For sale in CIS only! Gustave Flaubert called the Loire "the most French of French rivers". It is the longest river in France and the most varied in scenery and moods. Beginning as a mountain stream in the Ardeche, it issues, 630 miles later, into t...

Each year, millions of visitors travel to Venice to admire the architectural marvels of this famed city. In this brief yet comprehensive volume, distinguished architect and critic Richard Goy offers a convenient and accessible guide to the city's pia...

For sale in CIS only! Situated on Lake Malaren on one of the world's most beautiful harbours, Stockholm has set the benchmark for civilized city-living since the time of the Vikings. Its medieval regal period saw the Vasa dynasty turn a small town i...

For sale in CIS only! A garden at the foot of Europe and a crossroads between Spain, Africa and the New World, Andalucia has been a cultural customs house on the border of the Mediterranean and Atlantic civilizations for more than ten thousand years...

For sale in CIS only! Celebrated by writers from Petrarch to Peter Mayle, Provence's rugged mountains, wild maquis and lavender-filled meadows are world-famous. Historic cities like Arles, Avignon and Aix contain Roman amphitheatres, papal palaces a...

For sale in CIS only! From its origins in the thirteenth century the University of Cambridge has attracted notable students and teachers, both brilliant and eccentric. From Erasmus to Bertrand Russell, the university has been at the forefront of phi...

For sale in CIS only! One of the Europe's most celebrated rivers, the Seine stretches from the fertile plains of Burgundy to the English Channel at Le Havre. Starting at its source near Dijon, writer and engraver Robert Gibbings follows the river's...

For sale in CIS only! "I travel for the sake of travelling, to escape from myself and others. I travel to make a dream come true, quite simply, or to change skin if you like". In May 1840, Theophile Gautier, the enfant terrible of the French Romanti...

For sale in CIS only! Established on its many islands by Roman refugees, the centre of a maritime empire, a republic for a thousand years, Venice has always been distinct from the rest of Italy, and from anywhere else. Its unique light and hundreds...