This pocket-sized full-colour guide is designed for short-break holidays to Provence using fast train services (or flights). It describes easy city and countryside walks, and recommends restaurants en route (with sample menus). Following each restaurant entry is one or more of their recipes, to be made in self-catering accommodation or at home. Other sections include: planning your trip, getting around, shopping for self-catering (including health food shops), local markets and specialities, glossary of local food terms, etc.- The only dedicated guide to Avignon and surrounds — of interest to a wide audience, if only forthe city walks, local food and restaurants- Covers all the major sights: Avignon, Nîmes, Arles, Pont du Gard, St-Rémy, Les-Baux-de-Provence,Gordes, Barbentane, and the Alpilles mountain chain- Updated only a couple of months prior to publication- Town plans and topographical walking maps (1:35,000), with waypoints and free on line GPS tracks- All recipes and shopping information caters for people with food intolerances- Online Update Service, with route-change information and users’ recommendations