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| The Rough Guide to Languedoc and Roussillon (Rough Guide Travel Guides) | 
 enlarge | Author: Brian Catlos
Creator: Jean-christophe Godet
Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £13.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 19950
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3Rev Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 455
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1843537907
Dewey Decimal Number: 914.480484
EAN: 9781843537908
ASIN: 1843537907
Publication Date: May 31, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Just okay - no appetite appeal! July 18, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm in the process of planning a trip to the Languedoc and I've been reading several guides to the region. This is not a terrible guide, but it's the one I liked the least.
This book would be good if you already know exactly where you want to go and what you want to do. For example, there is plenty of specific information on things like opening hours and places to stay. It's very well researched. But if you're earlier in the planning stages than that, it doesn't really do it. The chapters leap about from place to place and it gets confusing trying to work out where they are in relation to one another. Moreover, nowhere sounds particularly enticing! (Apart from Montpellier: clearly a favorite of the author). Several towns that are singled out as highlights in other guidebooks rate only passing mentions here.
To me, part of the enjoyment of a holiday is reading and thinking in advance about where to go and what to see. After reading this book, I half-felt like I'd be better off going somewhere else. It just doesn't make Languedoc and Roussillon sound very appealing. Sort of the equivalent of a recipe book with no appetite appeal. Three stars.
 disappointing guide to fabulous place July 10, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
disappointing guide
1) text unfairly negative - eg places "uninteresting"
2) omitted assorted sights/villages/activities in the area that more than merited a visit
we realise a guide can't include everything, and tastes vary, but we did feel it didn't do the area justice - or help us make the most of our holiday
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