Fodors Dordogne & the best of southwest France: with Paris

Editors: Robert I.C. Fisher, Salwa Jabado

Editorial Contributors: Andrew Collins, Linda Dannenberg, Jennifer Ditsler-Ladonne, John Fanning, Sarah Fraser, Linda Hervieux, Rosa Jackson, Christopher Mooney, George Semler, Heather Stimmler-Hall

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All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Fodors Travel, a division of Random House, Inc., and in Canada by Random House of Canada, Limited, Toronto. Distributed by Random House, Inc., New York.

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1st Edition

ISBN 978-0-307-92859-7

Excerpted from Fodors France (ISBN 978-1-4000-0473-7)

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Dordogne and the Best of Southwest France with Paris Cover, Marlee90/istockphoto.
Dordogne and the Best of Southwest France with Paris Contents, Dordogne banks at Meyronne by dynamosquito http://www.flickr.com/photos/dynamosquito/2535314983/ Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Experience Dordogne and the Best of Southwest France, Dordogne by Phyllis Buchanan http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgautier/160298707/Attribution-ShareAlike License.
France Today, jovannig/shutterstock.
Whats Where, GAPS Photography/Arjan de Jager/istockphoto.
Planner, javarman/shutterstock.
Getting Around, Aquitaine, Brousse basse, Salignac-Eyvigues, Dordogne by Toprural http://www.flickr.com/photos/toprural/3518296484/Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Top Attraqctions, Louvre by simo0082 http://www.flickr.com/photos/37929379@N07/3488281539/ Attribution-License.
Quintessential France, S.Perry/istockphoto.
Lodging Primer, The Leading Hotels of the World.
When to Go, malhrovitz/istockphoto.
The Dordogne, Pecold/shutterstock.
Introducing the Dordogne, Iain Frazer/Shutterstock.
The Dordogne Planner, Lagui/Shutterstock.
Getting Around, Public Domain.
Western Dordogne to Rocamadour, Peter Garbet/iStockphoto.
Eastern Perigord to Brantome, deanh, Fodors.com member.
Dordogne In Depth, wikipedia.org.
Bordeaux and the Wine Country, Fabrice RAMBERT.
Introducing Bordeaux and the Wine Country, The BORDEAUX WINE FESTIVAL /Laurent WANGERMEZ.
Bordeaux and the Wine Country Planner, t56gf, Fodors.com member.
Getting Around, Benjamin Zingg/wikipedia.org.
Bordeaux: City of Wine, The BORDEAUX WINE FESTIVAL / Jean-Bernard NADEAU.
Route du Medoc and the Wine Country, Chteau Cos D'Estournel, St-Estephe in the Medoc, Bordeaux France by Megan Mallen http://www.flickr.com/photos/megs_pics/5428897569/Attribution License.
Bordeaux and the Wine Country In Depth, Benjamin Zingg/wikipedia.org.
The Basque Country, Gascony, and Hautes-Pyrenees, Jens Buurgaard Nielsen/wikipedia.org.
Introducing The Basque Country, Gascony, and Hautes-Pyrenees, Harrieta171/wikipedia.org.
The Basque Country, Gascony, and Hautes-Pyrenees Planner, Harrieta171/wikipedia.org.
Getting Around, Grossus/wikipedia.org.
The Basque Coast, Botond Horvth/Shutterstock.
The Atlantic and Hautes-Pyrenees, Peter Engelsted Jonasen/istockphoto.
The Basque Country, Gascony, and Hautes-Pyrenees In Depth, Mountain view with sheep by Jule_Berlin http://www.flickr.com/photos/jule_berlin/839245545/AttributionLicense.
Paris, TEA/shutterstock.
Introducing Paris, Steven Allan/iStockphoto.
Paris Planner, jan kranendonk/Shutterstock.
Getting Around, Ferenc Cegledi/Shutterstock.
Exploring Paris, Joanne Rosensweig.
Where to Eat, Laurence MOUTON.
Where to Stay, Fabrice Rambert.
Nightlife and the Arts In Paris, Joanne Rosensweig.
Shopping in Paris, Patrick Hermans/shutterstock.
Paris In Depth, Bensliman/Shutterstock.
Travel Smart France, Elena Elisseeva/Shutterstock.
Getting Here and Around, 2008-08-17_Paris_16 by Pierre LANNES. http://www.flickr.com/photos/titounet/2779991703/ Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Essentials, Galina Barskaya/Shutterstock.