An illustrated, A-Z guide to France covering over 1,500 places of interest. Items considered of particular interest are also detailed in a separate section. The maps included show the whole of an area discussed and individual road maps within that area, plus street plans of the main towns and route indications. Other features include a list of the departments and administrative regions, a table of distances between towns, locations of the tourist information centres and regional food specialities. All the names of towns and localities shown on the road maps are indexed and each includes the number of the department and the map reference. The features and sights are classified in thematic groups, eg there are separate sections for chateaux, churches, forests etc.