INDEX
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Abbeys: Cluny, 904, 905–907; Fontenay, 887–889; Fontevraud, 361, 435–437; Jumièges, 224–225; Mont St-Michel, 310–315; Notre-Dame de Sénanque, 673; St. Georges de Boscherville, 224
Abri du Cap Blanc: 483, 488–489
Acccommodations: See Sleeping; and specific destinations
Aiguille du Dru (Alps): 819
Aiguille du Midi Gondola (Alps): 808–809, 810, 814–819; hiking, 824–825; maps, 809, 815; overview, 810, 814–816
Airbnb: 25–26, 26, 1086–1087, 1091; Paris, 138
Airborne Museum (Utah Beach): 294–295
Airports: Geneva, 788, 805, 841; Lyon, 915; Nice, 725; Paris, 157–162; Strasbourg, 1005
Aître St. Maclou (Rouen): 221–222
À l’Aise Breizh (Dinan): 330
Albert I Park (Nice): 697
Albert Schweitzer Museum (Kaysersberg): 996
Albi: 519–530; eating, 529–530; helpful hints, 521–522; map, 520; sights/activities, 522–528; sleeping, 529; tourist information, 521; transportation, 521, 530
Alésia MuséoParc (Alise-Ste-Reine): 884–885
Alise Ste-Reine: 884–885, 889, 891
Allen, Paul: 729
All the Light We Cannot See (Doerr): 339, 1142
Almanac: 1060
Alpilles Mountains: 586–587, 631
Alps (Alpes-Savoie): 15, 782–841; geology, 820–821; map, 783; planning tips, 783–784; transportation, 784. See also Annecy; Chamonix
Alsace: 16, 946–1017; cuisine, 949; map, 947; planning tips, 948; transportation, 948. See also specific destinations
Alsatian folk dancing and music: 971, 1014
Alsatian half-timbered houses: 959, 960, 961, 998, 1002–1003
Alsatian Museum (Strasbourg): 1012
Alsatian wines: 949–950, 975–985; about, 980–981; Colmar, 954, 958, 961, 967–968, 971, 975; Eguisheim, 989–990; map, 977; Riquewihr, 998–1001; Route du Vin, 975–985; tours, 979, 981
Amboise: 364–387; eating, 382–384; helpful hints, 365, 368; as home base, 355; maps, 366–367, 386–387; self-guided walk, 368–370; sights/activities, 368–378; sleeping, 378–382; tourist information, 364–365; transportation, 365, 384–387
Amboise City Hall Museum: 370
Amboise Clock Tower: 370
Amboise Royal Castle (Château): 360–361, 371–372, 374
American Cemetery and Memorial (Omaha Beach): 278–280
American Cemetery and Memorial (Thiaucourt): 1058
American Church (Paris): 122
American Hospital (Paris): 37
Amphithéâtre (Arles): 585–586
Amsterdam: train travel, 164, 167
Angladon Museum (Avignon): 619
Angoville-au-Plain Church: 290–291
Annecy: 785–802; eating, 800–801; helpful hints, 788–789; history of, 790; maps, 786–787, 794; nightlife, 801; sights/activities, 789–798; sleeping, 799–800; tourist information, 785; transportation, 786–788, 802
Annecy Château Museum: 792–793
Annecy, Lake: 785, 790, 793–795; beaches, 793; bike path, 795; boating, 789, 793–794; cruises, 794–795; drive around, 797–798; map, 794
Annecy Museum: 790–792
Antibes: 677, 760–774; eating, 772–774; helpful hints, 764–765; as home base, 675–676; map, 762–763; self-guided walk, 765–768; sights/activities, 765–771; sleeping, 771–772; tourist information, 761; transportation, 761, 764, 765, 774
Antibes History and Archaeology Museum: 769
Antibes Market Hall: 764, 766–767, 773–774
Anybody’s Tombstone (Dinan): 329
Apartment rentals: 1086–1087, 1091–1092; Paris, 138
Aperitifs: 1113
Apps: 28, 1115; maps and navigation, 1080, 1130, 1132; messaging, 1115; Paris, 38; payment, 28, 1076; sightseeing, 1082; translation, 1074; user reviews, 1087
Aquarium, in Monaco: 756–757
Aqueduct (Pont du Gard): 626–631
“Arc de Triomphe” (Orange): 646
Arc de Triomphe (Paris): 49, 105–106, 123
Archaeological museums: Alise Ste-Reine, 884–885; Antibes, 769; Arles, 594–595; Cluny, 905; Colmar, 967; Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, 483, 485–486; Lyon, 923–926; Nice, 707; Paris, 97, 100; Pont du Gard, 629; Strasbourg, 1011
Archaeological sites: See Cro-Magnon caves; Roman sites
Arlaten Folk Museum (Arles): 590, 593–594
Arles: 571, 577–605; eating, 601–605; helpful hints, 579, 582; maps, 580–581, 597, 602–603; planning tips, 578; self-guided walk, 582–593; sights/activities, 582–599; sleeping, 599–600; tourist information, 578; transportation, 578–579, 582, 605
Arles Ancient History Museum: 594–595
Arles Roman Arena: 585–586
Arles Roman Theater: 587–588
Army Museum (Paris): 48, 95–96
Arpentis Château: 381
Arromanches: 268–274; eating, 274; map, 269; sights, 270–272; sleeping, 272–273
Arromanches 360° Theater: 271
Art: history timeline, 1064–1065; of the Riviera, 683–684. See also Cro-Magnon caves; Impressionism; and specific artists
Art museums: general tips, 1081–1082. See also specific art museums
Atelier de Soierie (Lyon): 931
Athenaeum (Beaune): 849
Atlantic Wall: 255, 275, 276, 293, 300, 343
ATMs: 1075–1077. See also specific destinations
Attitude, French: 30
Aude River: 545
Audio Europe, Rick Steves: 28, 1138
Autoire: 502
Auvers-sur-Oise: guided tours, 52–53
Auzou (Rouen): 215
Avant Port (Honfleur): 233
Avenue de la République (Beaune): 859
Avenue Jean Médecin (Nice): 699
Avignon: 571, 606–626; eating, 624–625; helpful hints, 610–611; maps, 608–609, 622–623; self-guided walk, 612–618; sights/activities, 612–620; sleeping, 620–624; tourist information, 606–607; tours, 611–612; transportation, 607, 610, 625–626
Avignon City Hall: 612
Avignon Festival: 606, 610, 1140
Avignon Market Hall: 611–612, 617–618
Avignon Ramparts: 614
Avignon Synagogue: 617
Avignon Waterwheel: 618
Aÿ: 1042
Azay-le-Rideau Château: 361, 427–429
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Baeckeoffe: 949
Baie des Anges (Nice): 695
Band of Brothers (movie): 268, 289, 292
Banks (banking): alerting to travel, 28. See also Money
Barrage Vauban (Strasbourg): 1013
Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste: 930–931, 932, 954, 958, 959, 960; Museum (Colmar), 961, 969–971
Basilica of Ste. Madeleine (Vézelay): 893–896
Basse Corniche: 738–739
Bastides: 530–533
Bastille Opera (Paris): 122
Bateaux-Mouches (Paris): 46
Bateaux Parisiens (Paris): 46
Baths of Constantine (Arles): 593
Batobus (Paris): 47
Battle of Hastings: overview, 252
Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum (Bayeux): 255
Bayeux: 203, 245–260; eating, 258–259; helpful hints, 248–249; map, 246–247; sights, 250–255; sleeping, 256–258; tourist information, 245; tours, 249; transportation, 245, 248, 259–260
Bayeux Cathedral: 251–253
Bayeux Tapestry: 250–251
Bay of Angels (Nice): 695
Bay of Mont St-Michel: 303, 307–308
Bayonet Trench (Verdun): 1056
Beaches: Annecy, 793; Antibes, 766, 769–770; Cap Ferrat, 743–744; Cap Fréhel, 350–351; Collioure, 556, 560–561, 562; Dinard, 344; Dunes de Chevrêts, 352; Etrétat, 239–240; Nice, 686, 690, 696; Paris, 48, 71–72; Pont du Gard, 629; St-Malo, 338, 343, 347–348; Villefranche-sur-Mer, 734. See also D-Day beaches
Beaujolais: 910, 944–945; tours, 919
Beaulieu-sur-Mer: 744
Beaune: 844, 847–868, 877; eating, 866–868; helpful hints, 848–849; maps, 850–851, 864–865; shopping, 849; sights/activities, 853–862; sleeping, 862–863; tourist information, 847–848; tours, 852–853; transportation, 848, 868
Beaune Clock Tower: 858
Beaune Ramparts: 860
Beaune region: 869–883; maps, 876, 878; north vineyard loop, 874, 877–880; Route des Grands Crus, 874, 880–883; south vineyard loop, 874, 875–877
Beauvais Airport (Paris): 161–162
Bed-and-breakfasts (chambres d’hôtes): 1089–1090. See also specific destinations
“Bedford Boys”: 284
Beer: about, 1113
Belvédère de la Crête: 797
Belvédère du Roc de Chère: 797
Belvès: market, 447
Bennwihr: 983
Berthillon (Paris): 152
Beverages: 1109–1113. See also Wine and vineyards
Beynac: 462, 464, 471–475; eating, 475; market, 447, 472; sleeping, 474–475
Beynac Château: 472–474
Bibliothèque Carnegie (Reims): 1029
Big Red One Museum (Colleville-sur-Mer): 277–278
Biking (bike rentals): 1135–1136; Tour de France, 103, 1140; Alsace, 954–955, 979–981, 984, 986, 992, 996–997, 1001; Amboise, 368, 374–375; Annecy, 789, 795; Antibes, 764; Arles, 579, 582; Avignon, 610; Bayeux, 249; Beaune, 852–853, 869; Blois, 398, 401; Burgundy, 852–853, 869, 874, 875, 877, 879; Carcassonne, 535, 538; Chambord, 810; Chinon, 416, 423; Colmar, 954–955; Dinan, 328; Dordogne, 443; Eguisheim, 986; Giverny, 197; Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, 665–666; Kaysersberg, 992, 996–997; Loire Valley, 359–360, 374–375, 398, 401, 406, 416, 423; Luberon, 665–666; Lyon, 918; Mont St-Michel, 301, 306; Nice, 690, 692; Normandy, 263; Paris, 44–45; tours, 50–51; Provence, 573, 610, 637, 654; Rance River Valley, 333–334; Reims, 1023; Ribeauvillé, 984; St-Emilion, 497; St-Malo, 342; St-Rémy-de-Provence, 573, 637; Sarlat, 450; Strasbourg, 1005–1006; Vaison-la-Romaine, 649, 654; Versailles, 182; Villenfranche-sur-Mer, 727
BlaBlaCar: 303, 724, 788, 802, 841, 944, 1126
Bléré: sleeping, 381–382
Blois: 355, 395–404; map, 396–397
Blois Royal Castle (Château): 360, 398–400
Blues clubs, in Paris: 121
Boat cruises: Annecy, 794–795; Avignon, 611; Beynac, 474; Carcassonne, 545; Chinon, 416; Colmar, 955–956; Dinan, 334; Dinard, 344; Honfleur, 239; La Roque-Gageac, 469; Lyon, 919, 934; Nice, 692–693; Paris, 46–47, 123; Riviera, 683, 692–693, 724; Strasbourg, 1014; Villefranche-sur-Mer, 734
Boating: Amboise, 368; Annecy, 789, 793–794; Antibes, 765; Chenonceaux, 389; hotel barges, overview, 1092–1093; Lyon, 916; Villefranche-sur-Mer, 734. See also Canoeing
Bocuse, Paul: 910, 916, 930, 942–943; Les Halles, 916, 943
Bonaparte Bridge (Lyon): 915, 919–920, 934
Bonaparte, Napoleon: See Napoleon Bonaparte
Bon Marché (Paris): 120
Bonnieux: 674
Books, recommended: 1141–1143
Bordeaux: 498–499
Boudin, Eugène: 228, 233; biographical sketch, 236; Museum (Honfleur), 235–237
Boules: 125, 128, 344, 467, 727, 775; about, 574
Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse (Lyon): 933
Boulevard Malesherbes (Paris): 119
Bourges Cathedral: 900–902
Bourges Medieval Quarter: 899, 902–903
Bouzy: 1041–1042
Braille, Louis: 102
Brancion: 907
Brasserie Bofinger (Paris): 148
Brayer (Yves) Museum (Les Baux): 635
Breakfast: overview, 1094–1095
British Military Cemetery (Bayeux): 255
Brittany: 15, 321–353; cuisine, 324; map, 322–323; planning tips, 322; transportation, 323. See also specific destinations
Bruniquel: 531
Brussels: train travel, 167
Budgeting (budget tips): 25–26. See also Money-saving tips
Bullgames, in Arles: 598–599
Burgundy: 16, 842–908; at a glance, 844; cuisine, 844–845; maps, 843, 890; planning tips, 843–844; transportation, 844, 869. See also specific destinations
Burgundy Canal: 883
Burgundy’s Land and Climates (Beaune): 848, 858–859
Burgundy wines: 845–846, 859–862, 869–883; Beaune, 849, 859–862, 867; maps, 876, 878; museums, in Beaune, 858; savoring tactics, 1110–1111; shipping home, 860–861; tours, 852–853, 861; transportation, 869
Buses (bus travel): 1126–1127; best three-week trip, 22–23; Paris, 41–42, 128, 134, 167; to/from airports, 159, 161–162; scenic route #69, 43; tours, 45–46, 124. See also specific destinations
Business hours: 1073–1074
Butterfly Exhibit (Hunawihr): 984
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Cabs: See Taxis
Caen: 297–301
Caen Memorial Museum: 297–300
Cafés (brasseries): 1100–1103; tipping, 1078, 1101. See also specific destinations
Café de la Mairie (Paris): 120
Café de la Paix (Paris): 109, 119
Café la Nuit (Arles): 592
Calvados: 206, 229, 248–249, 280–281, 285
Calvet Museum (Avignon): 619
Camargue Museum: 597
Camargue, the: 596–598; map, 597
Camembert cheese: 207, 663, 1097
Campervan rentals: 1130
Camping (campgrounds): overview, 1093
Canadian Cemetery (Juno Beach): 297
Canadian D-Day sites: 295–297
Canal de Bourgogne: 883
Canal du Midi (Carcassonne): 545
Canauxrama (Paris): 47
Candes-St-Martin: 423–424
Cannes Film Festival: 678, 711, 1140
Canoeing: Amboise, 368; Chinon, 416, 423–424; Dinan, 328; Dordogne River, 443, 462–465; Loire River, 416, 423–424; Pont du Gard, 629
Cap d’Antibes: 765, 768, 770–771
Cap Ferrat: 734, 740–744; cruises, 692–693, 734; map, 741
Cap Fréhel: 350–351
Carcassonne: 533–551; eating, 549–550; helpful hints, 535, 538; maps, 536–537, 540, 552; nightlife, 545–546; self-guided walk, 538–543; sights/activities, 538–545; sleeping, 546–549; tourist information, 534; transportation, 534–535, 550–551
Carcassonne Walls: 539, 541–542, 544
Car insurance: 1129–1130
Car leasing: 1130
Carnavalet Museum (Paris): 49, 111, 148
Carnegie Library (Reims): 1029
Carnival (Nice): 678, 711, 1139
Car rentals: 25, 1127–1129. See also specific destinations
Carrières de Lumières (Les Baux): 635
Car travel (driving): 1132–1135; best three-week trip, 20–21; distances and time, 1129; driving tips, 1134–1135; navigation options, 1130, 1132; Paris, 167–168; road signs, 1131, 1132. See also specific destinations
Casinos: Chamonix, 813; Monte Carlo, 757–759; Nice, 696
Castelnau-Bretenoux Château: 502
Castelnaud: 462, 463, 464, 470–471; sleeping, 471
Castelnaud Château: 470–471
Castelnau-de-Montmiral: 533
Castle Hill (Nice): 692, 698, 709–710
Castles: See Châteaux
Catacombs of Paris: 102–103
Cathars: overview, 524
Cathédrale de Monaco: 756
Cathédrale Notre-Dame: See Notre-Dame Cathedral
Cathédrale Russe (Nice): 692, 708–709
Caunes-Minervois: 548–549; cooking classes, 538; sleeping, 549
Caussade: 531
Cavaillon melons: 576
Cave art: See Cro-Magnon caves
Caveau de Puligny-Montrachet: 871, 875–876
Caveau des Vignerons (Amboise): 375
Caveau des Vignerons (Morey-St-Denis): 882
Caves Plouzeau (Chinon): 422
Cell (mobile) phones: 1113–1115. See also Apps
Centre d’Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation (Lyon): 934–935
Centre International du Vitrail (Chartres): 194–195
Centre Pompidou (Paris): 49, 112–113; sleeping near, 136–137
Ceramics, Museum of (Rouen): 224
Céret: 564–565
Cernay: 982
Cézanne, Paul: 86–87, 106, 619, 932
Chagall, Marc: 561, 564–565, 684, 776, 778, 1035; gravesite, in St-Paul-de-Vence, 776; Museum (Nice), 692, 704–705
Chalet de la Floria (Alps): 830–831
Chambolle-Musigny: 882
Chambord Château: 360, 404–409; map, 406
Chamonix: 802–841; at a glance, 811, 823; eating, 838–840; helpful hints, 805, 808; hiking, 823–833; maps, 806–807, 809, 815, 826–827; planning tips, 802–803; self-guided walk, 811–814; sights/activities, 811–834; sleeping, 835–838; tourist information, 803; transportation, 803–805, 808–811, 840–841
Chamonix City Hall: 811
Chamonix Protestant Church: 813–814
Champagne: 1018, 1035–1044, 1113; about, 1037
Champagne G. Tribaut (Hautvillers): 1042–1043
Champagne Herbert Beaufort (Bouzy): 1042
Champagne region: 1018–1046; cuisine, 1019; maps, 1020–1021, 1041; planning tips, 1018; transportation, 1018–1019
Champ de Mars (Paris): 94, 128
Champlain, Samuel de: 228
Champs-Elysées (Paris): 34–35, 48, 103–104, 123; map, 104–105
Changing of the Guard (Monaco): 753, 755
Chapelle Cocteau (Villefranche): 732
Chapelle du Rosaire (Vence): 779–780
Chapelle et Phare de la Garoupe (Antibes): 770
Chapel of Penitents (Les Baux): 635
Chapel of St. Leo IX (Eguisheim): 987–988
Chapel of St. Pierre (Villefranche): 732
Chapel of the Rosary (Vence): 779–780
Charlemagne: 217, 516, 533, 539, 922, 1061
Charles de Cazanove (Reims): 1036
Charles de Gaulle Airport (Paris): 157–160, 162; map, 158; sleeping, 138
Chartres: 186–195; map, 188–189; sight, 187–195; tourist information, 187
Chartres Cathedral: 186, 187–194; map, 191
Chassagne-Montrachet: 876
Châteauneuf-en-Auxois: 883–884, 891
Châteaux (castles): architecture, 1067; history, 376–377; Amboise, 360–361, 371–372, 374; Annecy, 792–793, 800; Arpentis, 381; Azay-le-Rideau, 361, 427–429; Beynac, 472–474; Blois, 360, 398–400; Castelnau-Bretenoux, 502; Castelnaud, 470–471; Chambord, 360, 404–409; Châteauneuf-en-Auxois, 883–884; Chaumont-sur-Loire, 360, 412–415; Chenonceau, 360, 388–394; Cheverny, 360, 409–411; Chinon, 420–422; Clos de Vougeot, 881; Clos-Lucé (Amboise), 361, 372–374; Collioure, 561; Comtal (Carcassonne), 543, 544–545; Eza, 746–747; Fayrac, 464; Grimaldi (Antibes), 767; Guédelon, 897–898; Hautes Corbières, 551–553; Haut-Kœnigsbourg, 984–985; Husseren Les Cinq, 990; Langeais, 361, 430–433; La Rochepot, 876–877; Lastours, 554–555; Montfort, 462; Nazelles, 381; Perreux, 380–381; Peyrepertuse, 553–554; Pray, 380, 384; Quéribus, 554; Rivau, 424, 425; Rocamadour, 507; Savigny, 873–874, 880; Ussé, 424; Villandry, 361, 433–435; Villeneuve (Vence), 779. See also Versailles Château
Chaumont-sur-Loire Château: 360, 412–415
Cheeses: 153, 207, 344, 363, 445, 576, 784, 845, 910, 1019, 1097, 1108
Chemin de la Croix (Rocamadour): 503, 507, 508, 509
Chemin des Douaniers (Villefranche): 733
Chemin des Fontaines (St-Cirq Lapopie): 654
Chemins de Lumières Light Show (Beaune): 858
Chénas: 944
Chenonceau Château: 360, 388–394
Chenonceaux: 355, 388–395; map, 390
Cheverny Château: 360, 409–411
Chinon: 355, 416–427; eating, 426; helpful hints, 416–417; maps, 418–419, 430–431; nightlife, 424; self-guided walk, 417–420; sights/activities, 417–424; sleeping, 425–426; tourist information, 416; transportation, 426–427
Chinon Château: 420–422
Chinon Town Museum: 420
Chiroubles: 944
Chisseaux: eating, 395
Chocolate: 119, 215, 370, 590, 700, 870, 887, 1109
Chocolates: 887
Christmas markets: 1141; Annecy, 785; Strasbourg, 1014
Churches (eglises): architecture, 1066. See also specific churches
Church of the Holy Cross (Kaysersberg): 995
Church of the Immaculate Conception (Antibes): 767
Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris): 49, 113–114
Citadelle Souterraine (Verdun): 1048
Classical theaters: See Théâtre Antique
Classroom Europe, Rick Steves: 28, 1137
Clos de Vougeot Château: 881
Clos Les Teurons (Beaune): 860
Clos-Lucé Château (Amboise): 361, 372–374
Clothing sizes: 1145
Cluny: 904–908
Cluny Abbey: 842, 904, 905–907
Cluny Museum (Paris): 49, 66, 97, 100
Cluny Museum of Art and Archaeology: 905
Cocteau (Jean) Chapel (Villefranche): 732
Coffee: 1111–1112
Col de Balme: 832
Col de Banyuls: 564
Col de la Chaîne Mountain Pass: 662
Col de la Forclaz: 798
Collection Lambert (Avignon): 619
Collégiale Notre-Dame (Beaune): 857
Colleville-sur-Mer: 277
Colline du Château (Nice): 692, 698, 709–710
Collioure: 556–568; eating, 566–568; helpful hints, 558–560; map, 558–559; nightlife, 562–563; planning tips, 557; sights/activities, 560–565; sleeping, 565–566; tourist information, 557; transportation, 557–558, 568
Collioure Royal Castle (Château): 561
Collioure Stone Windmill: 563
Colmar: 950–975; eating, 973–975; helpful hints, 954–955; maps, 952–953, 957; nightlife, 971; self-guided walk, 956–963; sights/activities, 956–971; sleeping, 972–973; tourist information, 950–951; tours, 954–956; transportation, 951, 954, 975
Colmar Dominican Church: 962–963, 968–969
Colmar Old Town: See Old Town
“Colmar Pocket” Museum (Turckheim): 983
Comtal Château (Carcassonne): 543, 544–545
Conciergerie (Paris): 69–70
Concoeur: 881
Confit de canard: 140, 363, 444–446, 1107
Confluence (Lyon): 933–934
Conservatoire de Dentelles (Bayeux): 254
Consulates: 1072–1073
Cooking classes: Carcassonne, 538; Nice, 693; Paris, 152–153; Sarlat, 451
Cordes-sur-Ciel: 531
Côte d’Azur: See Riviera; and specific destinations
Côte de Grâce (Honfleur): 238
Côte d’Emeraude: 348–352
Côtes du Rhône: 647–664
Côtes du Rhône Wine Road: 571, 658–664; guided tours, 573–575, 648; map, 659
Cougnac Cave: 482–483, 494–495
Courbet, Gustave: 84
Courses camarguaises, in Arles: 598–599
Courseulles-sur-Mer: 296–297
Cours Jean Jaurès (Avignon): 606
Cours Saleya (Nice): 697, 701–702, 718
Cousteau Aquarium (Monaco): 756–757
Couttet Park (Chamonix): 813
Covid-19 vaccination requirements: 1071
Crayon (Lyon): 923
Créancey: 891
Credit cards: 28, 1074–1078, 1130
Crêpes: about, 1100
Crépon: sleeping, 273
Crockpots (baeckeoffe), about: 949
Croix-Rousse (Lyon): 916, 920, 932–933
Cro-Magnon caves: 440, 475–495; at a glance, 482–483; guided tours, 443–444, 484; helpful hints, 484; map, 478–479; overview, 475–477, 480–481; planning tips, 481–484; reservations, 484
Cryptoporticos (Arles): 588
Cryptoportique (Reims): 1029–1030
Crystal Museum Center (Chamonix): 834
Cuisine: 7–8, 1105–1109; Alsace, 949; Brittany, 324; Burgundy, 844–845; Champagne region, 1019; Dordogne, 444–447; Languedoc-Roussillon, 518–519; Loire Valley, 362–363; Lyon, 910, 938–939; Normandy, 206–207, 318; picnics, 1095–1110; Provence, 576–577; Reims, 1019; Riviera, 684–685; Savoie, 784; to-go foods, 1098–1100
Curie, Marie: 102
Currency and exchange: 1075
Customs House (Colmar): 956
Customs regulations: 1079–1080
Cycling: See Biking
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Daladier Bridge (Avignon): 611
Dalí (Salvador) Theater-Museum (Figueres): 564
Daumier, Honoré: 84
Da Vinci Code: 894
Da Vinci, Leonardo: 78, 364, 370, 371, 372–374, 376; Mona Lisa, 78–79
D-Day beaches (Normandy): 203, 260–301; American sites, 274–295; Canadian sites, 295–297; helpful hints, 267–268; history timeline, 264–265; map, 262–263; planning tips, 261–262; tours, 206, 249, 259–260, 264–267; from Paris, 52–53, 262; transportation, 262–267
D-Day Experience (Utah Beach): 295
D-Day Landing Museum (Arromanches): 271–272
Dead Man’s Corner (Utah Beach): 295
Degas, Edgar: 86, 97, 106, 223, 619
De Gaulle Airport (Paris): See Charles de Gaulle Airport
De Gaulle, Charles: 96, 105, 253, 255, 297, 299
Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (Manet): 85
Delacroix, Eugène: 80, 101, 223, 254
Dentelles de Montmirail: 662
Department stores, in Paris: 117–118, 120
Deportation Memorial (Paris): 63–64
Deux Chevaux Car Tours (Paris): 124
Dietary restrictions: 1102
Dinan: 324–338; eating, 336–337; helpful hints, 327–328; map, 326–327; nightlife, 337; self-guided walk, 328–332; sights/activities, 328–335; sleeping, 335–336; tourist information, 325; transportation, 325–327, 338
Dinan Clock Tower: 329
Dinan Old Port: 332–333, 334, 337
Dinan Ramparts: 332
Dinard: 344–345
Dining: See Eating; and specific destinations
Discounts: See Money-saving tips
Dizy: 1042
Dolder Museum (Riquewihr): 1000
Domaine Comte Senard (Aloxe-Corton): 873, 879
Domaine de Balme (Alps): 832–833
Domaine de Cassan Winery: 662–663
Domaine de Coyeux Winery: 663
Domaine de la Chevalerie (Chinon): 423
Domaine de la Giraudière (Villandry): 426, 435
Domaine de Marie-Antoinette (Versailles): 170, 173, 183–185; map, 184
Domaine de Mourchon Winery: 661
Domaine Ernest Burn (Gueberschwihr): 982
Domaine Lejeune (Pommard): 870
Domaines d’Aloxe-Corton: 872, 879
Dominican Church (Colmar): 962–963, 968–969
Domme: 462, 466–467; market, 447, 466
Dordogne: 14, 439–515; at a glance, 440; cuisine, 444–447; as home base, 441; maps, 442, 501; markets, 447; planning tips, 439–441; tours, 443–444; transportation, 442–443. See also specific destinations
Dordogne River: 439, 460; canoeing, 443, 462–465; cruises, 469, 474; map, 464–465
Dordogne River Valley: 440, 460–475
Douaumont Ossuary (Verdun): 1055–1056
Dried sausages (saucissons secs): 446, 1097
Driving: See Car travel; and specific destinations
Ducal Palace (Nice): 701
Duclair: 224
Duingt: 796
Dumas, Alexandre: 102
Dunes de Chevrêts: 352
E
Eastern Dordogne: 440, 500–512; map, 501
Eating: 1093–1109; budget tips, 26; restaurant phrases, 1156; restaurant pricing, 1094; tipping, 1078, 1101. See also Cuisine; Markets; and specific destinations
Ecomuseum of Ochre (Roussillon): 670
Eglise de Carsac: 461
Eglise des Dominicains (Colmar): 962–963, 968–969
Eglise Jeanne d’Arc (Rouen): 213–215
Eglise St-Jacques (Nice): 702
Eglise St-Pierre (Mont St-Michel): 310
Eglise Ste. Catherine (Honfleur): 234–235
Eglise St. Salvi et Cloître (Albi): 528
Egouts de Paris: 94
Eguisheim: 985–991; map, 988–989
Eguisheim Castle: 987–988
Eiffel Tower (Paris): 48, 90–94, 123; tickets, 27, 90–91
Eiffel Tower neighborhood (Paris): 35, 90–97; eating, 144–145; map, 92–93
Eleanor of Aquitaine: 416, 421, 436, 900
Electricity: 1074
Embassies: 1072–1073
Emerald Coast: 348–352
Englesqueville la Percée: 284
Environmental footprint (going green): 1074
Epernay: 1043–1044
Espace Notre-Dame (Paris): 48, 57
Espace Tairraz (Chamonix): 834
Espace Van Gogh Easel (Arles): 590–591
Etang de Vaccarès: 597–598
Etape Gourmande (Villandry): 426, 435
ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization): 27, 1071–1072
Etrétat: 239–240
Euro currency: 1075
Exchange rate: 1075
Eza Château: 746–747
Eze Church: 747
Eze-le-Village: 745–748
F
Falafel Row (Paris): 150
Fat Tire Tours (Paris): 45, 50–51
Fauchon (Paris): 119
Fauvism: 561–562
Fayencerie Augy (Rouen): 220–221
Fayrac Château: 464
Festivals: 1139–1141. See also specific festivals
Figueres: 564
Films, recommended: 1143–1144
Flag, French: 1060
Flavigny-sur-Ozerain: 885–887, 891
Fleurie: 944
Fleury, Destroyed Village of: 1054–1055
Flower markets: Nice, 701; Paris, 69
Foie gras: 444–447, 454, 461, 529, 949, 1019; about, 472–473, 1106
Fondation Maeght (St-Paul-de-Vence): 776–777
Fondation Van Gogh (Arles): 591
Font-de-Gaume Cave: 482, 487–488
Fontenay Abbey (Burgundy): 887–889
Fontevraud Modern Art Museum: 437
Fontevraud Royal Abbey: 361, 435–437
Fontvieille: sleeping, 600
Fontvieille (Monaco): 748, 755–756
Food: See Cheeses; Chocolate; Cooking classes; Cuisine; Dried sausages; Eating; Foie gras; Markets; Olive oil; Truffles
Food allergies: 1102
Food tours: Avignon, 611; Nice, 693; Paris, 152
Fort Carré (Antibes): 765, 769
Fort de Douaumont (Verdun): 1057
Fort du Petit Bé (St-Malo): 343
Forteresse Royale de Chinon: 420–422
Fort la Latte: 349–350
Fort St. Elme (Collioure): 563
Forum Square (Arles): See Place du Forum
Foucault pendulum: 101
Fougères: 353
Fourvière Hill (Lyon): 914, 921–926
Fragonard Perfume Factory (Eze): 747
Frank Gehry Tower (Arles): 596
French Alps: See Alps
French attitude: 30
French language: See Language
French Riviera: See Riviera
French Riviera Pass: 677–678
Fuissé: 945
Funiculars: See Gondolas, in Chamonix
G
Gadagne Museums (Lyon): 930
Galamus Gorges: 551
Galerie Mario Colonel (Chamonix): 834
Galeries Lafayette (Paris): 118, 122
Galland (Amboise): 365
Gare d’Austerlitz (Paris): 166–167
Gare de Bercy (Paris): 167
Gare de l’Est (Paris): 165–166
Gare de Lyon (Paris): 157, 165
Gare du Nord (Paris): 164
Gare Montparnasse (Paris): 164–165
Gare St. Lazare (Paris): 166
Garibaldi, Giuseppe: 710
Garnier Opera (Paris): 49, 107–109, 122–123
Gauls: 652, 842, 884–885, 891, 911, 923–926, 1059; about, 886
Gay nightlife, in Paris: 134
Gehry (Frank) Tower (Arles): 596
Génépi: 808
Géricault, Théodore: 80, 223, 254, 619
German Military Cemeteries (Normandy): 287–288, 315
German Military Cemetery (Bergheim): 1003
Gevrey-Chambertin: 882–883
Gigondas: 663–664
Gîtes: overview, 1090–1091
Giverny: 195–201; eating, 200–201; guided tours, 52–53; map, 196; sleeping, 200
Glaciorium (Alps): 822
Glanum (St-Rémy): 639–640
“Golden Beach” (Omaha Beach): 283
Gondolas, in Chamonix: 808–809, 810, 814–819, 822–823; maps, 809, 815
Gorges de Galamus: 551
Gouffre de Padirac: 510–511
Gramat: 502
Grand Allée des Promenades (Reims): 1026
Grand Balcon Nord (Alps): 824–825
Grand Balcon Sud (Alps): 810, 825, 828–829
Grande Corniche: 738–739
Grand Prix of Monaco: 678, 711, 748, 753, 754, 1140
Grand Rue (Bergheim): 1002–1003
Grand Rue (Colmar): 960–961
Grand Rue (Eguisheim): 986–987
Grand Rue (Mont St-Michel): 302, 308–310
Grand Rue (Ribeauvillé): 984
Grimaldi Château (Antibes): 767
Gros Horloge (Rouen): 216
Grotte de Font-de-Gaume: 482, 487–488
Grotte de Rouffignac: 482, 492–494
Grotte du Pech Merle: 483, 514
Grotte Préhistorique des Merveilles: 507
Grottes de Cougnac: 482–483, 494–495
Grünewald, Matthias, Isenheim Altarpiece: 965–967
Gueberschwihr: 982
Guédelon Château: 897–898
Guidebooks, Rick Steves: 1137; updates, 29, 1136
Guy de Chassey (Louvois): 1040–1041
H
Half-timbered houses of Alsace: 959, 960, 961, 998, 1002–1003
Halles Boulingrin Market (Reims): 1030, 1045
Hamlet (Versailles): 185
Hartmannswillerkopf (Cernay): 982
Haussmann, Baron Georges-Eugène: 108
Hautes Corbières Château: 551–553
Haut-Kœnigsbourg Château: 984–985
Hautvillers: 1042–1043
Helbronner: 808, 814, 818, 834–835
Henri de Villamont (Savigny): 873, 880
Hermès (Paris): 120
Heurtault Tower (Amboise): 372
High Corniche: 738–739
Hiking (walking): Albi, 528; Alet, 345; Alsace, 981–982; Annecy, 796–797; Antibes, 770–771; Avignon, 614; Bayeux, 254; Beaune, 859–860; Beynac, 472–474; Bourges, 902–903; Burgundy, 859–860, 869; Cap Ferrat, 744; Cap Fréhel, 350–351; Carcassonne, 544–545; Chamonix, 823–833; map, 826–827; Collioure, 561–562, 563–565; Dinan, 332–333; Duingt, 796; Eguisheim, 986–988; Eze, 746–747, 748; Fort la Latte, 349–350; Giverny, 197; Honfleur, 238–239; Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, 667–668; Kaysersberg, 996–997; Lastours, 555; Mont St-Michel, 308–310; Nice, 690; Omaha Beach, 281–284; Pont du Gard, 628–631; Rance River Valley, 333–335; Ribeauvillé, 984; Riquewihr, 996–997, 998–1001; Roussillon, 669–670; St-Malo, 344; Vaison-la-Romaine, 654; Villefranche-sur-Mer, 690, 733–734
Hill towns of the Luberon: 571, 664–674; map, 666–667
Historial Jeanne d’Arc (Rouen): 220
History: 1059–1069; timeline, 1064–1065
Holidays: 1139–1141
Holocaust Memorial (Paris): 112
Honfleur: 203, 228–244; eating, 242–244; helpful hints, 229, 232; map, 230–231; nightlife, 240; self-guided walk, 232–234; sights/activities, 232–240; sleeping, 240–242; tourist information, 228–229; transportation, 229, 244
Honfleur Jetty/Park: 238–239
Horse and Bird of Prey Show (Chambord): 406
Horse-drawn carriage rides: 538, 955
Hospices de Beaune: 853–857
Hostels (auberge de jeunesse): overview, 1093. See also specific destinations
Hot-air ballooning: 362, 444, 469
Hotels: glossary of terms, 1088; modern chains, 1089; overview, 1084–1089; rates and deals, 1083–1084; reservations, 1090–1091. See also Sleeping; and specific destinations
Hotel barges, overview: 1092–1093
Hôtel de la Cité (Carcassonne): 542–543, 545
Hôtel Dieu des Hospices de Beaune: 853–857
Hôtel l’Aiguille du Midi (Alps): 837–838
Hôtel La Mirande (Avignon): 616, 621, 624
Hôtel Negresco (Nice): 694, 711, 713
Houdini, Harry (Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin): 400
House of Etienne de la Boëtie (Sarlat): 451–452
“House of Heads” (Colmar): 963
House of Magic (Blois): 400
Hugo, Victor: 102, 108, 145, 314, 377; House (Paris), 110
Huisnes-sur-Mer: 315
Hunawihr: 983–984
Hundred Years’ War: 213
Hurepel de Minerve: 555
Husseren Les Cinq Château: 990
I
Ile Besnard: 352
Ile de la Cité (Paris): 34, 56–62; eating, 153–154; map, 58–59
Ile St. Louis (Paris): 49, 62–64, 123; eating, 151–153; map, 58–59; sleeping, 137–138
Ill River: 1012, 1013; cruises, 1014
Impressionism: 85–87, 89–90, 96–97, 106, 195, 198–199, 228, 233. See also specific artists
Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique: 79–80, 83–84, 223
Institute of Oceanography (Villefranche): 733
International Center for Cave Art (Lascaux): 482, 490–492
International Stained Glass Center (Chartres): 194–195
Internet security: 1116
Isenheim Altarpiece (Grünewald): 965–967
Isle-sur-la-Sorgue: 665–669
Italy: 834–835; gondola to, 814–819, 834–835
J
Janmot, Louis: 932
Jardin Anglais (Dinan): 328
Jardin de la Paix (Cape Ferrat): 744
Jardin des Papillons (Hunawihr): 984
Jardin d’Eté (Arles): 587
Jardin du Luxembourg (Paris): 101
Jardin du Rocher des Doms (Avignon): 613–614
Jardin Exotique d’Eze: 747
Jardins de Saint-Martin (Monaco): 756
Jazz clubs, in Paris: 121
Jewish Art and History Museum (Paris): 111–112
Jewish Ghetto (Nice): 703
Jewish Quarter (Paris): 111–112; eating, 149–150
Joan of Arc: 62, 101, 208, 213–215, 218, 224, 309, 376, 416, 420, 421–422, 903, 922–923, 1028, 1033, 1035, 1061; biographical sketch, 214; Museum (Rouen), 220
Joan of Arc Church (Rouen): 213–215
Joan of Arc Tower (Rouen): 224
John, Elton: 692–693
Joucas: 670, 671–672; sleeping, 671–672
Juliénas: 944
Julien Bridge: 674
Jumièges Abbey: 224–225
Juno Beach: 295–297; map, 262–263
Juno Beach Centre (Courseulles): 295–297
K
Kayaking: See Canoeing
Kaysersberg: 983, 992–998; map, 993
Kaysersberg City Hall: 992
Kaysersberg History Museum: 995
Kaysersberg’s Bridge: 996
Keratry Mansion (Dinan): 329
Koïfhus (Colmar): 956
L
La Basoche (Lyon): 929
La Belle Iloise (Dinan): 330, 331
La Cambe: 287
La Capelière: 597–598
La Cave Voltaire (Chinon): 422
Lace Conservatory (Bayeux): 254
La Cité (Carcassonne): 534, 539–543; eating, 549–550; map, 540; sleeping, 546–547
La Cité Médiévale (Rocamadour): 503–504, 511
La Cité Religieuse (Rocamadour): 503, 507–510
La Cohue (Dinan): 331
La Condamine (Monaco): 749
La Confluence (Lyon): 933–934
Lacoste: 673–674
La Craquanterie (Dinan): 329
La Croix de Lorraine: 297
La Croix-Rousse (Lyon): 916, 920, 932–933
La Digue de la Mer: 598
Ladurée (Paris): 119
Lady and the Unicorn tapestries: 49, 97, 100
La Ferme de la Sapinière (Omaha Beach): 280–281
La Flégère Lift (Alps): 810, 822–823, 830
La Fontaine Roesselmann (Colmar): 960
La Lieutenance (Honfleur): 232
La Maison des Climats (Beaune): 848, 858–859
La Maison du Chocolat (Paris): 120
Langeais Château: 361, 430–433
Langrolay: sleeping, 336
Language: barrier and French attitude, 30; coffee and tea lingo, 1109; hotel lingo, 1088; online translation tip, 1074; Paris Métro, 40; picnic terms, 1096; pronunciation guide, 1149–1153; restaurant phrases, 1156; road signs, 1131; survival phrases, 1155; train terms, 1124; wine lingo, 1111, 1113
Languedoc-Roussillon: 15, 516–568; cuisine, 518–519; map, 517; planning tips, 517–518; transportation, 518. See also specific destinations
Lantern of the Dead (Sarlat): 452
La Petite France (Strasbourg): 1015
La Rochepot Château: 876–877
La Roque-Gageac: 462, 465, 467–470
La Roque St-Christophe: 483, 489–490
La Route des Anciennes Abbayes: 224–225
La Route Napoléon: 678
La Salle, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de: 217
Lascaux Centre International de l’Art Pariétal: 482, 490–492
Lastours Châteaux: 554–555
Latin Quarter (Paris): 65–66
La Tour Eiffel (Paris): 48, 90–94, 123; tickets, 27, 90–91
La Tour Métallique (Lyon): 920
La Turbie: 738–739
La Villasse Ruins (Vaison): 652–653
Le Bassin (Isle-sur-la-Sorgue): 667–668
Lebrec Calvados (Omaha Beach): 285
Le Brévent Gondola (Alps): 808–810, 822, 830
Le Bugue: market, 447
Le Caveau des Musignys: 882
Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (Manet): 85
Left Bank (Paris): 35, 97–103; eating, 154–156; guided tours, 47, 50; maps, 98–99, 155; shopping, 119–120
Le Mans Auto Race: 1140
Le Mémorial de Caen: 297–300
Le Mistral: 577
Le Mulet (Chamonix): 811
Le Musée Lapidaire (Avignon): 619
Leonardo da Vinci Park (Amboise): 372–374
Le Parc Mini-Châteaux (Amboise): 374
Le Petit Musée de Guignol (Lyon): 930
Le Saut aux Loups: 438
Les Baux: 571, 631–636; map, 633
Les Baux Castle Ruins: 631, 632, 634–635
Les Bossons: sleeping, 837–838
Les Chemins de Lumières Light Show (Beaune): 858
Les Egouts de Paris: 94
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac: 483, 484–495; caves near, 487–495; market, 447; sleeping, 487
Les Grandes Eaux Musicales (Versailles): 176–177
Les Grandes Eaux Nocturnes (Versailles): 123, 177
Les Halles (Avignon): 617–618
Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse: 916, 943
Les Houches: 830–831, 832; skiing, 832
Les Nuits de Fourvière (Lyon): 916, 924, 1140
Les Praz: 822–823, 825, 828, 831
Les Rochers Sculptés (Rothéneuf): 351
Le Trophée des Alpes: 739
L’Hospitalet (Rocamadour): 503, 506–507, 510–511
Libération Market (Nice): 710
Liberty Leading the People (Delacroix): 80
Liberty Tree (Bayeux): 253
Ligré: sleeping, 426
Limeray: sleeping, 382
L’Index Lift (Alps): 822–823, 830
L’Officiel des Spectacles: 36, 121
Loire River: 354; biking along, 359–360, 374–375, 398, 401; canoeing, 416; home base, 355
Loire Valley: 12, 354–438; châteaux at a glance, 360–361; châteaux history, 376–377; cuisine, 362–363; map, 356–357; planning tips, 355–358; tours, 360–362; from Paris, 52–53; transportation, 358–360; wines, 363, 375, 378, 411, 420, 422–423. See also specific destinations
London: train travel, 167
Longest Day, The (movie): 268, 289, 293, 1144
Longues-sur-Mer Gun Battery: 275–277
L’Orangerie (Paris): 48, 89–90
L’Ossuaire de Douaumont (Verdun): 1055–1056
Lot River Valley: 440, 512–515; map, 501
Loubressac: 502
Louis Vuitton (Paris): 104
Louis XIV (Sun King): Versailles, 177–181
Louvois: 1040–1041
Louvre Museum (Paris): 48, 72–81; map, 73; self-guided tour, 76–81
Low Corniche: 738–739
Lower Town (Les Baux): 635–636
Luberon hill towns: 571, 664–674; map, 666–667
Lugdunum Gallo-Roman Museum (Lyon): 917, 923–926
LUMA Arles: 596
Lumière Museum (Lyon): 917, 935–936
Luncheon on the Grass (Manet): 85
Luxembourg Garden (Paris): 101
Lyon: 16, 909–944; at a glance, 917; arrival in, 914–915; cuisine, 910, 938–939; eating, 938–943; helpful hints, 915–916; maps, 912–913, 928, 940–941; nightlife, 936–937; orientation, 911, 914; planning tips, 909–910; shopping, 932; sights/activities, 919–936; sleeping, 937–938; tourist information, 914; tours, 918–919; transportation, 914–915, 916–918, 943–944
Lyon Airport: 915
Lyon City History Museum: 930
Lyon Museum of Fine Arts: 917, 931–932
Lyon Opera House: 923
M
Madeloc Tower: 563–564
Maeght Foundation (St-Paul-de-Vence): 776–777
Magic, House of (Blois): 400
Maginot Monument (Verdun): 1053
Magny-en-Bessin: sleeping, 273
MAHB (Bayeux): 254
Mail: 1115–1116. See also specific destinations
Maison de la Magie (Blois): 400
Maison de la Montagne (Chamonix): 811–812
Maison de la Truffe (Paris): 118
Maison des Climats (Beaune): 848, 858–859
Maison des Têtes (Colmar): 963
Maison du Beurre Bordier (St-Malo): 344
Maison Forte de Reignac: 489
Maison Herzer (Kaysersberg): 995
Maison Pfister (Colmar): 961
Maison Rouge (Chinon): 420
Maisons Satie (Honfleur): 237–238
Malaucène: 662
Manet, Edouard: 84, 85, 97, 619
Manoir de Gisson (Sarlat): 454
Manville Mansion City Hall (Les Baux): 635
Maps: navigation tools, 1080, 1130, 1132. See also Map Index
Marais (Paris): 35, 110–113, 131–137; eating, 145–151; guided tours, 47, 50; maps, 132–133, 146–147; shopping, 119; sleeping, 134–137
Marie-Antoinette: 69, 70, 181, 183–185
Markets: 1098–1099; Albi, 521, 528; Amboise, 365; Annecy, 788; Antibes, 764, 766–767, 773–774; Arles, 579, 598; Avignon, 617–618; Bayeux, 248; Beaune, 848; Bergheim, 1003; Beynac, 447, 472; Blois, 397; Bonnieux, 674; Bourges, 899–900; Carcassonne, 535; Castelnaud, 464; Chamonix, 805; Chartres, 186; Chinon, 416; Cluny, 905; Collioure, 558; Colmar, 954, 958–959; Dinan, 327, 331; Dinard, 345; Domme, 447, 466; Dordogne, 445–447, 447; Honfleur, 229, 233; Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, 665, 668; Kaysersberg, 997–998; La Roque-Gageac, 467–468; Lyon, 916, 933, 943; Martel, 500; Mortemart, 497; Nice, 697, 701–702, 710, 718; Orange, 642; Paris, 69, 94; Reims, 1030, 1045; Rouen, 212, 222; St-Emilion, 497; St-Rémy-de-Provence, 637; Sarlat, 447, 450, 453–454; Strasbourg, 1014; Vaison-la-Romaine, 649; Vence, 778; Villefranche-sur-Mer, 727
Marmottan Museum (Paris): 49, 96–97
Martel (Reims): 1039
Martel (town): 500
Martigny, Switzerland: 811, 834
Mary Magdalene: 892, 894, 895–896
Masséna Museum (Nice): 708
Massif Fortifié de Souville (Verdun): 1053
Matignon: 349
Matisse, Henri: 90, 113, 528, 561–562, 564–565, 932; Chapel of the Rosary (Vence), 779–780; Museum (Nice), 692, 705–707
Medieval Quarter (Bourges): 899, 902–903
Mémorial de Caen: 297–300
Mémorial de la Déportation (Paris): 63–64
Mémorial de la Shoah (Paris): 112
Mémorial de Verdun: 1054
Mémorial 39/45 Museum (Alet): 345
Menthon-St-Bernard: 797
Menton: 748
Mer de Glace (Alps): 810, 819–822, 824–825
Merveilles Cave: 507
Metallic Tower (Lyon): 920
Meter Man (Colmar): 961
Metric system: 1144–1146
Métro (Paris): 39–41, 128, 134; Cité “Metropolitain” stop, 69; tickets, 38–39
Meursault: 870–871, 875; eating, 868, 871
Middle Corniche: 738–739
Minerve: 555–556
Minivan tours: overview, 1127
Mischief and Mayhem (Aloxe-Corton): 872–873, 879
Mistral, Frédéric: 592
Mistral winds: 577
Mobile phones: 1113–1115. See also Apps
Modern and Contemporary Art Museum (Nice): 692, 707
Modern-Art Museum (Céret): 564–565
Moët et Chandon (Epernay): 1043–1044
Monaco: 677, 748–760; eating, 759; helpful hints, 753; map, 750–751; self-guided walk, 754–757; sight/activities, 754–759; sleeping, 759; tourist information, 749; transportation, 752, 753–754, 759–760
Monaco Cathedral: 756
Monaco Grand Prix: 678, 711, 748, 753, 754, 1140
Monaco Philharmonic Orchestra: 753
Monaco-Ville: 749, 754–757, 759
Mona Lisa (da Vinci): 78–79
Monastère St. Paul de Mausole (St-Rémy): 637–639
Monet, Claude: 85–86, 106, 217, 223, 228, 233, 932, 968; Gardens and House (Giverny), 195, 198–199; gravesite, in Giverny, 199; Marmottan Museum (Paris), 49, 96–97; Orangerie Museum (Paris), 48, 89–90
Money: 1074–1080; average daily expenses, 25; budgeting, 25
Money-saving tips: 25–26, 1074; Lyon, 914; Paris, 38–39, 54–55, 139, 172; Riviera, 677–678; sightseeing, 1081; sleeping, 1083–1084; Strasbourg, 1005
Mont-Alban Fort: 734
Montbard: 891–892
Mont Blanc: 782, 802, 812; Tour du Mont Blanc, 810, 828–829
Mont Blanc Automobile Club: 788–789
Mont Blanc Museum (Alps): 834
Monte Carlo: See Monaco
Monte Carlo Ballet: 753
Monte Carlo Casino: 757–759
Montée de la Grande Côte (Lyon): 933
Montenvers: 810, 819–822, 824–825
Montignac: 490–492; market, 447
Montmartre (Paris): 35, 49, 114–116; eating, 156–157; map, 115
Montmartre Museum (Paris): 116
Montparnasse Tower (Paris): 102
Mont Rouge: 670
Mont St-Michel: 203, 301–320; eating, 318–319; helpful hints, 306–307; maps, 305, 309; sights/activities, 307–315; sleeping, 316–318; tourist information, 303–304; transportation, 301–303, 304–306, 319–320
Mont St-Michel Abbey: 310–315
Mont St-Michel Bay: 303, 307–308
Mont St-Michel Ramparts: 315
Montsec Monument (St-Mihiel): 1058
Monument to Reporters (Bayeux): 255
Monument to the Dying Lion (Verdun): 1053
Morey-St-Denis: 882
Morrison, Jim: 113
Mortemart: 497
Moutarderie Fallot (Beaune): 859
Movies, recommended: 1143–1144
Moyenne Corniche: 738–739
Musée Alpin du Mont Blanc (Alps): 834
Musée Angladon (Avignon): 619
Musée Archéologique: See Archaeological museums
Musée Calvet (Avignon): 619
Musée Carnavalet (Paris): 49, 111, 148
Musée-Château d’Annecy: 792–793
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire (Orange): 646
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire Baron Gérard (Bayeux): 254
Musée d’Art et Histoire du Judaïsme (Paris): 111–112
Musée d’Art Moderne de Céret: 564–565
Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain (Nice): 692, 707
Musée de la Reddition (Reims): 1031
Musée de l’Armée (Paris): 48, 95–96
Musée de l’Orangerie (Paris): 48, 89–90
Musée de Montmartre (Paris): 116
Musée Départemental Arles Antiques: 594–595
Musée des Beaux-Arts: Lyon, 917, 931–932; Nice, 707–708; Paris, 106; Rouen, 222–223; Strasbourg, 1011
Musée des Confluences (Lyon): 934
Musée des Cristaux (Chamonix): 834
Musée d’Ethnographie et d’Art Populaire Normand (Honfleur): 233–234
Musée de Vence: 779
Musée d’Histoire et d’Archéologie (Antibes): 769
Musée d’Orsay (Paris): 48, 81–89; maps, 83, 87; self-guided tour, 82–89
Musée du Débarquement (Arromanches): 271–272
Musée du Débarquement (Utah Beach): 292–293
Musée du Louvre (Paris): 48, 72–81; map, 73; self-guided tour, 76–81
Musée du Petit Palais (Avignon): 613
Musée du Vin de Bourgogne (Beaune): 858
Musée Lapidaire (Avignon): 619
Musée Le Carroi (Chinon): 420
Musée le Secq des Tournelles (Rouen): 224
Musée Lumière (Lyon): 917, 935–936
Musée Marmottan Monet (Paris): 49, 96–97
Musée Masséna (Nice): 708
Musée Matisse (Nice): 692, 705–707
Musée Mémorial de la Bataille de Normandie (Bayeux): 255
Musée Mémorial d’Omaha Beach: 281
Musée National d’Art Moderne (Paris): 112–113
Musée National de Préhistoire (Les Eyzies): 483, 485–486
Musée National du Moyen Age (Paris): 49, 97, 100
Musée National March Chagall (Nice): 692, 704–705
Musée Océanographique (Monaco): 756–757
Musée Picasso (Antibes): 767, 768–769
Musée Picasso (Paris): 49, 111
Musée Réattu (Arles): 593
Musées Gadagne (Lyon): 930
Musée Toulouse-Lautrec (Albi): 525–528
Musée Yves Brayer (Les Baux): 635
Museon Arlaten (Arles): 593–594
MuséoParc Alésia (Alise-Ste-Reine): 884–885
Museums: sightseeing tips, 1081–1082. See also specific museums
Museum of Annecy: 790–792
Museum of Ceramics (Rouen): 224
Museum of Decorative Arts (Strasbourg): 1011
Museum of Ethnography (Honfleur): 233–234
Museum of Impressionisms (Giverny): 199
Museum of Ironworks (Rouen): 224
Museum of Santons (Les Baux): 635
Museum of the Sea (Honfleur): 233
Museum of the Surrender (Reims): 1031
Museum of the Wine of Burgundy (Beaune): 858
Museum Pass (Paris): 54–55, 56, 172, 173
Mushroom caves: 438
Mustard Mill (Beaune): 859
N
Nançon River: 353
Napoleon Bonaparte: 79, 105–106, 181, 184, 738, 1063; Tomb (Paris), 48, 95–96
Narbonne Gate (Carcassonne): 539
National Guard Memorial (Omaha Beach): 284
National Museum of Prehistory (Les Eyzies): 483, 485–486
NaturOparc (Hunawihr): 984
Nazelles-Négron: sleeping, 381
Nice: 677, 685–725; at a glance, 692; arrival in, 686–687; eating, 715–722; helpful hints, 687, 690; as home base, 675; maps, 688–689, 712, 716–717, 721, 728–729; nightlife, 710–711; self-guided walk, 693–703; shopping, 687; sights/activities, 693–710; sleeping, 711–715; tourist information, 686; tours, 691–693; transportation, 686–687, 690–691, 723–725
Nice Airport: 725; sleeping near, 715
Nice Archaeological Museum: 707
Nice Fine Arts Museum: 707–708
Nice Jazz Festival: 1140
Nice Modern and Contemporary Art Museum: 692, 707
Nice Opera House: 700
Normandy: 12, 202–320; at a glance, 203; cuisine, 206–207, 318; map, 204–205; planning tips, 202–203; tours, 206; transportation, 204–206. See also D-Day beaches
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial (Omaha Beach): 278–280
Normandy Memorial Museum (Bayeux): 255
Norman Popular Arts (Honfleur): 233–234
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Chartres): 186, 187–194; map, 191
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris): 48, 57, 60–62, 64–65, 123; fire of 2019 and rebuilding, 57; map, 60; virtual tour of interior, 61–62
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Reims): 1028, 1031–1035
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Rouen): 217–220; light show, 212
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Strasbourg): 1008–1011, 1014
Notre-Dame de Fourvière (Lyon): 917, 921–923
Notre-Dame de Grâce Chapel (Honfleur): 238
Notre-Dame de l’Annonciation (Nice): 702
Notre-Dame des Anges (Collioure): 561
Notre-Dame des Anges (Isle-sur-la-Sorgue): 668
Notre-Dame de Sénanque Abbey: 673
Nuits de Fourvière (Lyon): 916, 924, 1140
Nuits-St-Georges: 880
O
Oceanography Museum (Monaco): 756–757
Ochre Cliffs Trail (Roussillon): 670
Ochre Ecomuseum (Roussillon): 670
Old Honfleur: 232–234, 240; map, 230–231
Old Lyon: See Vieux Lyon
Old Market Hall (Colmar): 958–959
Old Nice: See Vieux Nice
Old Town (Colmar): 956–963; eating, 973–974; map, 957; nightlife, 971; sleeping, 972–973
Omaha Beach: 274–289; eating, 285, 289; maps, 262–263, 275; sleeping near, 288–289
Omaha Beach Beachfront Drive: 283–284
Omaha Beach Focal Point: 282–284
Omaha Beach Memorial Museum: 281
Omaha Beach Memorial Statues: 283
Opera: Lyon, 923; Nice, 700; Paris, 49, 107–109, 122–123
Opéra Bastille (Paris): 122
Opéra Exhibit (Paris): 84–85
Opéra Garnier (Paris): 49, 107–109, 122–123
Opéra neighborhood (Paris): 35, 106–109; map, 107
Oradour-sur-Glane: 440, 495–497
Orange: 571, 642–647; map, 643
Orangerie Museum (Paris): 48, 89–90
Orange Roman Theater: 644–646
Orches: 877
Orly Airport (Paris): 160–161, 162; sleeping, 138
Orsay Museum (Paris): 48, 81–89; maps, 83, 87; self-guided tour, 82–89
Our Lady of Rocamadour: 507–510
Overlord Museum (Omaha Beach): 280
P
Packing tips and checklist: 28, 1147
Padirac Cave: 510–511
Palace of Justice (Rouen): 216–217
Palace of the Popes (Avignon): 615–616
Palace Square (Avignon): 612–613
Palace Square (Monaco): 754–755
Palais de Justice (Paris): 68–69, 216–217
Palais de la Méditerranée (Nice): 696
Palais de l’Isle (Annecy): 790–791
Palais des Papes (Avignon): 615–616
Palais du Tau (Reims): 1028
Palais Jacques Cœur (Bourges): 903
Palais Jean de Bourbon (Cluny): 905
Palais Princier (Monaco): 755
Palais Rohan (Strasbourg): 1011
Palais Royal (Paris): 81
Panthéon (Paris): 49, 101–102; eating near, 156
Parc de la Bouzaize (Beaune): 859
Parc de la Tete d’Or (Lyon): 916
Parc de Loisirs des Planards (Chamonix): 823, 833
Parc de Merlet (Chamonix): 823
Paris: 12, 33–160; at a glance, 48–49; arrondisements, 34–35; eating, 138–157; entertainment, 121–123; excursion areas, 169–201; helpful hints, 36–38; money-saving tips, 38–39, 54–55, 139, 172; nightlife, 121–125; orientation, 34–35; planning tips, 33–34; self-guided walks, 56–72, 103–104, 118–120; shopping, 117–120; sights, 72–116; sightseeing strategies, 37, 53–55; sleeping, 125–138; tourist information, 35–36; tours, 45–47, 50–53, 124–125; transportation, 38–45, 157–168. See also specific neighborhoods
Paris Catacombs: 102–103
Paris Métro: See Métro
Paris Museum of Fine Arts: 106
Paris Museum Pass: 54–55, 56, 172, 173
Paris Sewer Museum: 94
Parthenon Friezes: 77
Passage de l’Argue (Lyon): 932
Patriarche Père et Fils (Beaune): 861
Pedestrian safety, in Paris: 37
Penitents Chapel (Les Baux): 635
Père Lachaise Cemetery (Paris): 49, 113–114
Périgord-Aventure et Loisirs: 463
Perreux Château: 380–381
Petit Balcon Sud (Alps): 830–831
Petite France (Strasbourg): 1013, 1014, 1015
Petite Venise (Colmar): 959, 971; eating, 974
Petit Palais (Paris): 106
Petit Palais Museum (Avignon): 613
Petit Thouars Château (Chinon): 422–423
Petit train (tourist trains): Albi, 522; Amboise, 368; Avignon, 611–612; Bayeux, 249; Beaune, 852; Carcassonne, 538; Chamonix, 808; Collioure, 559–560; Colmar, 955; Dinan, 328; Eguisheim, 986; Giverny, 197; Honfleur, 229, 232; Nice, 691; Riquewihr, 1001; Rocamadour, 506; Strasbourg, 1007–1008; Vaison-la-Romaine, 650; Versailles, 182
Peyrepertuse Château: 553–554
Pfister House (Colmar): 961
Philip the Fair Tower (Villeneuve): 619–620
Phones: 1113–1115
Picasso, Pablo: 90, 113, 564–565, 776, 932, 968; Museum (Antibes), 767, 768–769; Museum (Paris), 49, 111
Pickpockets: See Theft alerts
Picnics: 1095–1110; vocabulary, 1096. See also Markets
Pigalle (Paris): 116
Piscine du Centre Sportif Richard Bozon (Chamonix): 823
Place Albert I (Antibes): 761
Place Balmat (Chamonix): 812–813
Place Benjamin Zix (Strasbourg): 1013
Place Billard (Chartres): 186
Place Charles de Gaulle (Bayeux): 253
Place Dauphine (Paris): 70
Place de la Bastille (Paris): 122; eating, 148–149
Place de la Cathédrale (Strasbourg): 1008
Place de la Liberté (Sarlat): 453
Place de la Madeleine (Paris): 109, 118
Place de la Mairie (Roussillon): 670
Place de l’Ancienne Douane (Colmar): 958
Place de la République (Arles): 588
Place de l’Horloge (Avignon): 612
Place de l’Opéra (Paris): 119
Place de République (St-Rémy): 637
Place des Capucins (Lyon): 933
Place des Celestins (Lyon): 937–938
Place des Châtaignes (Avignon): 617
Place des Merciers (Dinan): 330
Place des Oies (Sarlat): 454
Place des Terreaux (Lyon): 930–931, 933
Place des Vosges (Paris): 110; eating, 145, 148; sleeping, 134–136
Place Drouet d’Erlon (Reims): 1026–1027, 1044–1045
Place du Centenaire (Eze): 746
Place du Change (Lyon): 930
Place du Château (Carcassonne): 543
Place du Châteaux Saint-Léon (Eguisheim): 987
Place du Dr. Pierre Walter (Bergheim): 1003
Place du Forum (Arles): 592–593; eating, 604–605
Place du Forum (Reims): 1029–1030; eating, 1045
Place du Général de Gaulle (Chinon): 419–420
Place du Grand Puits (Carcassonne): 543
Place du Guesclin (Dinan): 327–329
Place du Marché Ste. Catherine (Paris), eating: 149
Place du Mont Blanc (Chamonix), market: 805
Place du Palais (Avignon): 612–613
Place du Palais (Monaco): 754–755
Place du Peyrou (Sarlat): 451–452
Place du Trocadéro (Paris): 94, 123
Place du Vieux Marché (Rouen): 212, 213
Place Garibaldi (Nice): 703, 710, 719
Place Général Leclerc (Collioure): 558
Place Jeanne d’Arc (Chinon): 416
Place Lamartine (Arles): 583–584
Place Louis Lépine (Paris): 69
Place Louis XII (Blois): 397
Place Madeleine (Beaune), eating: 867–868
Place Masséna (Nice): 686, 698–699; eating, 720
Place Michel Debré (Amboise): 370
Place Nautique (Lyon): 934
Place Neuve St. Jean (Lyon): 929
Place Notre-Dame (Annecy): 791
Place Rossetti (Nice): 703
Place Ste. Cécile (Albi): 522
Place St. Jean (Carcassonne): 543, 550
Place St. Marc (Rouen): 222; market, 212, 222
Place St. Michel (Paris): 66
Place St. André-des-Arts (Paris): 66
Place St. Patrice (Bayeux): 248, 257
Place Vendôme (Paris): 119
Place Voltaire (Arles): 585
Plage d’Albigny (Annecy): 793
Plage de la Gravette (Antibes): 766, 770
Plage de la Paloma (Cap Ferrat): 744
Plage de la Salis (Antibes): 770
Plage de Passable (Cap Ferrat): 743
Plage de Port d’Avall (Collioure): 562
Plage d’Imperial (Annecy): 793
Plage Municipale de Sevrier (Annecy): 793
Plage St. Vincent (Collioure): 562
Plague Cemetery (Rouen): 221–222
Plan de l’Aiguille (Alps): 810, 818, 821, 824–825, 833, 838
Planpraz (Alps): 810, 822, 825, 828–830
Pléhérel-Plage: 350–351
Ploubalay: 348
Poilâne (Paris): 120
Pointe du Chevet: 349
Pointe du Grouin: 352
Pointe du Hoc: 285–287
Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument: 285–287
Pointe Helbronner: 808, 814, 818, 834–835
Pôle International de la Préhistoire (Les Eyzies): 483, 485
Politics: 1069–1070
Pommard: 870
Pompidou Center (Paris): 49, 112–113; sleeping near, 136–137
Pont au Double (Paris): 65
Pont Bonaparte (Lyon): 915, 919–920, 934
Pont d’Avignon (pont St. Bénezet): 614–615
Pont des Arts (Paris): 71
Pont de Tancarville: 225
Pont du Corbeau (Strasbourg): 1012
Pont du Gard: 571, 626–631; map, 628
Pont du Gard Museum: 629
Pont Julien: 674
Pont Morens (Annecy): 791
Pont Neuf (Paris): 71
Pont St. Louis (Paris): 62
Pont Tournelle (Paris): 63
Pont Valentré (Cahors): 514–515
Pont Vieux (Albi): 528
Pont Vieux (Carcassonne): 534, 545
Population: 1060
Port de Lyvet: 334
Porte d’Aude (Carcassonne): 545
Porte de Dinan (St-Malo): 344
Porte de Mars (Reims): 1030
Porte des Champs Vauverts (St-Malo): 343
Port-en-Bessin: 277
Porte Sainte Anne (Fougères): 353
Porte St. Pierre (St-Malo): 343–344
Porte St. Thomas (St-Malo): 342–343
Port Winston Artificial Harbor (Arromanches): 270–271
Post offices: 1115–1116; Monaco, 753, 757. See also specific destinations
Pouilly-en-Auxois: 891
Prehistoric caves: See Cro-Magnon caves
Prehistory Welcome Center (Les Eyzies-de-Tayac): 483, 485
Presqu’île (Lyon): 914, 930–932; eating, 932, 939, 942; map, 940–941; nightlife, 937; sleeping, 938
Prince of Monaco’s Car Collection (Monaco): 757
Prince’s Palace (Monaco): 755
Printemps de Bourges: 900
Promenade Bords de l’Aure: 254
Promenade des Anglais (Nice): 686, 692, 695–698, 711; eating, 718, 722; map, 688–689; self-guided walk, 693–698; sleeping, 713
Promenade du Moulinet (Dinard): 345
Promenade du Paillon (Nice): 699
Pronunciation guide: 1149–1153
Provence: 14, 569–674; at a glance, 571; cuisine, 576–577; maps, 570, 572; market days, 577; planning tips, 569–571; tours, 573–575; transportation, 571–573. See also specific destinations
Puces St. Ouen (Paris): 36
Puligny-Montrachet: 871–872, 875
Puppets of the World Museum (Lyon): 930
Puycelsi: 531–533
Puymin: 651
Q
Quai de l’Horloge (Paris): 70
Quai des Etats-Unis (Nice): 697
Quai Eustache Chappuis (Annecy): 790
Quai Saint-Etienne (Honfleur): 233
Quartier Latin (Paris): See Latin Quarter
Quéribus: 554
R
Rabelais, François: 417–420
Rail passes: 27, 1117, 1120, 1123, 1137
Rail travel: See Train travel
Rance River: 325, 332; canoeing, 328; cruises, 334
Rance River Valley: 333–335
Réattu Museum (Arles): 593
Refuge du Plan de l’Aiguille (Alps): 818, 825, 838
Reims: 16, 1020–1046; champagne, 1035–1044; cuisine, 1019; eating, 1044–1046; helpful hints, 1023; maps, 1020–1021, 1024–1025; planning tips, 1018, 1020–1021; self-guided walk, 1026–1031; sights/activities, 1026–1039; sleeping, 1044; tourist information, 1022; tours, 1023; transportation, 1018–1019, 1022–1023, 1026, 1046
Reims Cathedral: 1028, 1031–1035
Reims City Hall: 1030
Reims Covered Market Hall: 1030
Reims Market Hall: 1045
Renault (Paris): 104
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste: 86, 97, 223, 968
Rental properties: See Apartment rentals
RER (Réseau Express Régionale): 38, 41, 159–162, 170–171
Resistance and Deportation History Center (Lyon): 934–935
Resources from Rick Steves: 1136–1138
Restaurants: See Eating; and specific destinations
Rhône River: 611, 614–615, 909, 933–934, 944
Rhône Valley: 944–945
Ribeauvillé: 984
Richard the Lionheart: 219, 421, 436, 473, 508, 892
Riquewihr: 983, 997, 998–1001; map, 999
Riviera: 14, 675–781; at a glance, 677; art scene, 683–684; cuisine, 684–685; helpful hints, 677–678; home base, 675–676; maps, 676, 679; planning tips, 676–677; tours, 683; transportation, 678–683. See also specific destinations
Rocamadour: 503–512; eating, 511–512; helpful hints, 505–506; history of, 508; map, 501, 504–505; sights/activities, 506–511; sleeping, 511; tourist information, 504; transportation, 504–505
Rocamadour Château: 507
Roc de Chère: 797
Rodin, Auguste: 89, 931–932; Museum (Paris), 49, 96
RoissyBus: 159
Roman Bridge (Julien): 674
Roman Bridge (Vaison-la-Romaine): 653
Romanée-Conti (Vosne-Romanée): 881
Roman sites (ancient Romans): 369, 541, 575–576, 738–739, 967, 1059; Alise Ste-Reine, 884–885; Arles, 577–578, 585–586, 587–589, 594–595; Glanum (St-Rémy), 639–640; Lyon, 923–926; Orange, 644–646; Pont du Gard, 626–631; Pont Julien, 674; Reims, 1030; Vaison-la-Romaine, 651–653
Roman theaters: See Théâtre Antique
Roque St-Christophe: 483, 489–490
Rosary, Chapel of the (Vence): 779–780
Rothéneuf: 351
Rouen: 197, 203, 207–228; eating, 226–227; helpful hints, 209, 212; map, 210–211; planning tips, 208; self-guided walk, 212–222; sights/activities, 222–225; sleeping, 225–226; tourist information, 208–209; transportation, 209, 227–228
Rouen Great Clock: 216
Rouen Museum of Fine Arts: 222–223
Rouen Panorama: 216
Rouen Plague Cemetery: 221–222
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques: 102, 393, 790, 1063; biographical sketch, 792
Roussillon: 669–672
Route de la Champagne (Reims): 1039–1043; map, 1041
Route des Anciennes Abbayes: 224–225
Route des Bastides Albigeoises: 530–533
Route des Grands Crus: 874, 880–883; map, 878
Route du Beaujolais: 944
Route du Vin (Alsace): 975–985; map, 977
Route Napoléon: 678
Route of the Ancient Abbeys: 224–225
Route of the Bastides: 530–533
Royal Abbey of Fontevraud: 361, 435–437
Rue Alphonse Karr (Nice): 687
Rue Biscarra (Nice): 720
Rue Cler (Paris): 48, 94, 125, 128; eating, 140–145; maps, 126–127, 142–143; sleeping, 128–131
Rue de Bretagne (Paris): 151
Rue de Dinan (St-Malo): 344
Rue de la Bombarde (Lyon): 929
Rue de la Bûcherie (Paris): 65
Rue de la Cavalerie (Arles): 584
Rue de la Cordonnerie (Dinan): 330–331, 337
Rue de la Monnaie (Lyon): 937
Rue de la Monnaie (Strasbourg): 1013
Rue de la Paix (Paris): 119
Rue de la Pinterie (Fougères): 353
Rue de la Poissonnerie (Nice): 702
Rue de la République (Annecy): 791
Rue de la République (Arles): 590
Rue de la République (Lyon): 932
Rue de la République (Sarlat): 455
Rue de la Salamandre (Sarlat): 452–453
Rue de la Ville (Honfleur): 234
Rue de Lutèce (Paris): 69
Rue des Marchands (Colmar): 956–958, 961
Rue des Petites Boucheries (Honfleur): 234
Rue des Pierres Plantées (Lyon): 933
Rue des Rosiers (Paris): 149–150
Rue des Tables Claudiennes (Lyon): 933
Rue des Teinturiers (Avignon): 618
Rue des Têtes (Colmar): 963
Rue de Talleyrand (Reims): 1027
Rue Droite (Nice): 702–703
Rue du Bœuf (Lyon): 929
Rue du Cloître Notre-Dame (Paris): 62
Rue du Conseil Souverain (Colmar): 971
Rue du Docteur Fanton (Arles): 590–591, 601
Rue du Général de Gaulle (Riquewihr): 998–999
Rue du Jerzual (Dinan): 331
Rue du Maroquin (Strasbourg): 1011
Rue du Rempart (Eguisheim): 986–987
Rue Jeanne d’Arc (Rouen): 215–216
Rue Mercière (Lyon), eating: 942
Rue Nationale (Amboise): 369–370
Rue Obscure (Villefranche): 732–733
Rue Rabelais (Chinon): 416
Rue Royale (Paris): 119
Rue St. Dominique (Paris), eating: 144–145
Rue St. François de Paule (Nice): 700
Rue St. Honoré (Paris): 119
Rue St. Séverin (Paris): 65–66
Rue Victor Hugo (Lyon): 932
Rue Voltaire (Arles): 584–585
Rue Voltaire (Chinon): 420
Russian Cathedral (Nice): 692, 708–709
RV rentals: 1130
Ryes: sleeping, 273