All the keys to discovering Metz, Nancy, and Lorraine during a short stay.
A full-color, ultra-practical, and richly illustrated guide to discovering Metz and Nancy, Lorraine and the Vosges, and the Meuse Valley.
A comprehensive presentation of the region's two major cities. In Metz, there's the Pompidou Center, the cathedral, the historic old town, and a host of great places (new, secret, and well-established). In Nancy, the Place Stanislas, returned to pedestrians, the Villa Majorelle (Museum of the Nancy School – Art Nouveau), the Museum of Fine Arts, the old town.
An in-depth treatment of the Meuse Valley with Stenay, Saint-Mihiel (Benedictine library, Ligier Richier road), Verdun (and the sites of the Great War), Commercy (birthplace of the madeleine), Vaucouleurs (Joan of Arc Museum).
A presentation of the industrial heritage: the U4 blast furnace, in Uckange, the Wendel pit, in Petite-Rosselle, on the German border, and the Hautes Mynes du Thillot Museum, in the southern Lorraine Vosges.
Favorites and gems throughout the region: the Château de Haroué, in the Saintois and the Théâtre du Peuple in Bussang, in the southern Lorraine Vosges; the fortified city center of Toul; the Bitche region, "Little Canada," in the Northern Vosges, the Sarrebourg region, with pretty villages lost at the foot of the Vosges, the Ponds region, in the Lorraine Regional Natural Park.
The region's crafts: the Imagerie d'Épinal (historical printing house); the violin makers' workshops and the Violin Museum in Mirecourt...
A large space given to activities: hiking in the region's parks, skiing in La Bresse, walks and water sports at Lake Gérardmer, thermal baths in Vittel and Contrexéville...
Tourist routes, such as the Route des Crêtes (historical) and the Côtes de Toul tourist route (to taste the AOC Côte de Toul)
Thematic pages to organize your trip as closely as possible to your desires: the best activities with children, historical sites, outdoor activities...
A map for each chapter and a detachable plan of the entire region
