Miscellaneous: Second time I visit a country with a "Guide du Routard"!! Unfortunately as you have now guessed this is only in French...
It cost 15E, not so cheap for a book without any pictures but it is definitely worth every cent!! You don't buy a book, you buy the content...
Traditional guidebooks, will mostly present the country at an historical perspective, highlighting the different attractions to do or to see. This is still the case with the Routard but it is as well suggesting hotels, restaurants, pub, explain local customs with plenty of practical details.
Yet this book was a pain for the local people I was working with. Most of the time, when they were trying to explain me something, I could often answer "yeah I know, I read it in my book" ;-)
I'm still puzzled, I don't know how the Routard's team manage to be so much up to the point. The recommended places were always where locals would bring us in.
If you are french-speaking, no excuse, this is an absolute must-have!!
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