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                           THE MOTOR ROUTES
                               OF FRANCE

              TO THE CHÂTEAUX OF TOURAINE, BIARRITZ, THE
                    PYRENEES, THE RIVIERA, AND THE
                             RHONE VALLEY




                       ALREADY PUBLISHED IN THE
                              SAME SERIES

                             MOTOR ROUTES
                              OF ENGLAND
                           SOUTHERN SECTION
                         (South of the Thames)

                    With 24 Illustrations in Colour

                  Cloth, =5s. net= (by post, 5s. 4d.)
Leather, =7s. 6d. net= (by post, 7s. 10d.)


     “The touring motorist... will find Mr. Home exactly the sort of
     companion who will add sensibly to the pleasures of the day’s run.
     All along the main roads he gossips brightly of history,
     architecture, and archæology, and manages to convey a large amount
     of information without being unpleasantly didactic.”--_Pall Mall
     Gazette._


                        TO BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY

                             MOTOR ROUTES
                              OF ENGLAND
                            WESTERN SECTION


                 A. AND C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON




            AGENTS


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                          64 & 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

            AUSTRALASIA   OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
                          205 FLINDERS LANE, MELBOURNE

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                          MACMILLAN BUILDING, BOMBAY
                          309 BOW BAZAAR STREET, CALCUTTA

[Illustration: CHARTRES.

The Cathedral towering above the old roofs of the city from near the
Porte Guillaume.]




                                  THE
                             MOTOR ROUTES
                               OF FRANCE

                     TO THE CHÂTEAUX OF TOURAINE,
                      BIARRITZ, THE PYRENEES, THE
                      RIVIERA, & THE RHONE VALLEY

                                  BY
                              GORDON HOME

                                 WITH

              16 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR, 16 IN
                 BLACK AND WHITE, AND 60 MAPS & PLANS

                            [Illustration]

                        ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
                      SOHO SQUARE, LONDON · MCMX

         ‘O’er the Flaminian way he bade the axle glow--
          For there, our young Antomedon first tried
          His powers, there loved the rapid car to guide.’
                                                JUVENAL.




PREFACE


The fascination of a motor tour through France can scarcely be
exaggerated. It is a country eminently suited to the new method of road
travel, for with the spaces between the towns traversed by wide national
ways going to their objectives as straight as the contours of the
country will permit, no one feels that the presence of a rapid car is
destroying the peace or beauty of the neighbourhood. And yet in the tour
described in this book there is a huge diversity of scenery, from the
wheat plains of the North to the mountains and sea of the South.

Great pains have been taken to embody in the small compass of a book
that will easily slip into an overcoat pocket all that is essential for
the motorist to know both before and during the tour. At the same time,
the large clear type of the first volume of this series has been
retained in order that there may be no difficulty in reading while the
car is in motion.

Dr. Kirk’s practical notes are the result of much experience, and they
need only be supplemented by a word as to hotel charges. In _every_ case
the wise tourist discusses prices with the manager or proprietor before
he takes his car into the courtyard or garage. By doing so he knows
exactly what his bill will amount to in the morning, and he is quite
sure of no overcharge. If no arrangement is made on arrival, one must be
prepared for any charge, _notwithstanding the prices given in guides or
the hotel books published by the Touring Club de France_.

For those who either do not possess cars or do not wish to take their
own abroad, the simplest method is to hire a car in England. The
author’s experience of hiring from the Daimler Company has been so
satisfactory that he is glad of this opportunity of recommending their
cars. To Mr. A. H. Hallam Murray the author is greatly indebted for