Rick Steves' France (Beyond Paris)
Summary: Rick Steves' France (Beyond Paris) is a collection of "Travel with Rick Steves" radio interviews featuring travel tips and lessons from Rick and the expert teachers who guide Rick Steves' tours around France. Whether you're heading off on your own or taking a guided tour, Rick Steves' France (Beyond Paris) will help you enjoy the richest and most meaningful travel experience possible. You'll also find a wide array of related travel information on France at www.ricksteves.com.
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Podcasts:
Rick provides a brief introduction to his France playlist, a collection of audio files designed to help you plan and enjoy your best possible trip. For more info on traveling in Europe, see www.ricksteves.com.
Two tour guides who have shepherded travelers along France's lazy canals share their stories and tips for making your own canal barge trip. For more info on traveling in Europe, see www.ricksteves.com.
Parisian wine expert Olivier Magny gives Rick an introduction to appreciating French wines. For more info on traveling in Europe, see www.ricksteves.com.
French tour guide Patrick Vidal shares recipes from his beachside crepe on the coast of Burgundy. Related travel information at www.ricksteves.com.
Elaine Sciolino, former Paris bureau chief for the New York Times, explains the many ways seduction operates as part of day to day life in France. Related travel information at www.ricksteves.com.
Elaine Sciolino continues her conversation with Rick about the seductive nature of French culture, and explains how the roles of men and women are changing in French society. Related travel information at www.ricksteves.com.
Rick talks with tour guide Julie Sonveau about two medieval-style castles under construction in present-day France and Arkansas. Related travel information at www.ricksteves.com.
Rick quizzes Frenchman Patrick Vidal on the habits and psychology of the French, who can sometimes baffle American tourists. Related travel information at www.ricksteves.com.
Francophile and tour guide Steve Smith, who has led thousands of American travelers through France, chats with Rick about how to become comfortable with France's rich civilization without being frustrated by cultural misunderstandings. Related travel information at www.ricksteves.com.
Three French tour guides discuss the pleasures of taking a vacation on a canal barge in rural France. They explain the history of barge travel and the logistics of renting a barge yourself. Related travel information at www.ricksteves.com.
The captain of a passenger barge based in Burgundy discusses the fine art of cruising France's intimate network of canals, and how to plan a vacation on your own "floating hotel." Related travel information at www.ricksteves.com.
Rick talks with French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy, who wrote American Vertigo: A Journey in the Footsteps of Toqueville, a book about our country's cultural identity, patriotism, and the creed that holds us together as a nation. Related travel information at www.ricksteves.com.
Rick continues his conversation with Bernard-Henri Lévy about his book, American Vertigo: A Journey in the Footsteps of Toqueville, discussing what Lévy learned from traveling across the United States for nearly a year to research his book. Related travel information at www.ricksteves.com.
Tour guides from Brittany share tips for a road trip through the villages and battle sites in northwestern France. Related travel information at www.ricksteves.com.
Rick talks with Patrick Noel, a French-Irish tour guide, who illuminates the surprising connections between France and Ireland, dating back to Celtic times. Related travel information at www.ricksteves.com.
