helpful hints, 932–933; map, 936–937; nightlife, 947–948; self-guided walk, 934–941; sights/activities, 941–947; sleeping, 948–950; tourist information, 931; tours, 933; transportation, 931–932, 952
Colmar Dominican Church: 940–941, 944–945
Colmar Folklore Evening: 947
“Colmar Pocket” Museum (Turckheim): 959
Commarque Château: 491
Comtal Château (Carcassonne): 542
Conciergerie (Paris): 65–66
Concoeur: 862
Condat-sur-Vézère: sleeping, 494
Confit de canard: 368, 445, 1070
Confluence (Lyon): 901, 915–916
Connery, Sean: 689
Conservatoire de Dentelles (Bayeux): 274–275
Constant, Christian: 158
Consulates: 1110
Cooking classes: Beaune, 829; Burgundy, 829; Nice, 689; Paris, 164–165; Provence, 650; Vaison-la-Romaine, 650
Cordes-sur-Ciel: 530
Cordon Bleu (Paris): 165
Corniches: 730–741
Costs of trip: 10–12
Côte d’Azur: See Riviera; and specific destinations
Côte de Grâce (Honfleur): 260–261
Côte d’Emeraude: 353
Côtes du Rhône: 647–661
Côtes du Rhône Wine Road: 657–661; map, 659
Courses camarguaises, in Arles: 597–598
Courseulles-sur-Mer: 307–308
Cours Saleya (Nice): 698–699, 706; eating, 713
Cousteau Aquarium (Monaco): 748–749
Coustellet: market, 575
Créancey: 872
Crêpes: 1064
Cro-Magnon caves: 477–497, 513–514; at a glance, 482–483; helpful hints, 485; map, 478–479; overview, 477, 480–484; planning tips, 484–485; reservations, 15
Crown of Thorns: 62
Cruise ships, on the Riviera: 719–720, 730, 752. See also Boat cruises
Cryptoporticos (Arles): 586–587
Cryptoportique (Reims): 1003
Crystal Museum (Chamonix): 812
Cuisine: xv–xvi, 1058–1064, 1068–1076; Alsace, 929; Brittany, 331–332; Burgundy, 824–825; Champagne region, 988–989; Dordogne, 443–446; Languedoc-Roussillon, 517; Loire Valley, 368; Lyon, 893; Normandy, 230–232; Provence, 574; Riviera, 681; Savoie, 775
Curie, Marie: 94
Currency and exchange: 1041–1042
Customs House (Colmar): 934
Customs regulations: 1046
Cycling: See Biking
Dalí, Salvador: Museum (Paris), 115–116; Theater-Museum (Figueres), 562
David, Jacques-Louis: 73
Da Vinci Code: 876
Da Vinci, Leonardo: 369, 376, 378–379, 381; Mona Lisa, 72
D-Day beaches (Normandy): 280–312; American sites, 294–307; Canadian sites, 307–308; helpful hints, 288, 289–290; history timeline, 286; maps, 282–283, 288; planning tips, 281–282; tours, 284–288, 306; transportation, 282–285
D-Day Landing Museum (Arromanches): 291–292
De Gaulle Airport (Paris): See Charles de Gaulle Airport
Delacroix, Eugène: 74, 92, 246, 275; Museum (Paris), 92
Dentelles de Montmirail: 647, 657, 659–660, 660, 661
Department stores, in Paris: 117
Deportation Memorial (Paris): 58–59
Dessert: 1071–1072
Dietary restrictions: 1065
Digne: 705–706
Dinan: 332–345; eating, 344–345; helpful hints, 333–334; map, 336–337; orientation, 332–334; self-guided walk, 334–339; sights/activities, 339–341; sleeping, 341–344; tourist information, 332–333; transportation, 333, 345
Dinan Clock Tower: 335
Dinan Old Port: 339, 340–341, 345
Dinan Ramparts: 338
Dinard: 352–353
Dining: See Eating; and specific destinations
Discounts: See Money-saving tips
Disneyland Paris: 224–227
Dizy: 1011
Dolder Museum (Riquewihr): 974
Domaine Comte Senard (Aloxe-Corton): 854, 860
Domaine de Balme: 811
Domaine de Coyeux Winery: 660
Domaine de la Chevalerie (Chinon): 423–424
Domaine de Marie-Antoinette (Versailles): 190–191, 194, 195, 203–206; map, 205
Domaine de Mourchon Winery: 658
Domaine Lejeune (Pommard): 849–850
Domaine Naudin-Ferrand (Magny-les-Villers): 854, 860–861
Domaine René LeClerc (Gevrey-Chambertin): 864
Domaines d’Aloxe-Corton: 853, 860
Dominican Church (Colmar): 940–941, 944–945
Domme: 462, 467–468; market, 446, 467
Dordogne: 439–514; cuisine, 443–446; map, 441; markets, 444–446; planning tips, 439–441; transportation, 442–443. See also specific destinations
Dordogne River: 461; canoeing, 443, 463–466; cruises, 469, 473
Dordogne River Valley: 461–476; map, 464–465; sights, 466–476
Douaumont Ossuary (Verdun): 1024–1025
Driving: See Car travel; and specific destinations
Ducal Palace (Nice): 699
Duclair: 247
Dunes de Chevrets: 356
Dynamic Currency Conversion: 1043
Eastern Dordogne: 501–511
Eating: 1058–1076; budgeting, 12; restaurant phrases, 1126; tipping, 1044, 1065. See also Cuisine; Markets; and specific destinations
Eglise de Carsac: 462
Eglise des Dominicains (Colmar): 940–941, 944–945
Egouts de Paris: 88
Eguisheim: 958, 961–967; map, 964–965
Eguisheim Castle: 963–964
Eiffel Tower (Paris): 15, 48, 82–86, 104, 126
Eleanor of Aquitaine: 416, 436–437, 882, 1029, 1034
Electricity: 1040
Elevage du Bouyssou (Sarlat): 476
E-mail: 1079, 1081–1082. See also specific destinations
Embassies: 1110
Emerald Coast: 353
Emergencies: 1039, 1109; Paris, 25
Entrevaux: 706
Epernay: 1012
Equestrian Performance Academy (Versailles): 194
Espace Tairraz (Chamonix): 812
Etang de Vaccarès: 595
Etrétat: 261–262
Euro currency: 1041–1042
Eurostar: 186
Evelles: 858
Exchange rate: 1042
Eza Château: 739
Eze Church: 739
Eze Gardens: 739
Eze-le-Village: 737–740
Fashion, in Paris: 116–120
Fauchon (Paris): 118
Fayencerie Augy (Rouen): 244
Fayrac Château: 465–466
Fenocchio (Nice): 714
Festival of Lights (Lyon): 899, 1111
Festivals: 1110–1111. See also specific festivals
Films, recommended: 1114–1116
Flavigny-sur-Ozerain: 868, 874
Fleurie: 924
Flower markets: Nice, 698–699; Paris, 64
Flowers, blooming season: 13–14
Foie gras: 443–444, 445, 453, 474–475, 476
Folklore Evening (Colmar): 947
Fondation Angladon-Dubrujeaud (Avignon): 619
Fondation Maeght (St-Paul-de-Vence): 767–768
Fondation Van Gogh (Arles): 589–590
Font-de-Gaume Cave: 482, 488–490
Fontenay Abbey: 869–870
Fontevraud Royal Abbey: 436–437
Fontvieille: sleeping, 602
Fontvieille (Monaco): 748
Food allergies: 1065
Food tours and classes: Avignon, 609; Beaune, 829; Burgundy, 829; Nice, 689; Paris, 164–165; Provence, 570, 650.; Vaison-la-Romaine, 650. See also Cheeses; Chocolate; Cuisine; Eating; Foie gras; Markets; Olive oil; Truffles
Fort Carré (Antibes): 757–758, 761
Fort de Douaumont (Verdun): 1026
Forteresse Royale de Chinon: 365, 421–422
Fort la Latte: 354–355
Fort St. Elme (Collioure): 561
Forum Square (Arles): 590–591. See Place du Forum
Fougères: 357–358
Fouquet’s (Paris): 96
Fourvière Hill (Lyon): 894, 903, 903–907
Fragonard Perfume Factory (Eze): 739–740
Fragonard Perfume Museum (Paris): 103
French Alps: See Alps
French attitude: 16–17
French language: See Language
French Riviera: See Riviera
Fuissé: 924
Gadagne Museums (Lyon): 901, 910
Gaillac: 517
Galamus Gorge: 550
Galerie Mario Colonel (Chamonix): 812
Galeries Lafayette (Paris): 103, 105, 117, 124
Gallo-Roman Museum (Lyon): 900, 905–907
Gare d’Austerlitz (Paris): 184–185
Gare de Bercy (Paris): 185
Gare de l’Est (Paris): 184
Gare de Lyon (Paris): 183–184
Gare du Nord (Paris): 181–182
Gare Montparnasse (Paris): 182
Gare St. Lazare (Paris): 184
Garnier Opera (Paris): 49, 100–103, 125; map, 102
Gay nightlife, in Paris: 138
Geography: xviii
Gérard Sion Galerie (Carcassonne): 543
Géricault, Théodore: 73–74, 246, 619
German Military Cemeteries (Normandy): 302, 323
Gevrey-Chambertin: 863–864
Gigondas: 660–661
Gîtes: 1056–1057
Giverny: 219–224; eating, 223–224; map, 220; sleeping, 223–224
Gogo Paris app, 25
Gondolas, in Chamonix: 791–802; map, 792
Gorges de Galamus: 550
Gouffre de Padirac: 510
Government: xix, 1032–1033, 1036–1037
Gramat: sleeping, 511
Grand Balcon Nord (Alps): 803–804
Grand Balcon Sud (Alps): 804–805
Grande Arche (Paris): 49, 99–100
Grande Corniche: 730–732, 740; map, 731
Grand Palais (Paris): 98–99
Grand Prix of Monaco: 675, 706, 741, 747, 1110
Grimaldi Château (Antibes): 759
Gros Horloge (Rouen): 239–240
Grotte de Font-de-Gaume: 482, 488–490
Grotte de Rouffignac: 483, 494–496
Grotte du Pech Merle: 483, 513–514
Grotte Préhistorique des Merveilles: 508
Grottes de Cougnac: 483, 496–497
Grünewald, Matthias, Isenheim Altarpiece: 942–944
Guédelon Château: 879–880
Guidebooks, Rick Steves: 1106; updates, 3
Guy de Chassey (Louvois): 1009
Halles Boulingrin (Reims): 996, 1003
Hartmannswillerkopf (Eguisheim): 958–959
Haussmann, Baron Georges-Eugène: 101
Hautes Corbières Château: 550–552
Haut-Koenigsbourg Château: 960–961
Hautvillers: 1011
Hédiard (Paris): 118
Henri de Villamont (Savigny): 854–855, 861
Hermès (Paris): 120
High Corniche: 730–732, 740; map, 731
Hiking (walking): Alsace, 956–957; Annecy, 781–782; Antibes, 761–763; Bayeux, 274; Beaune, 838–839; Beynac, 473; Bourges, 883; Burgundy, 832, 838–839; Cap Ferrat, 736–737; Cap Fréhel, 354; Carcassonne, 542; Chamonix, 789, 793, 802–809, 818; Château de Commarque, 491; Collioure, 561–562; Dinan, 340; Eguisheim, 962–963; Etrétat, 261–262; Eze, 740; Fort la Latte, 354–355; Gigondas, 661; Giverny, 221; Honfleur, 260–261; Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, 663–664; Kaysersberg, 971–972; Lastours, 553, 554; Mont St-Michel, 316, 318; Nice, 695; Pont du Gard, 631, 632–633; Rance River Valley, 340; Ribeauvillé, 960; Riquewihr, 975; Roussillon, 667; Route du Vin (Alsace), 956–957; Vaison-la-Romaine, 653; Villefranche-sur-Mer, 726–727
Hill towns of the Luberon: 661–672; map, 664–665
Historial Jeanne d’Arc (Rouen): 242–244
History: 1028–1037
Holidays: 1110–1111
Holocaust Memorial (Paris): 110–111
Honfleur: 251–267; eating, 264–266; helpful hints, 254–255; map, 252–253; orientation, 251–255; sights/activities, 255–263; sleeping, 262–264; tourist information, 251; transportation, 254, 266–267
Hospices de Beaune: 833–837
Hospitals: 1039, 1109; Paris, 25
Hostels (auberge de jeunesse): 1056. See also specific destinations
Hot-air ballooning: 367, 443, 469
Hôtel de la Cité (Carcassonne): 541, 543
Hôtel de Ville (Orange): 645
Hôtel de Ville (Paris): 112; eating, 165–166
Hôtel Dieu des Hospices de Beaune: 833–837
Hôtel La Mirande (Avignon): 616–617
Hôtel Negresco (Nice): 691, 706, 710–711
Hotels: 1050–1055; modern chains, 1055; online reviews, 1054; reservations, 14, 1058–1059. See also Sleeping; and specific destinations
Houdini, Harry (Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin): 403–404
House of Etienne de la Boëtie (Sarlat): 451
“House of Heads” (Colmar): 941
House of Magic (Blois): 403–404
Hugo, Victor: 58, 88, 94, 101, 106, 322
Huisnes-sur-Mer: 323
Hunawihr: 960
Hurepel de Minerve: 554
Husseren Les Cinq Château: 965
Hyatt Regency (Paris): 105
Ile Besnard: 356
Ile de la Cité (Paris): 22, 52–58; map, 54–55
Ile St. Louis (Paris): 59, 126; eating, 166–167; map, 54–55; sleeping, 146–147
Ill River: cruises, 983
Illuminated Lyon: 898
Impressionism: 78–79, 81–82, 219, 221–223, 256
Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique: 73, 77
Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris): 105
International Stained Glass Center (Chartres): 216–217
Internet access: 1076–1082. See also specific destinations
Internet security: 1081
Isenheim Altarpiece (Grünewald): 942–944
Isle-sur-la-Sorgue: 663–666; market, 575
Jacquemart-André Museum (Paris): 49, 103–104
Jardin des Plantes (Paris): 93
Jardin du Luxembourg (Paris): 92–93, 151
Jardin du Rocher des Doms (Avignon): 614
Jardin Exotique de Monaco: 749
Jardins d’Eze: 739
Jazz clubs, in Paris: 122–123
Jewish Art and History Museum (Paris): 49, 110
Jewish Quarter (Paris): 110, 163–165
Joan of Arc: 57, 228, 238–239, 247, 416, 422, 883, 997, 1029, 1034; biographical sketch, 243; Museum (Rouen), 242–244
Joan of Arc Church (Rouen): 238–239
Joan of Arc Museum (Rouen): 242–244
Joan of Arc Tower (Rouen): 247
John, Elton: 689
Joucas: sleeping, 668
Juan-les-Pins: 763
Juliénas: 924
Julien Bridge: 671
Jumièges Abbey: 248
Juno Beach: 307–308
Juno Beach Centre (Courseulles): 307–308
Kayaking: See Canoeing
Kaysersberg-History Museum: 970
Kientzheim: 972
King’s Vegetable Garden (Versailles): 194
Koïfhus (Colmar): 934
La Basoche (Lyon): 909
La Belle Iloise (Dinan): 337
La Cambe: 302
Lace Conservatory (Bayeux): 274
La Cité (Carcassonne): 533; eating, 548–549; guided walk, 537–541; map, 539; sleeping, 544–545
La Cité Médiévale (Rocamadour): 504–505, 510
La Cité Religieuse (Rocamadour): 504–505, 508–509
La Cohue (Dinan): 336–337
La Condamine (Monaco): 744
La Confluence (Lyon): 901, 915–916
La Coulée Verte Parkway (Nice): 695
La Craquanterie (Dinan): 335
La Croix-Rousse (Lyon): 901, 911–912
La Défense (Paris): 49, 99–100
La Digue de la Mer: 596
Ladurée (Paris): 118
Lady and the Unicorn tapestries: 49, 91
La Flégère Lift (Alps): 793, 800–802, 804–805, 808, 811
La Fleunie Château: 494
La Grande Arche (Paris): 49, 99–100
La Maison des Truffe (Paris): 118
La Marmite de l’Abbaye: 340
Langeais Château: 365, 431–433
Langrolay: sleeping, 343–344
Language: barrier and French attitude, 16–17; classes, 43; coffee and tea lingo, 1074–1075; hotel lingo, 1052; online translation tip, 1041; Paris Métro, 31; picnic terms, 1060, 1061–1062; pronunciation guide, 1120–1123; restaurant phrases, 1126; road signs, 1102–1103; survival phrases, 1125; train terms, 1086; wine lingo, 1073
Languedoc-Roussillon: 515–565; cuisine, 517; map, 516; planning tips, 516–517; transportation, 517. See also specific destinations
Lantern of the Dead (Sarlat): 451
La Petite France (Strasbourg): 982–983, 985
La Rochepot Château: 851–852, 858
La Roque-Gageac: 462–463, 465, 468–470
La Roque St-Christophe: 483, 492–493
La Roquette (Arles): 594
La Route des Anciennes Abbayes: 247–248
La Route Napoléon: 675–676
Lastours Châteaux: 553–554
L’Atelier (Arles): 604
Latin Quarter (Paris): 60–61, 91, 122
La Tour Eiffel (Paris): 15, 48, 82–86, 126
La Trophée d’Auguste: 740–741
Le Brévent Gondola (Alps): 793, 800–802, 811
Le Bugue: market, 446
Le Capitaine Fracasse (Paris): 171
Le Caveau des Musignys: 862–863
Le Cordon Bleu (Paris): 165
Left Bank (Paris): 21–22, 91–95; eating, 167–170; guided tours, 46–47; maps, 93, 119, 169; shopping, 119–120
Left Bank Scooters (Paris): 46–47
Le Havre: 187–188
Le Mémorial de Caen: 310–312
Le Mistral: 575
Leonardo da Vinci Park (Amboise): 378–379
Le Paradou: sleeping, 640
Le Ruquet: 298
Le Saut aux Loups: 437–438
Les Baux: 633–641; map, 636; tourist information, 634–635
Les Baux Castle Ruins: 635, 637
Les Bossons: sleeping, 817–818
Les Egouts de Paris: 88
Le Semnoz: 783
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac: 486–488; caves near, 488–490, 492–497; market, 446; sleeping, 488
Les Grands Montets: 811
Les Haras Nationaux (Cluny): 889–890
Les Houches: sleeping, 818
Les Invalides (Paris): 151
Les Larmes de Jeanne d’Arc (Rouen): 239
Les Nuits de Fourvière (Lyon): 899, 906–907
Le Somail: sleeping, 548
L’Espace Dalí (Paris): 115–116
Le Trophée des Alpes: 740–741
L’Hospitalet (Rocamadour): 503–504, 506, 508
Liberty Leading the People (Delacroix): 74
Lido (Paris): 96
Ligré: sleeping, 425–426
Limeray: sleeping, 387–388
Loches: 416
Loire River: 360, 374; biking along, 366–367, 382, 404; canoeing, 382
Loire Valley: 359–438; châteaux at a glance, 364–365; châteaux history, 380–381; cuisine, 368; home base, 360–362; map, 360–361; planning tips, 362–363; tours, 368; transportation, 363–367; wines, 368–369, 382–383, 404, 412, 420, 422–424. See also specific destinations
London: train travel, 186
Longchamps (Paris): 120
Longues-sur-Mer Gun Battery: 295
L’Orangerie (Paris): 48, 81–82
L’Ossuaire de Douaumont (Verdun): 1024–1025
Lot River Valley: 512–514
Loubressac: 503–504
Louis Vuitton Foundation (Paris): 97
Louis XIV (Sun King): 200–201, 1034; Versailles, 48, 189, 198–202
Lourmarin: market, 575
Louvois: 1009
Louvre Museum (Paris): 48, 68–75; map, 69
Low Corniche: 730–732, 734, 741; map, 731
Lower Town (Les Baux): 637–639
Luberon hill towns: 661–672; map, 664–665
Luge: 809
Lumière Museum (Lyon): 900, 914–915
Luncheon on the Grass (Manet): 78–79
Luxembourg Garden (Paris): 92–93, 151
Lyon: 892–925; at a glance, 900–901; cuisine, 893; eating, 921–923; helpful hints, 899–900; layout of, 894; maps, 896–897, 908, 918–919; nightlife, 916; orientation, 894–902; planning tips, 892–893; self-guided walk, 902–903; shopping, 913; sights/activities, 903–916; sleeping, 916–920; tourist information, 894–895; tours, 894–895; transportation, 895, 898, 900–902, 923–924
Lyon Airport: 898
Lyon City Card: 895
Lyon City Hall: 910
Lyon History Museum: 910
Lyon Museum of Fine Arts: 900, 912
Lyon traboules: 909
Mâcon: 924–925
Madeloc Tower: 561–562
Maeght Foundation (St-Paul-de-Vence): 767–768
Magic, House of (Blois): 403–404
Maginot Monument (Verdun): 1023
Magny-les-Villers: 854, 860–861
MAHB (Bayeux): 275
Mail: 1082. See also specific destinations
Maison de la Magie (Blois): 403–404
Maison des Têtes (Colmar): 941
Maison du Chocolat (Paris): 120
Maison Forte de Reignac: 492
Maison Herzer (Kaysersberg): 970
Maison Pfister (Colmar): 939
Maisons Satie (Honfleur): 259–260
Manoir de Gisson (Sarlat): 453
Manville Mansion City Hall (Les Baux): 638
Maps: to buy, 1107–1108; for driving, 1095–1096; legend, 2. See also Map Index
Marais (Paris): 22, 105–113, 138–145; eating, 158–166; guided tours, 44; maps, 108–109, 140–141, 160–161; markets, 138–139; sleeping, 140–145
Mariage Frères (Paris): 118
Marie-Antoinette: 65–66, 201, 202, 205–206, 1034–1035
Markets: 1062–1063; Albi, 520, 527; Amboise, 371; Annecy, 777; Antibes, 756, 759; Apt, 575; Arles, 597; Avignon, 618; Bayeux, 270; Beaune, 828; Belvès, 446; Beynac, 446, 472; Bourges, 881; Cahors, 446; Carcassonne, 536; Cavaillon, 575; Cénac, 446; Chamonix, 790–791; Chartres, 209; Chinon, 417; Cluny, 887; Collioure, 558; Colmar, 932, 935, 938; Dinan, 333, 336–337; Dinard, 352; Domme, 446, 467; Dordogne, 446; Gordes, 575; Honfleur, 254; Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, 663; Kaysersberg, 968; Le Bugue, 446; Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, 446; Loches, 416; Lourmarin, 575; Lyon, 899; Martel, 503; Montignac, 446; Nice, 698–699; Nyons, 575; Orange, 641; Paris, 120–122, 130, 138–139; Provence, 575; Reims, 996, 1003; Rouen, 235, 245; Sarlat, 446, 448, 452; Souillac, 446; St-Cyprien, 446; St-Geniès, 446; Strasbourg, 984; St-Rémy, 575; Uzès, 575; Vaison-la-Romaine, 650; Vence, 769; Versailles, 207; Villefranche-sur-Mer, 721
Marmottan Museum (Paris): 49, 90–91
Martel (Reims): 1007
Martel (town): 502–503
Martigny, Switzerland: 794, 812
Masséna Museum (Nice): 690, 704
Massif Fortifié de Souville (Verdun): 1022
Matisse, Henri: 81–82, 111, 560, 562, 912; Chapel of the Rosary (Vence), 770; Museum (Nice), 690, 703
Matterhorn: 796
Maussane: eating, 640–641; sleeping, 640
Mayle, Peter: 575, 661, 671, 1113
Medical help: 1039, 1109; Paris, 25
Medieval Quarter (Bourges): 883
Mémorial de Caen: 310–312
Mémorial de la Déportation (Paris): 58–59
Mémorial de la Shoah (Paris): 110–111
Mémorial Musée (Verdun): 1023
Ménerbes: 671–672
Menthon-St-Bernard: 781–782
Mercedes-Benz (Paris): 96
Mer de Glace (Alps): 793, 798–799, 803–804
Merveilles Cave: 508
Meter Man (Colmar): 939–940
Metric system: 1117
Métro (Paris): 30–33, 138, 139; Cité “Metropolitain” stop, 64; Rue Cler, 130–131; tickets, 27–30
Middle Corniche: 730–732, 737, 739; map, 731
Minerve: 553–554
Mini-Châteaux (Amboise): 379, 382
Mirabel: 653
Mischief and Mayhem (Aloxe-Corton): 853–854, 860
Mistral, Frédéric: 591
Mistral winds: 575
Mobile phones: 15–16, 1076–1079, 1081
Modern and Contemporary Art Museum (Nice): 690, 703–704
Modern-Art Museum (Céret): 562
Moët et Chandon (Epernay): 1012
Monaco: 741–752; eating, 751; helpful hints, 745–746; map, 742–743; orientation, 744–746; self-guided walk, 746–749; sights/activities, 749–750; sleeping, 751; tourist information, 744; transportation, 745, 746, 751–752
Monaco Cathedral: 748
Monaco Grand Prix: 675, 706, 741, 747, 1110
Mona Lisa (da Vinci): 72
Monet, Claude: 79, 256, 258, 912, 1035; Giverny, 219, 221–223; Marmottan Museum (Paris), 49, 90–91; Orangerie Museum (Paris), 48, 81–82
Money: 1041–1046; budgeting, 10–12
Money-saving tips: 1040, 1049–1050; Arles, 580; Avignon, 606–607; Lyon, 895; Paris, 26–30, 50–52, 60–61, 124; sleeping, 1049–1050
Mont Blanc: 773, 788, 790, 796
Monte Carlo Ballet: 746
Monte Carlo Casino: 749–750
Montenvers: 793, 798–799, 803–804
Montignac: market, 446
Montmartre (Paris): 22, 113–116; cabaret, 123; eating, 170; map, 115
Montmartre Museum (Paris): 116
Montparnasse Tower (Paris): 94–95, 105
Montsec Monument (St-Mihiel): 1023
Mont St-Michel: 312–328; eating, 326–327; helpful hints, 316; maps, 315, 317; orientation, 313–316; sights/activities, 316–323; sleeping, 324–326; tourist information, 313; transportation, 314–315, 327–328
Mont St-Michel Abbey: 319–323
Mont St-Michel Bay: 316–317
Mont St-Michel Ramparts: 323
Mont Ventoux: 614, 648, 659–660
Monument to the Dying Lion (Verdun): 1023
Morey-St-Denis: 863
Morrison, Jim: 113
Mortemart: 499
Moulin Rouge (Paris): 113, 116
Moutarderie Fallot (Beaune): 838
Movies, recommended: 1114–1116
Moyenne Corniche: 730–732, 737, 739; map, 731
Mumm (Reims): 1005
Musée Alpin (Chamonix): 812
Musée Animé du Vin (Chinon): 420, 423, 426
Musée Archéologique: See Archaeological museums
Musée Arlaten (Arles): 591
Musée Calvet (Avignon): 619–620
Musée Carnavalet (Paris): 49, 106–107
Musée-Château d’Annecy: 783
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire Baron Gérard (Bayeux): 275
Musée d’Art et Histoire du Judaïsme (Paris): 110
Musée d’Art Moderne de Céret: 562
Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain (Nice): 690, 703–704
Musée de la Civilisation Gallo-Romaine (Lyon): 900, 905–907
Musée de la Communication (Riquewihr): 975
Musée de la Reddition (Reims): 996, 1004
Musée de l’Arles et de la Provence Antiques: 592–594
Musée de l’Armée (Paris): 48, 88–89
Musée de l’Hôtel de Ville (Amboise): 375–376
Musée de l’Orangerie (Paris): 48, 81–82
Musée de Montmartre (Paris): 116
Musée des Beaux-Arts: Lyon, 900, 912; Nice, 690, 704; Paris, 97–98; Rouen, 246–247; Strasbourg, 982
Musée des Confluences (Lyon): 916
Musée des Cristaux-Espace Tairraz (Chamonix): 812
Musée d’Histoire et d’Archéologie (Antibes): 761
Musée d’Orsay (Paris): 48, 75–81; map, 76
Musée du Débarquement (Arromanches): 291–292
Musée du Débarquement (Utah Beach): 304–305
Musée du Louvre (Paris): 48, 68–75; map, 69
Musée du Petit Palais (Avignon): 613
Musée du Quai Branly (Paris): 86
Musée du Vin (Paris): 87
Musée du Vin de Bourgogne (Beaune): 838
Musée Jacquemart-André (Paris): 49, 103–104
Musée Lapidaire (Avignon): 620
Musée le Secq des Tournelles (Rouen): 247
Musée Lumière (Lyon): 900, 914–915
Musée Marmottan Monet (Paris): 49, 90–91
Musée Masséna (Nice): 690, 704
Musée Matisse (Nice): 690, 703
Musée Mémorial de la Bataille de Normandie (Bayeux): 275–276
Musée National d’Art Moderne (Paris): 111
Musée National de la Marine (Paris): 86–87
Musée National de Préhistoire (Les Eyzies): 482, 486–488
Musée National du Moyen Age (Paris): 49, 91; eating, 168–170
Musée National Eugène Delacroix (Paris): 92
Musée National Marc Chagall (Nice): 690, 701–702
Musée Océanographique (Monaco): 748–749
Musée Picasso (Antibes): 760–761
Musée Picasso (Paris): 49, 107–110
Musée Réattu (Arles): 594–595
Musée Rodin (Paris): 48, 89–90
Musées des Tissus et des Arts Décoratifs (Lyon): 901, 913
Musées Gadagne (Lyon): 901, 910
Musée Toulouse-Lautrec (Albi): 524–526
Musée Yves Brayer (Les Baux): 638
MuséoParc Alésia (Alise-Ste-Reine): 866
Museum of Annecy: 782–783
Museum of Ceramics (Rouen): 247
Museum of Decorative Arts (Strasbourg): 982
Museum of Ethnography and Norman Popular Art (Honfleur): 260
Museum of Impressionisms (Giverny): 222–223
Museum of Ironworks (Rouen): 247
Museum of Santons (Les Baux): 639
Museum of the Sea (Honfleur): 260
Museum of the Surrender (Reims): 996, 1004
Museum of the Wine of Burgundy (Beaune): 838
Museum of Wine (Paris): 87
Museums: sightseeing tips, 1047–1048. See also specific museums
Museums of Old Honfleur: 260
Museums of Textiles and Decorative Arts (Lyon): 901, 913
Mushroom caves: 437–438
Mustard Mill (Beaune): 838
Napoleon Bonaparte: 73, 96–97, 202, 676, 889, 1029, 1035; Tomb (Paris), 48, 88–89
Narbonne Gate (Carcassonne): 537–538
Narrow-gauge train (Nice): 705–706
National Maritime Museum (Paris): 86–87
National Museum of Prehistory (Les Eyzies): 482, 486–488
National Stud Farm (Cluny): 889–890
Nazelles-Négron: sleeping, 387
Nice: 682–720; at a glance, 690; eating, 712–717; excursions, 705–706; helpful hints, 683, 686; layout of, 682; maps, 684–685, 696–697, 708, 715; nightlife, 706; orientation, 682–688; self-guided walks, 689–701; shopping, 686; sights/activities, 689–705; sleeping, 706–712; tourist information, 682–683; tours, 688–689; transportation, 683, 686–687, 717–720
Nice Airport: 718–719; sleeping near, 712
Nice Archaeological Museum: 704
Nice Carnival: 675, 699, 706, 1110
Nice Fine Arts Museum: 690, 704
Nice Modern and Contemporary Art Museum: 690, 703–704
Nice opera house: 699
Nightlife: budgeting, 12. See also specific destinations
Normandy: 228–328; map, 230–231; planning tips, 228–229; transportation, 229. See also D–Day beaches
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial (Omaha Beach): 296–298
Normandy Memorial Museum (Bayeux): 275–276
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Chartres): 211–216
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris): 48, 53, 56–58, 104, 126
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Reims): 996–1001
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Rouen): 240–242
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Strasbourg): 980–982
Notre-Dame Church (Semur-en-Auxois): 871
Notre-Dame de Fourvière (Lyon): 900, 903–905
Notre-Dame de Grâce Chapel (Honfleur): 260
Notre-Dame de Nazareth Cathedral (Vaison-la-Romaine): 652
Notre-Dame des Anges (Collioure): 559–560
Notre-Dame de Sénanque Abbey: 670–671
Nuits de Fourvière (Lyon): 899, 906–907
Nuits St-Georges: 861
Nyons: market, 575
Ochre Conservatory (Roussillon): 667
Ochre Trail (Roussillon): 667
Odéon Theater (Paris): eating near, 167–168
Old Lyon: See Vieux Lyon
Old Market Hall (Colmar): 935, 938
Old Nice: See Vieux Nice
Old Town (Colmar): 934–941; eating, 951–952
Omaha Beach: 295–303; map, 282–283; sleeping near, 302–303
Omaha Beach Museum: 298
Open Sky Museum (Ste-Mère Eglise): 306
Opéra Bastille (Paris): 124–125
Opéra Garnier (Paris): 49, 100–103, 125
Opera house (Nice): 698
Opera, in Paris: 49, 100–103, 124–125; map, 102
Oppède-le-Vieux: 672
Oradour-sur-Glane: 497–499
Orange: 641–646; map, 642; market, 575
Orangerie Museum (Paris): 48, 81–82
Orange Roman Theater: 643–645
Orches: 858
Orly Airport (Paris): 177–178, 180; sleeping, 147–148
Orsay Museum (Paris): 48, 75–81; map, 76
Our Lady of Rocamadour: 508–509
Packing checklist: 1119
Padirac Cave: 510
Palace of Justice (Rouen): 240
Palace of the Popes (Avignon): 615–616, 615–616
Palais de Justice (Paris): 64
Palais de la Méditerrané (Nice): 693
Palais de l’Isle (Annecy): 782–783
Palais des Papes (Avignon): 615–616
Palais du Tau (Reims): 996, 1000–1001
Palais Jacques Coeur (Bourges): 883–884
Palais Jean de Bourbon (Cluny): 888
Palais Lascaris (Nice): 700
Palais Princier (Monaco): 747–748
Palais Rohan (Strasbourg): 982
Palais Royal (Paris): 74–75, 151
Panthéon (Paris): 49, 93–94; eating near, 168–170
Paradou: sleeping, 640
Parc de la Tête d’Or (Lyon): 900
Parc de Loisirs des Planards (Chamonix): 802, 809
Parc de Merlet (Chamonix): 802
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont (Paris): 93
Parc des Cigognes (Hunawihr): 960
Parc Monceau (Paris): 93
Paris: 20–188; at a glance, 48–49; arrondisements, 21–23; daily reminder, 26–27; eating, 150–171; entertainment, 122–128; excursion areas, 189–227; helpful hints, 24–26; money-saving tips, 26–30, 50–52, 60–61; nightlife, 122–128; orientation, 21–23; parking, 187; planning tips, 20–21; self-guided walks, 52–67, 96–100, 117–120, 125–127; shopping, 103, 116–122; sights, 67–116; sleeping, 128–149; tourist information, 23; tours, 40–47, 127–128, 164; transportation, 27–40, 171–188. See also specific neighborhoods
Paris Archaeological Crypt: 58
Paris Catacombs: 95
Paris Greeter: 42
Paris Métro: See Métro
Paris Museum Pass: 50–51
Paris Plages: 66–67
Paris Sewers: 88
Parking in Paris: 187
Parler Parlor: 43
Path of Fauvism (Collioure): 560
Patriarche Père et Fils (Beaune): 839
Penitents Chapel (Les Baux): 638
Père Lachaise Cemetery (Paris): 49, 113
Pernand-Vergelesses: 860
Perreux Château: 387
Petit Balcon Sud (Alps): 808
Petite Venise (Colmar): 938, 950–951
Petit Palais (Paris): 97–98
Petit Palais Museum (Avignon): 613
Peugeot (Paris): 96
Peyrepertuse Château: 551–552
Pfister House (Colmar): 939
Philharmonic de Paris: 124
Philip the Fair Tower (Villeneuve): 620
Piaf, Edith: 113
Picasso, Pablo: 81–82, 912, 944; Museum (Antibes), 760–761; Museum (Paris), 49, 107–110
Pickpockets: See Theft alerts
Picnics: 1060–1062; best spots in Paris, 151; vocabulary, 1060, 1061–1062. See also Markets; and specific destinations
Pigalle (Paris): 116
Piscine du Centre Sportif Richard Bozon (Chamonix): 802
Place Albert I (Antibes): 753, 761
Place de la Liberté (Sarlat): 452
Place de la Madeleine (Paris): 103, 118–119
Place de la Mairie (Roussillon): 667
Place de la République (Arles): 586
Place de l’Horloge (Avignon): 612
Place de l’Opéra (Paris): 118–119
Place des Châtaignes (Avignon): 617, 627
Place des Oies (Sarlat): 453
Place des Terreaux (Lyon): 910–911
Place des Vosges (Paris): 106, 142–143, 151; eating, 159, 162
Place Drouet d’Erlon (Reims): 995, 996, 1014
Place du Centenaire (Eze): 738–739
Place du Change (Lyon): 910
Place du Forum (Arles): 590–591; eating, 602–603
Place du Forum (Reims): 1003, 1014
Place du Général de Gaulle (Chinon): 420
Place du Guesclin (Dinan): 334
Place du Palais (Avignon): 612–613
Place du Palais (Monaco): 747
Place du Peyrou (Sarlat): 450–451
Place du Trocadéro (Paris): 105
Place du Vieux Marché (Rouen): 238
Place Louis Lépine (Paris): 64
Place Marcou (Carcassonne): 548
Place Masséna (Nice): 694–695
Place Nautique (Lyon): 915–916
Place Rossetti (Nice): 700–701
Place Ste. Cécile (Albi): 520–521
Place St. Marc (Rouen): 235, 245
Place St. Michel (Paris): 61
Place Vendôme (Paris): 103, 118–119
Plage de la Gravette (Antibes): 758
Plage de la Paloma (Cap Ferrat): 735
Plage de la Salis (Antibes): 761, 762
Plage de Passable (Cap Ferrat): 735
Plague Cemetery (Rouen): 245
Plan de l’Aiguille (Alps): 797–798, 799, 803–804
Poilâne (Paris): 120
Pointe du Chevet: 355
Pointe du Hoc: 300–301
Pôle International de la Préhistoire (Les Eyzies): 482, 486
Politics: 1032–1033, 1036–1037
Pompidou Center (Paris): 49, 105, 111–112, 151; sleeping, 144–145
Pont Bonaparte (Lyon): 902–903
Pont d’Avignon (pont St. Bénezet): 614–615
Pont des Arts (Paris): 151
Pont du Gard: 629–633; map, 630; orientation, 630–631; transportation, 629–630
Pont Julien: 671
Pont Neuf (Paris): 66
Pont Valentré (Cahors): 514
Pont Vieux (Carcassonne): 542
Population: xviii
Porte de Clignancourt (Paris): 120–121
Porte de Mars (Reims): 1003
Port Winston Artificial Harbor (Arromanches): 289, 290
Post-Impressionism: 80–81
Post offices: 1082. See also specific destinations
Pouilly: 924
Prehistoric caves: See Cro-Magnon caves
Prehistory Welcome Center (Les Eyzies-de-Tayac): 482, 486
Presqu’île (Lyon): 894, 910–913; eating, 913, 922–923; map, 918–919; sleeping, 917–920
Prince’s Palace (Monaco): 747–748
Printemps de Bourges: 881
Promenade des Anglais (Nice): 689–694, 706; eating, 717; sleeping near, 710–712
Promenade Plantée Park (Paris): 112–113
Pronunciation guide: 1120–1123
Provence: 566–672; cuisine, 574; map, 567; market days, 575; planning tips, 566–568; tours, 569–571; transportation, 568–569. See also specific destinations
Puces de Vanves (Paris): 121
Puces St. Ouen (Paris): 120–121
Puligny-Montrachet: 850–851, 856–858
Puppets of the World Museum (Lyon): 910
Puycelci: 530–531
Puymin: 651
Quai Branly Museum (Paris): 86
Quai de la Bruche (Strasbourg): 983
Quai de l’Horloge (Paris): 66
Quartier Latin (Paris): 60–61, 91, 122
Quéribus: 552
Rabanel, Jean-Luc: 604
Rail passes: 12, 15, 1083, 1086, 1107
Rail travel: See Train travel
Rance River: cruises, 340–341
Rance River Valley: 340–341
Raphael: 72
Reader feedback: 15
Realism: 77–78
Réattu Museum (Arles): 594–595
Refuge-Grand Hôtel du Montenvers: 799, 818
Refuge-Plan de l’Aiguille: 798, 818, 820
Reims: 987–1016; cuisine, 988–989; eating, 1014–1015; helpful hints, 994; maps, 988–989, 992–993; planning tips, 987, 990; sights/activities, 996–1012; sleeping, 1012–1014; tourist information, 991; tours, 994; transportation, 987–988, 991, 994, 1015–1016
Reims Cathedral: 996–1001
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste: 79, 81–82, 91, 116, 246, 944
Rental properties: See Apartment rentals
Republic Square (Arles): 586
RER (Réseau Express Régionale): 27, 28, 32–33, 175–176, 178, 179, 180, 191, 225, 1086
Resistance and Deportation History Center (Lyon): 900, 914
Resources from Rick Steves: 1106–1107
Restaurants: See Eating; and specific destinations
Rhône River: 609, 614–615, 627, 892, 899–900
Rhône Valley: 924–925
Ribeauvillé: 960
Riquewihr: 954, 956, 959, 972, 973–975
Ritz Escoffier Ecole de Gastronomie (Paris): 165
Rivau Château: 435
Riviera: 673–772; art scene, 680; cuisine, 681; helpful hints, 675–676; home base, 673–674; maps, 674, 676; planning tips, 674; transportation, 675–680. See also specific destinations
Roc de Chère: 781
Rodin, Auguste: 81, 912; Museum (Paris), 48, 89–90
Roissy-en-France: sleeping, 147
Roman Bridge (Julien): 671
Roman Bridge (Vaison-la-Romaine): 652
Romanèche-Thorins: 925
Roman sites (ancient Romans): 211, 375, 571–574, 671, 731, 867, 1028; Alise Ste-Reine, 866; Arles, 584–585, 585–587, 588, 590–591, 592–594; Carcassonne, 538, 540; La Trophée d’Auguste, 740; Le Trophée des Alpes, 740; Lyon, 905–907; Orange, 643–645; Paris, 58; Pont du Gard, 629, 632–633; Pont Julien, 671; Reims, 1003; Vaison-la-Romaine, 648, 651, 652
Roman theaters: See Théâtre Antique
Roque St-Christophe: 483, 492–493
Rosary, Chapel of the (Vence): 770
Rothéneuf: 355–356
Rouen: 221, 232–250; eating, 249–250; helpful hints, 234–235; map, 236–237; orientation, 233–235; self-guided walk, 235–245; sights/activities, 246–250; sleeping, 248–249; tourist information, 233–234; transportation, 234, 250
Rouen Big Clock: 239–240
Rouen Museum of Fine Arts: 246–247
Roussillon: 666–669
Route de la Champagne (Reims): 1007, 1009–1012; map, 1010
Route des Anciennes Abbayes: 247–248
Route des Bastides Albigeoises: 529–532
Route des Grands Crus: 855–856, 861–864; map, 859
Route du Beaujolais: 924–925
Route du Vin (Alsace): 953–961
Route of the Ancient Abbeys: 247–248
Route of the Bastides: 529–532
Royal Abbey of Fontevraud: 436–437
Rue Cler (Paris): 48, 88; eating, 150–171; maps, 132–133, 154–155; markets, 121, 130; sleeping, 129–137, 129–137
Rue de la Cavalerie (Arles): 583
Rue de la Monnaie (Lyon): 916
Rue de la Paix (Paris): 119
Rue de la Poissonnerie (Nice): 699–700
Rue de la République (Arles): 588–589
Rue de la République (Sarlat): 454
Rue de la Salamandre (Sarlat): 452
Rue des Rosiers (Paris): 110, 163–165
Rue des Teinturiers (Avignon): 618–619, 626
Rue Droite (Nice): 700
Rue du Dr. Fanton (Arles): 590, 603
Rue du Jerzual (Dinan): 338
Rue Masséna (Nice): 706
Rue Montorgueil (Paris): 121
Rue Mouffetard (Paris): 121–122
Rue Nationale (Amboise): 375
Rue Obscure (Villefranche): 723, 726
Rue Royale (Paris): 118
Rue St. François de Paule (Nice): 698
Rue St. Honoré (Paris): 118
Rue Voltaire (Chinon): 420
Russian Cathedral (Nice): 690, 704–705
RV rentals: 1097
Ryes: sleeping, 293–294
Sables-d’Or-les-Pins: 353
Sablet: 658
Sacré-Coeur (Paris): 49, 104–105, 114–115
Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes: market, 575
Sainte-Chapelle (Paris): 62–64, 123–124; map, 63
Ste. Catherine Church (Honfleur): 257
Ste. Cécile Cathedral (Albi): 521–524
Ste. Madeleine Basilica (Vézelay): 875–878
Ste-Mère Eglise: 305–306
St. Bénezet Bridge (Avignon): 614–615
St. Catherine’s Tower (Dinan): 338–339
St-Cirq Lapopie: 512–513
St-Cyprien: market, 446
St. Denis Church (Amboise): 375
St-Emilion: 499–501
St. Etienne Cathedral (Bourges): 882–883
St-Geniès: market, 446
St. Georges de Boscherville Abbey: 248
St. Germain-des-Prés church (Paris): 91
St-Jacut-de-la-Mer: 355
St. Jean Cathedral (Lyon): 901, 907
St. Leo IX Chapel (Eguisheim): 963–964
St. Louis Cathedral (Blois): 404
St. Maclou Church (Rouen): 244
St-Malo: 346–357; eating, 351–352; helpful hints, 347; map, 348; sleeping, 350–351; tourist information, 346; transportation, 346–347, 352
St-Malo Ramparts: 349–350
St-Marcellin: eating, 656
St. Martin Church (Colmar): 940
St. Michael’s Chapel (Rocamadour): 509
St. Michael’s Church (Villefranche): 723, 726
St. Michel Church (Roussillon): 667
St-Mihiel: 1026–1027
St. Nazaire Church (Carcassonne): 542
St. Nicholas Church (Blois): 404
St-Paul-de-Vence: 766–768
St. Pierre Chapel (Villefranche): 723
St. Pierre Church (Avignon): 617
St. Réparate Cathedral (Nice): 700–701
St. Sacerdos Cathedral (Sarlat): 451
St. Salvy Church and Cloister (Albi): 527
St. Sauveur Church (Dinan): 339
St. Saveur Church (Rocamadour): 509
St-Suliac: 341
St. Sulpice Church (Fougères): 357
St. Sulpice Church (Paris): 92
St. Trophime Church (Arles): 587–588
St. Vincent Church (Les Baux): 638
Salin de Giraud: 595
Salvador Dalí Theater-Museum (Figueres): 562
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Rocamadour: 508–509
Santons Museum (Les Baux): 639
Sarlat-la-Canéda: 447–461; eating, 459–460; helpful hints, 448, 450; maps, 449, 457; market, 446, 448, 452; sights/activities, 450–454; sleeping, 454–458; tourist information, 447; transportation, 447–448, 460–461
Satie (Erik) Museum (Honfleur): 259–260
Sault: market, 575
Savigny-lès-Beaune: 854–855, 861
Savoie: See Alps; Chamonix
Schweitzer, Albert: 296, 967, 969; Museum (Kaysersberg), 971
Scooters, in Paris: 46–47
Seasons: 13–14
Segway (Paris): 46
Seine River: 21, 66–67, 233, 247, 261; beaches, in Paris, 66–67; cruises, 41–44, 124, 170–171; picnics, 151
Sensation Vin (Beaune): 840
Sentier Touristique Piétonnier de Tirepoil: 762–763
Sewers of Paris: 88
Shakespeare and Company (Paris): 25, 59
Shopping: budgeting, 12; hours, 1040; Paris, 103, 116–122; VAT refunds, 1045. See also specific destinations
Sightseeing: budgeting, 12; planning tips, 1046–1047; priorities, 4, 6–7, 12–13; three-week trips, 8–11. See also specific sights and destinations
Sigolsheim: 972
SIM cards: 1077–1079
Skiing, in Chamonix: 810–811
Sleep code: 1051
Sleeping: 1048–1058; air-conditioning, 1053; budgeting, 12; hotel chains, 1055; online reviews, 1054; rates and deals, 1049–1050; reservations, 14, 1058–1059; types of accommodations, 1050–1058. See also specific destinations
Sleeping Beauty castle (Ussé): 435
Smartphones: 15–16, 1076–1079, 1081
Sorbonne (Paris): 61
Sorgue River: 663
Souillac: market, 446
Spain: day trip, 562
Special events: 1110–1111. See also specific destinations
Sports: See Boules; Hiking; Luge; Paragliding; Skiing
Square du Vert-Galant: 151
Stained Glass Center, International (Chartres): 216–217
Stein, Gertrude: 113
Steves, Andy: 47
St. Germaine-des-Prés church (Paris): 171
St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat: 732, 735–737
St-Jeannet: 771
Strasbourg: 976–986; eating, 985–986; helpful hints, 979–980; map, 978–979; planning tips, 976; sights/activities, 980–984; sleeping, 984–985; tourist information, 976–977; transportation, 977–978, 986
Strasbourg Archaeological Museum: 982
Strasbourg Cathedral: 980–982
Strasbourg Museum of Fine Arts: 982
Suzette: 660
Sword of Roland: 509
Synagogue, Avignon: 617–618
Taittinger (Reims): 1006–1007
Taizé: 890–891
Talloires: 781–782
Tanners’ Quarter (Colmar): 935
Tapisserie de Bayeux: 271–273
Taxes: VAT refunds, 1045
Taxis: Paris, 35–36, 128, 139, 176, 178; tipping, 1044; to/from airports, 176, 178, 179, 180. See also specific destinations
Téléphériques: See Gondolas, in Chamonix
Telephone numbers, useful: 1109–1110
Telephones: 1076–1082; calling chart, 1080; dialing tips, 1078–1079
Temperatures, average monthly: 1117–1118
TGV trains: 15, 185, 1083, 1086–1087, 1090; map, 1084–1085
Thalys Train: 185
Théâtre Antique (Roman Theater): Arles, 585–586; Lyon, 900, 906; Orange, 643–645
Théâtre des Jacobins (Dinan): 334–335
Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier (Paris): 120
Theft alerts: 1039–1040, 1102–1103; Nice, 683; Paris, 24, 32, 84; Versailles, 196
Thiaucourt: 1027
Three Corniches: 730–741
Time zones: 1040
Tintin (comic strip): 412
Tipping: 1044, 1065. See also Cuisine; Markets; and specific destinations
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Paris): 97
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de: 78, 116; Museum (Albi), 524–526
Tour de France: 1111
Tour de Madeloc: 561–562
Tour Eiffel (Paris): 15, 48, 82–86, 126
Tour guides: 15. See also specific destinations
Tourist information: 1038–1039. See also specific destinations
Tour Montparnasse (Paris): 94–95, 105
Tour Philippe-le-Bel (Villeneuve): 620
Tours: Rick Steves, 1107; student, 47. See also specific destinations
Tours-sur-Marne: 1011
Train into the Alps (Nice): 705–706
Train stations, in Paris: 180–185
Train travel: 1083–1092; budgeting, 11–12; general tips, 1091–1092; glossary of terms, 1086; map, 1084–1085; Paris, 180–186; reservations, 1090–1091; schedules, 1083; three-week trip, 10–11; tickets, 1086–1087, 1090. See also specific destinations
Tranchée des Baïonnettes (Verdun): 1025
Trans Côte d’Azur: 680, 688, 689
Transportation: 1082–1106; budgeting, 10–12; map, 1084–1085. See also Boat cruises; Buses; Car travel; Train travel; and specific destinations
Travel insurance: 15
Travel tips: 1039–1041
Treverien: 340
Trianon Palaces (Versailles): 190–191, 194, 195, 203–206
Trip costs: 10–12
Trocadéro (Paris): 126
Trophée des Alpes: 740–741
Tuileries Garden (Paris): 67, 151
Turckheim: 959
Uber (Paris): 176
Unterlinden Museum (Colmar): 941–944
Ussé Château: 435
Utah Beach: 303–307; map, 282–283
Utah Beach Landing Museum: 304–305
Uzès: market, 575
Vacqueyras: market, 575
Vaison-la-Romaine: 648–656; eating, 655–656; helpful hints, 650; map, 649; sights/activities, 651–653; sleeping, 653–655; tourist information, 648; transportation, 648–649, 656
Valençay Château: 416
Valle d’Aosta, Italy: 812–813
Vandenesse-en-Auxois: 865
Van der Weyden, Roger: 835–837
Van Gogh, Vincent: 80, 619; in Arles, 576, 581–584, 585, 589–590, 591–592
VAT refunds: 1045
Vedettes du Pont Neuf (Paris): 41–42
Vegetarians: 1065
Vence: 769–772
Venus de Milo: 70
Verdun: 1016–1019; map, 988–989; tourist information, 1016–1017; transportation, 987–988, 1017, 1019
Verdun Battlefields: 1016, 1019–1027; background, 1020–1022; map, 1021; tours, 1020; transportation, 1017, 1019–1020
Verdun Memorial Museum: 1023
Versailles: 189–208; eating, 207–208; maps, 192–193, 207; orientation, 194–197; planning tips, 191, 194; self-guided tour, 197–206; sleeping, 206–207; transportation, 191
Versailles Château: 48, 189–190, 194, 197–202; history, 200–201; map, 198
Versailles Gardens: 190, 194, 197, 202–203
Versailles Spectacles (Paris): 125
Ver-sur-Mer: sleeping, 293–294
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin (Reims): 1007
Vézelay: 875–878
Viaduc des Arts (Paris): 112–113
Victoire de Samothrace: 71
Vieil-Armand WWI Memorial (Eguisheim): 958–959
Vienne River: 417, 419–420; canoeing, 417, 424
Vierville-sur-Mer: 298–300
Vieux Bassin (Honfleur): 255–256
Vieux Lyon: 894, 900, 907–910; eating, 921–922; maps, 908, 918–919; sleeping, 920
Vieux Nice: 682, 690, 694–701; eating, 712–714; map, 696–697; sleeping, 710
Vilebrequin (Paris): 120
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild (Cap Ferrat): 734–735
Village des Martyrs (Oradour-sur-Glane): 497–499
Village Détruit de Fleury (Verdun): 1023–1024
Villa La Leopolda (Villefranche-sur-Mer): 731–732
Villa Masséna (Nice): 691
Villandry: eating, 427, 434–435
Villandry Château: 365, 433–435
Ville Basse (Carcassonne): 533, 536; eating, 549
Ville-Basse (Vaison-la-Romaine): 652
Villedieu: 653; eating, 656; sleeping, 654–655
Villefranche-sur-Mer: 720–730; map, 724–725; orientation, 720–722; transportation, 721, 722
Villefranche-sur-Mer Citadel: 722, 723, 726
Villefranche-sur-Saône: 924, 925
Ville-Haute (Vaison-la-Romaine): 652
Villeneuve Château (Vence): 769
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon: 620
Vineyards: See Wine and vineyards
Visitor information: 1038–1039. See also specific destinations
Volnay: 856
Vosne-Romanée: 862
Vougeot: 862
Vouvray: 382–383
Walking: See Hiking
Walt Disney Studios: 224–225
Way of the Cross (Rocamadour): 504, 506, 508
Western Emerald Coast: 353
WiFi: 1076–1082
Wilde, Oscar: 113
Wine and vineyards: xv–xvi, 1072–1073, 1075; Beaujolais, 924–925; Bordeaux, 499–501; Chinon, 420, 422–424; Collioure, 560; Côtes du Rhône, 652–653, 657–661; Dordogne, 500–501; Languedoc-Roussillon, 517, 560; Loire Valley, 368–369, 382–383, 404, 412, 420, 422–424; Lyon, 893; Normandy, 231–232; Paris, 87, 165; Provence, 569–570, 574; Riviera, 681; savoring tactics, 1072; vocabulary, 1073. See also Alsatian wines; Burgundy wines; Champagne
Wine Road (Alsace): See Route du Vin
Winged Victory of Samothrace: 71
World War I: 397, 886, 969, 1032; Reims, 1003; Verdun, 1016, 1019–1027; Vieil-Armand WWI Memorial (Eguisheim), 958–959
World War II: 89, 110–111, 267, 959, 969, 972, 1032; Deportation Memorial (Paris), 58–59; Holocaust Memorial (Paris), 110–111; Museum of the Surrender (Reims), 996, 1004; Normandy Memorial Museum (Bayeux), 275–276; Resistance and Deportation History Center (Lyon), 900, 914; Village des Martyrs (Oradour-sur-Glane), 497–499. See also D–Day beaches
WSA Europe: 47
Yachts (Antibes): 758
Yves Brayer Museum (Les Baux): 638
Zellenberg: 960
ZooParc de Beauval (Amboise): 383