Blue Guides
5 total works
This is an updated guidebook to Paris and Versailles providing information on art collections, architecture, monuments and the history of the cities. It also includes 40 itineraries with illustrations, plans and practical information. Ian Robertson lives in Spain and is the author of numerous "Blue Guides".
This guide to mainland Spain concentrates on the history, art, architecture and culture of the country. Over 100 routes describe the cities and landscapes of Spain's widely different regions - from the Basque provinces to Andalucia, from green Galicia to the plains of La Mancha, and from Extremadura to Catatulnya. The magnificant Thyssen-Bornemisza collection, adjacent to the Prado museum in Madrid, is also covered. The practical information section has been fully updated.
Blue Guides: Complete Cultural Guides -- The Southwest of France is a key destination for long leisurely stays or weekend breaks. Delia Gray-Durant, an art historian who has lived and worked in the region, knows this landscape of contrasts intimately. Mountains, rivers, rolling hills, pine forests, and the Atlantic coast have determined the spectacular range of food and drink on offer. Its artistic, architectural and historic inheritance is equally wide-ranging: caves decorated by prehistoric man; superb Romanesque pilgrimage churches and forbidding Gothic ones; grand 18th-century and cityscapes; eclectic seaside architecture; and rich art collections including a museum dedicated to Toulouse-Lautrec. Illustrations to inform rather than to decorate: maps, diagrams, floor plans, architectural details and photographs -- "Often plagiarised by other guide writers, Blue Guides have always been a gold standard for accuracy and depth" Daily Telegraph. "Guide books in the grand tradition of thoroughness and objectivity" Georgia Review.
Blue Guides: Complete Cultural Guides -- Paris boasts a huge variety of art collections from small and intimate to some of the most celebrated museums in the world. Paris can only be understood if approached through its history and culture, which are brilliantly described and explained by author Delia Grey-Durant, who has lived and worked in the city. Illustrations to inform rather than to decorate: maps, diagrams, floor plans, architectural details and photographs -- "Often plagiarised by other guide writers, Blue Guides have always been a gold standard for accuracy and depth" Daily Telegraph. "Guide books in the grand tradition of thoroughness and objectivity" Georgia Review.
Covering a large area of south-west France, from Bordeaux to Toulouse, including Dordogne and Lot, this guide is packed with a wealth of information on the area's varied landscape. It contains useful advice about wines and vineyards and suggested tours and walks throughout the region.