Undiscovered France : an insiders guide to the most beautiful villages

Undiscovered France features over fifty plus Beaux Villages, together with many of the author's and photographer's own personal favourites, taking the reader on a journey, region by region, through breathtaking countryside to visit some of the world's most beautiful unspoilt communities. In his unforgettable selection of images, photographer Richard Turpin has captured the essence of French village life: quaint corners of tiny fortified hamlets; enticing vistas from fairy-tale villages perches; colourful scenes as villagers meet to exchange goods and gossip at the weekly market. Each region is so very different from the other; all are entrancing. Brigitte Tilleray's lively, evocative and informative text explains the historical and cultural traditions that are kept alive in villages from Alsace to the Pyrenees, extending a compelling invitation to explore.

Undiscovered France celebrates all that rural France has to offer. It is the perfect companion for the armchair traveller and a souvenir to treasure for every visitor to France.