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100 Hut Walks in the Alps
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 256pp, 176 x 116mm Located amid some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe, the chain of mountain huts strung right across the Alps makes an exciting and worthwhile destination. The huts provide a focus for all the walks in this guide - whether you choose to stay overnight or simply for lunch on the terrace. The hut...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 256pp, 176 x 116mm Located amid some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe, the chain of mountain huts strung right across the Alps makes an exciting and worthwhile destination. The huts provide a focus for all the walks in this guide - whether you choose to stay overnight or simply for lunch on the terrace. The hut...
Chamonix to Zermatt
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 240pp, 172 x 116 mm Chamonix to Zermatt, Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn – in two weeks of mountain travel you will see the greatest collection of 4000 metre peaks in the Alps and visit some of the most spectacular valleys. You will discover delightful villages and remote hamlets, wander through flower meadows and forests...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 240pp, 172 x 116 mm Chamonix to Zermatt, Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn – in two weeks of mountain travel you will see the greatest collection of 4000 metre peaks in the Alps and visit some of the most spectacular valleys. You will discover delightful villages and remote hamlets, wander through flower meadows and forests...
Corsica: Walk and Eat
Sunflower Books, Paperback, 144pp 153 x 111 mm These pocket-sized full-colour guides, illustrated with hundreds of photographs, are designed for short-break holidays. They describe walks and recommend restaurants/hotels en route (with sample menus). Following each restaurant entry is one or more of their recipes, to be made in self-catering acco...
Sunflower Books, Paperback, 144pp 153 x 111 mm These pocket-sized full-colour guides, illustrated with hundreds of photographs, are designed for short-break holidays. They describe walks and recommend restaurants/hotels en route (with sample menus). Following each restaurant entry is one or more of their recipes, to be made in self-catering acco...
Cote D Azur Walking Guide
Bergverlag Rother GmbH, Paperback, 160pp, 165 x 115mm Rother walking guides are pocket-sized, in full colour and include 50 walks, varying from day-long hikes, mountain and valley walks, some easy some more demanding. Each walk has accompanying mapping, usually 1:50 000 and colour photos capture the 'feel' of each of the countries.<BR><BR> Daniel An...
Bergverlag Rother GmbH, Paperback, 160pp, 165 x 115mm Rother walking guides are pocket-sized, in full colour and include 50 walks, varying from day-long hikes, mountain and valley walks, some easy some more demanding. Each walk has accompanying mapping, usually 1:50 000 and colour photos capture the 'feel' of each of the countries.<BR><BR> Daniel An...
GR10 Trail
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 224pp, 172 x 116 mm, PVC cover This classic long-distance walk across the Pyrenees from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean takes a lower route than the more arduous Pyrenean High Route. Nevertheless it passes through striking mountain country and gorge scenery. The easy ascent of the Pic du Midi d'Ossau is described as an excursio...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 224pp, 172 x 116 mm, PVC cover This classic long-distance walk across the Pyrenees from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean takes a lower route than the more arduous Pyrenean High Route. Nevertheless it passes through striking mountain country and gorge scenery. The easy ascent of the Pic du Midi d'Ossau is described as an excursio...
GR20: Corsica
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 240pp, 172 x 116 mm, PVC cover The GR20, on the mountainous Mediterranean island of Corsica, is reputated to be the toughest waymarked trail in Europe. This ambitious route for fit and agile walker covers 190km as it makes a complete traverse through the island's high mountains. It can be completed in about two weeks, and calls f...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 240pp, 172 x 116 mm, PVC cover The GR20, on the mountainous Mediterranean island of Corsica, is reputated to be the toughest waymarked trail in Europe. This ambitious route for fit and agile walker covers 190km as it makes a complete traverse through the island's high mountains. It can be completed in about two weeks, and calls f...
Landscapes of Corsica
Sunflower Books, Paperback, 136pp, 209 x 99 mm The author, who has written several Landscapes guides, found the Corsicans to be the friendliest people he encountered throughout his travels. But the landscapes enchanted him as well: 'No other Mediterranean island can boast such a wealth of natural beauty. Beaches to suit every taste: from long st...
Sunflower Books, Paperback, 136pp, 209 x 99 mm The author, who has written several Landscapes guides, found the Corsicans to be the friendliest people he encountered throughout his travels. But the landscapes enchanted him as well: 'No other Mediterranean island can boast such a wealth of natural beauty. Beaches to suit every taste: from long st...
Landscapes of Eastern Provence: (Cote dAzur to the Alps)
Sunflower Books, Paperback, 192pp, 210 x 100mm, 10 car tours, 50 long and short walks, 41 picnic suggestionsOne of a two-volume guide to Provence, intended for those who want to tour by car and enjoy some superb walks along the way. Beginning at Nice and the Riviera, you head north and west through the Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes de Haute-Provence ...
Sunflower Books, Paperback, 192pp, 210 x 100mm, 10 car tours, 50 long and short walks, 41 picnic suggestionsOne of a two-volume guide to Provence, intended for those who want to tour by car and enjoy some superb walks along the way. Beginning at Nice and the Riviera, you head north and west through the Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes de Haute-Provence ...
Landscapes of the Languedoc-Roussillon and Western Provence
Sunflower Books, Paperback, 192pp, 210 x 100mm 12 car tours, over 50 long and short walks, 35 picnic suggestionsOne of a two-volume guide to Provence, intended for motorists who want to tour by car and enjoy some superb walks along the way. Beginning at Aix-en-Provence, you travel west via the Luberon and Mont Ventoux to the great Roman cities a...
Sunflower Books, Paperback, 192pp, 210 x 100mm 12 car tours, over 50 long and short walks, 35 picnic suggestionsOne of a two-volume guide to Provence, intended for motorists who want to tour by car and enjoy some superb walks along the way. Beginning at Aix-en-Provence, you travel west via the Luberon and Mont Ventoux to the great Roman cities a...
Mont Blanc Walking Guide
Bergverlag Rother GmbH, Paperback, 121pp. Mont Blanc, the monarch of the "white giants" - it has always inspired the imaginations of mountain devotees from near and far. Images effervesce in the minds of Alpinists like soap bubbles: a good dozen ice-encompassed, cornice-crowned, four-thousand-metre summits, surrounded by a wild maze of toas...
Bergverlag Rother GmbH, Paperback, 121pp. Mont Blanc, the monarch of the "white giants" - it has always inspired the imaginations of mountain devotees from near and far. Images effervesce in the minds of Alpinists like soap bubbles: a good dozen ice-encompassed, cornice-crowned, four-thousand-metre summits, surrounded by a wild maze of toas...
Mont Blanc Walks
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 288pp, 172 x 116 mm Mont Blanc, at 4808m, is the highest mountain in Western Europe and dominates the major holiday destinations of Chamonix and Courmayeur. In spring, summer and autumn the views of glaciers plunging towards the valleys, high snowy summits glinting in the sun and flower-bedecked slopes tempt walks out ...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 288pp, 172 x 116 mm Mont Blanc, at 4808m, is the highest mountain in Western Europe and dominates the major holiday destinations of Chamonix and Courmayeur. In spring, summer and autumn the views of glaciers plunging towards the valleys, high snowy summits glinting in the sun and flower-bedecked slopes tempt walks out ...
Nice: Walk and Eat
Sunflower Books, Paperback, 144pp 153 x 111 mm These pocket-sized full-colour guides, illustrated with hundreds of photographs, are designed for short-break holidays. They describe walks and recommend restaurants/hotels en route (with sample menus). Following each restaurant entry is one or more of their recipes, to be made in self-catering acco...
Sunflower Books, Paperback, 144pp 153 x 111 mm These pocket-sized full-colour guides, illustrated with hundreds of photographs, are designed for short-break holidays. They describe walks and recommend restaurants/hotels en route (with sample menus). Following each restaurant entry is one or more of their recipes, to be made in self-catering acco...
Provence Walking Guide
Bergverlag Rother GmbH, Paperback, 144pp. Pocket-sized guides in full colour presenting a wide variety of walks from easy ot the more demanding. Family-friendly routes are included as are mountian ascents, challenging day-long hikes, and tours covering several days from hut to hut....
Bergverlag Rother GmbH, Paperback, 144pp. Pocket-sized guides in full colour presenting a wide variety of walks from easy ot the more demanding. Family-friendly routes are included as are mountian ascents, challenging day-long hikes, and tours covering several days from hut to hut....
Pyrenees - The High Pyrenees from the Cirque de Lescun to the Carlit Massif
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 468 pp, 216 x 138 mm, PVC cover A resource book covering the finest walks, treks and climbs in the High Pyrenees for 400km between France and Spain, from the Cirque de Lescun, on the edge of the Basque country in the west, to the Carlit massif and the Cerdagne to the east of Andorra. <BR><BR> The guide describes the High Pyrenees...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 468 pp, 216 x 138 mm, PVC cover A resource book covering the finest walks, treks and climbs in the High Pyrenees for 400km between France and Spain, from the Cirque de Lescun, on the edge of the Basque country in the west, to the Carlit massif and the Cerdagne to the east of Andorra. <BR><BR> The guide describes the High Pyrenees...
Pyrenees 2 Walking Guide: French Central Pyrenees: Arrens – Seix
Bergverlag Rother GmbH, Paperback, 144pp. The Cirque de Gavarnie in the heart of the "Parc National des Pyrénées" is indisputably the main attraction of the French Central Pyrenees between Val d'Azun in the west and Vallée d'Ustou in the east. Together with the neighbouring Cirques d'Estaubé and Troumouse it was incorporated into the UNESCO...
Bergverlag Rother GmbH, Paperback, 144pp. The Cirque de Gavarnie in the heart of the "Parc National des Pyrénées" is indisputably the main attraction of the French Central Pyrenees between Val d'Azun in the west and Vallée d'Ustou in the east. Together with the neighbouring Cirques d'Estaubé and Troumouse it was incorporated into the UNESCO...
Robert Louis Stevenson Trail
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 224pp Early one morning in the autumn of 1878 RLS set out from the sleepy village of Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille with his donkey, Modestine, to traverse the Velay and Cévennes to the small town of Saint-Jean-du-Gard in the south. Robert Louis Stevenson’s account of his 140-mile trek through southern France ...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 224pp Early one morning in the autumn of 1878 RLS set out from the sleepy village of Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille with his donkey, Modestine, to traverse the Velay and Cévennes to the small town of Saint-Jean-du-Gard in the south. Robert Louis Stevenson’s account of his 140-mile trek through southern France ...
Snowshoeing - Mont Blanc and the Western Alps
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 288pp, 172 x 116 mm For centuries people have used snowshoes as a means of travelling in deep snow, but only relatively recently has snowshoeing become an activity that people do for pleasure. Nowadays, visit any winter ski resort and you'll not only find crowds of people heading for the ski runs but also a considerabl...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 288pp, 172 x 116 mm For centuries people have used snowshoes as a means of travelling in deep snow, but only relatively recently has snowshoeing become an activity that people do for pleasure. Nowadays, visit any winter ski resort and you'll not only find crowds of people heading for the ski runs but also a considerabl...
The Cathar Way
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 192pp, 172 x 116 mm The Cathar Way - the Sentier Cathare - is a popular, well-waymarked trail which links several of the world-famous 'Cathar castles' of south-west France. A challenging, fascinating and rewarding route, it is not an arduous mountain trek. The trail runs for about 250 kilometres – from the Mediterranea...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 192pp, 172 x 116 mm The Cathar Way - the Sentier Cathare - is a popular, well-waymarked trail which links several of the world-famous 'Cathar castles' of south-west France. A challenging, fascinating and rewarding route, it is not an arduous mountain trek. The trail runs for about 250 kilometres – from the Mediterranea...
The GR5 Trail
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 224pp, 172 x 116 mm, PVC cover The GR5, or 'Grande Traversee des Alpes', is one of the most spectacular and civilised mountain trails in the world. It runs from the shores of Lac Leman, over the French Alps, to the reach the Mediterranean coastline at Nice. The route measures 674 kilometres (420 miles) and can be covered in a mon...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 224pp, 172 x 116 mm, PVC cover The GR5, or 'Grande Traversee des Alpes', is one of the most spectacular and civilised mountain trails in the world. It runs from the shores of Lac Leman, over the French Alps, to the reach the Mediterranean coastline at Nice. The route measures 674 kilometres (420 miles) and can be covered in a mon...
Tour De Mont Blanc
Trailblazer Publications, Paperback, 356pp At 4807m (15,771ft), Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in western Europe, and one of the most famous mountains in the world, does not stand alone. The snow dome summit is the highest point of a spectacular massif of peaks stretching 60 miles by 20 miles. The height of Mont Blanc and its adjacent peak...
Trailblazer Publications, Paperback, 356pp At 4807m (15,771ft), Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in western Europe, and one of the most famous mountains in the world, does not stand alone. The snow dome summit is the highest point of a spectacular massif of peaks stretching 60 miles by 20 miles. The height of Mont Blanc and its adjacent peak...
Tour of Mont Blanc
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 240pp, 172 x 116 mm The third edition of this popular guidebook to the 105-mile Tour of Mont Blanc. One of the best of the world's classic walks, which circumnavigates the Mont Blanc massif in about eleven days. The walk has all the excitement of the high mountains yet none of the worry of altitude sickness. It cros...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 240pp, 172 x 116 mm The third edition of this popular guidebook to the 105-mile Tour of Mont Blanc. One of the best of the world's classic walks, which circumnavigates the Mont Blanc massif in about eleven days. The walk has all the excitement of the high mountains yet none of the worry of altitude sickness. It cros...
Tour of the Oisans: GR54 Round The Ecrins
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 160pp. 172 x 116 mm The "Tour de l'Oisans" is the name given to one of the most strenuous alpine walks: the 'GR54'. It is circuitous, traditionally beginning and ending at the alpine resort of Bourg d'Oisans 40km (25miles) to the east of Grenoble. The massif it encircles is that of the Ecrins, the bulk of which is a Na...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 160pp. 172 x 116 mm The "Tour de l'Oisans" is the name given to one of the most strenuous alpine walks: the 'GR54'. It is circuitous, traditionally beginning and ending at the alpine resort of Bourg d'Oisans 40km (25miles) to the east of Grenoble. The massif it encircles is that of the Ecrins, the bulk of which is a Na...
Trekking in the Vosges & Jura
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 272pp, 172 x 116 mm This is a practical guidebook to the trekking possibilities in the Vosges and French Jura mountains. These mountains, which contain three regional parks and contrasting landscapes and wildlife habitats, are of a relatively moderate height, and have a well-developed network of waymarked paths that pr...
Cicerone Press, Paperback, 272pp, 172 x 116 mm This is a practical guidebook to the trekking possibilities in the Vosges and French Jura mountains. These mountains, which contain three regional parks and contrasting landscapes and wildlife habitats, are of a relatively moderate height, and have a well-developed network of waymarked paths that pr...


