South Of France Queue Sheets A Bicycle Your France Guidebook PDF Download

Geographically, the route maps and directions for this guidebook focuses on the Roman Provence Region of France of the northern Gard and western Vaucluse Departments, the Drôme Department north and east into the Rhône Alpes, and the southern Ardèche Department. The routes start from three locations: Crest in the Drôme, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc in the Ardèche and Pont du Gard west of Avignon. The Gorges de la Baume & Cirque de Combe Laval route is the outlier due to the staggering beauty of the area.Why this area of France? Not for the industrial Rhône Valley. But, if you wander 20 to 30 kilometers east or west of the Rhône Valley you will find the medieval hilltop villages, deep gorges with rushing rivers, Roman structures and very hospitable people that want to help.Fifteen routes are mapped in detailed color with elevation profiles and exacting, step-by-step directions (data gathered to the nearest 0.2 kilometer).Motorists have not changed in rural France. They are still surprisingly (for a North American) courteous toward cyclists. You can always stop beside the narrow, paved roads in these routes for a break and not be concerned by traffic. You may buy lavender honey, fresh asparagus and strawberries from the farmer, a bottle of wine at a vineyard or olive oil in a morning market. How about riding across the 2,000-year-old, dry laid Pont du Gard aqueduct, the largest constructed by the Romans? The list of experiences is extensive. You will want to come back.There are fifteen cycling routes mapped and profiled. All circuits are on paved roads, except for three kilometers on a partly gravel, partly potholed stretch used to avoid some traffic. Motor vehicle traffic on these routes is light.In addition to the print format, the guide is available for Amazon(r) Kindle and Apple(r) iPad devices. Also available is , ROMAN PROVENCE & RHÔNE ALPES: A Bicycle Your France Guidebook. a Walter Judson Moore imprintPO Box 490, Inverness FL 34451 [email protected]://www.amazon.com/Walter-Judson-Moore/e/B003XWAFBGWalter J. Moore is the author of six guidebooks,five companion guides and two novels.He is a North American Travel JournalistAssociation member.He and his wife live in west central Florida.