Daniel Start returns with a dazzling new travel guide book to France, for families and adventurers alike.
- Dip in to the emerald-green plunge pools of Provence and swim beneath the great châteaux of the Loire and Dordogne.
- Discover the unspoilt crater lakes of the Massif Central or relax in secluded hot springs in the woodlands of the Pyrénées.
- Recommendations for canoe trips, bike rides, campsites, restaurants and farmshops.
Wild Swimming France contains all the practical information you’ll need to lure you off the beaten track to over 400 amazing locations. With stunning photography, 15 maps, and detailed directions, grid references and walk-in times.
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Wild Swimming France takes you on an aquatic voyage to the wild side of the world’s favourite holiday destination and introduce you to parts of France you never knew existed. It provides all the practical information you’ll need, from
- * overview maps and directions,
- * grid references and walk-in times, to
- * tips on the best campsites,
- * places to rent canoes,
- * farm-shops for picnic supplies,
- * rural bistros for lazy lunches,
- * even the best places to skinny-dip
In vast areas of unspoilt French countryside there is so much to discover, from the tranquil river beaches of the Ardèche and the secret waterfalls of the Languedoc, to the shimmering aquamarine pools of Corsica and the Alps.
Wild Swimming France covers 14 regions:
- Jura
- Central Alps
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Corsica
- Haut Var and Verdon
- Vaucluse and Haute Provence
- Ardèche
- Languedoc
- Cévennes
- Corbières and Roussillon
- Pyrénées
- Lot, Célé and Aveyron
- Dordogne
- Loire and Normandy
Daniel Start is an award-winning writer and photographer, author of Wild Swimming (2008) and Wild Swimming Coast (2009). He has spent the last three years camping and swimming in France, seeking out its natural wonders and getting sunburnt along the way. Married with a baby daughter, he works as an environmental consultant and lives at the confluence of two rivers in rural Somerset.
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Central Alps - PDF
Alpes-Maritimes - PDF
Corsica - PDF
Haut Var and Verdon - PDF
Vaucluse and Haute Provence - PDF
Ardèche - PDF
Languedoc - PDF
Cévennes - PDF
Corbières and Roussillon - PDF
Pyrénées - PDF
Lot, Célé and Aveyron - PDF
Dordogne - PDF
Loire and Normandy - PDF
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Having read this I thought it was very informative.
I appreciate you taking the time and effort to put this information together.I once again find myself spending a lot of time both
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[...] Lac d’Ilay is one of many spectacular lakes in France’s remote Jura region. It is one of 400 river, lake and waterfall locations documented in Daniel Start’s new book Wild Swimming France. [...]
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[...] in the afternoon with my father and Rimmer, a young friend from the village, and armed with Wild Swimming France we found what we were looking for. Here are some images from our trip. [...]
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[...] up the pages of “Wild Swimming France“, we are hoping to swim in various rivers, lakes and waterfalls in the following places: [...]
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[...] at 12 London time we’re discussing exactly that with the author of the Wild Swimming in France, Daniel Start. Daniel accepted our invitation to a live Twitter Interview (a Twitterview?) so [...]
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What a great idea for a book – so many travelers are looking for French hideaways just like this!
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[...] Lac d’Ilay is one of many spectacular lakes in France’s remote Jura region. It is one of 400 river, lake and waterfall locations documented in Daniel Start’s new book Wild Swimming France. [...]
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[...] You can also find out more about wild swimming and ebook versions of this and other titles, here: Wild Swimming [...]
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[...] Lac d’Ilay is one of many spectacular lakes in France’s remote Jura region. It is one of 400 river, lake and waterfall locations documented in Daniel Start’s new book Wild Swimming France. [...]
[...] in the afternoon with my father and Rimmer, a young friend from the village, and armed with Wild Swimming France we found what we were looking for. Here are some images from our trip. [...]
[...] up the pages of “Wild Swimming France“, we are hoping to swim in various rivers, lakes and waterfalls in the following places: [...]
[...] at 12 London time we’re discussing exactly that with the author of the Wild Swimming in France, Daniel Start. Daniel accepted our invitation to a live Twitter Interview (a Twitterview?) so [...]
[...] [...]
[...] Lac d’Ilay is one of many spectacular lakes in France’s remote Jura region. It is one of 400 river, lake and waterfall locations documented in Daniel Start’s new book Wild Swimming France. [...]
[...] You can also find out more about wild swimming and ebook versions of this and other titles, here: Wild Swimming [...]