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Customer Rating: 20 reviews Sales Rank: 464696 Media: Paperback Edition: 3Rev Ed Pages: 111 ISBN: 2869131097 EAN: 9782869131095 ASIN: 2869131097 Publication Date: February 2000 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Condition: SUPER FAST SHIPPING, DISPATCHED SAME DAY FROM UK WAREHOUSE. NO NEED TO WAIT FOR BOOKS FROM USA. GREAT BOOK IN GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION. MORE GREAT BARGAINS IN OUR ZSHOP. amazon.co.uk/shops/awesome_books_001 Also Available In:   •  Paperback - The Vendee Similar Items:   •  Vendee and Charente Maritime (Landmark Visitors Guide)   •  Essential French for Kids (AA Essential Phrase Book)   •  Road Atlas France (AA Atlases) (AA Atlases)   •  Big Road Atlas France (AA Atlases)   •  MOT Atlas France A4 spiral (Michelin Tourist & Motoring Atlases) (Michelin Tourist & Motoring Atlases) Customer Reviews:   Read 15 more reviews... Fantastic   September 7, 2008  1 out of 1 found this review helpful Angela Bird has certainly done her homework when writing this book,my hubby and I have just returned from 5 weeks in the Vendee and definatley found this book very helpful.We found many interesting and beautiful places had a fantastic time, it was great having some background information about the areas we visited, we loved Sallertaine, such a tranquil place, stunning, we even took a trip in the canoe at the salt lakes. My hubby and I would highly recomend this book, it was down to earth interesting and a very useful guide to have when visiting the Vendee no matter how many times you go. Out of date and inaccurate   September 2, 2008  1 out of 2 found this review helpful I bought this book earlier in the year based on the reviews on Amazon and I have just returned from a holiday in the Vendee for which I have used it. Putting the book into practise showed up some major flaws. Much of the information is inaccurate; in many cases this may be due to the book being published so long ago (2004, so 4 years old for my 2008 holiday). Opening hours of some attactions and market days for some towns were wrong for instance. Phone & web details are given for most attractions & towns and I did research some of them before I travelled, but not all of them and I didn't have internet access while away. But surely if you can't rely on at least reasonable accuracy of this information in a guide book it's not much use. The book builds every town and every attraction to levels that are rarely realised in practise. Apart from sending the reader on pointless trips to places which turn out to be of little interest it's difficult to spot the places that really are worth a visit. All in all, I doubt if this book was as good as some reviews on here suggest even when it was new, but now the information in it is 4 years out of date it is obsolete. I would not recommend this book and even if an updated version is brought out, I'd be wary of it. Our Vendee bible   March 3, 2008  3 out of 3 found this review helpful Following a trawl of the internet sites before our trip to the Vendee i came across Angela Bird's Vendee site and the reccommended book. I purchased it and it was integral to us having a fantasic holiday. Knowing when markets were on, the better less developed areas of the Marshes to visit etc. It was our bible for the holiday and i can highly reccommend it. This Book helped Save our Holiday!   September 3, 2007  2 out of 2 found this review helpful Having just returned from the Vendee, I can honestly say that this book helped save our holiday. With the unexpected poor weather, the number of days spent on the beach were limited. Therefore, a review of this book each morning over breakfast enabled us to pull together a plan for the day. The book is well written and includes information that is just not available anywhere else. MOST OF OUR CLIENTS WON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT   September 2, 2007  1 out of 1 found this review helpful This is a comprehensive, well illustrated and easy to read in depth guide to the vendee. It has been bought and enjoyed by dozens of our clients during the thirteen years we have been selling property here. There is even a beautiful photo of St Gilles Croix de Vie, on the front cover. This is where we live and is surely one of the loveliest towns on the Atlantic coast. (Incredibly, not mentioned in the Rough Guide to France, so IT'S OUR SECRET!!) Sponsored Links   Powered by Associate-O-Matic