The big new thing in the red guide for France
is the listing of the ***, ** and * restaurants
and which ones "might" get a promotion next year.
(marked in red).

A few of the ** are listed for promotion to ***
on page 69.

They are:

Maisons de Bricourt at Cancale

L'Oasis at Napoule

Le Meurice in Paris

Pré Catelan in Paris

Chateau Cordelian Bages in Pauillac

This year there was one promotion (the guide lists the promotions with
a large N.

The guide also lists the hopefuls for passage from ** => * and from - to *

The dynamics of the comings and goings of * is large. Also since there
are a large number of * places, one is not entrapped in the "sacredness"
of the sociology of the *** places, which tends to have an absurd
aspect.

Personally, the best thing about the Red Guide are the city maps which tell
your were the hotels and restaurants are. There are other guides which do
this too but I find the Red Guide "user friendly" in that respect.

However, if you with to find a cheap hotel, or one of a chain which one
often uses, the Guide is normally useless. The chains hand out
free a booklet with their hotels listed and maps to get to them.

Earl

Earl Evleth wrote:
    >
    > The big new thing in the red guide for France
    > is the listing of the ***, ** and * restaurants
    > and which ones "might" get a promotion next year.
    > (marked in red).
    >
    > A few of the ** are listed for promotion to ***
    > on page 69.
    >
    > They are:
    >
    > Maisons de Bricourt at Cancale
    >
    > L'Oasis at Napoule
    >
    > Le Meurice in Paris
    >
    > Pré Catelan in Paris
    >
    > Chateau Cordelian Bages in Pauillac
    >
    > This year there was one promotion (the guide lists the promotions with
    > a large N.
    >
    > The guide also lists the hopefuls for passage from ** => * and from - to *
    >
    > The dynamics of the comings and goings of * is large. Also since there
    > are a large number of * places, one is not entrapped in the "sacredness"
    > of the sociology of the *** places, which tends to have an absurd
    > aspect.
    >
    > Personally, the best thing about the Red Guide are the city maps which tell
    > your were the hotels and restaurants are. There are other guides which do
    > this too but I find the Red Guide "user friendly" in that respect.
    >
    > However, if you with to find a cheap hotel, or one of a chain which one
    > often uses, the Guide is normally useless. The chains hand out
    > free a booklet with their hotels listed and maps to get to them.

But you will seldom be disappointed if you use hotels and restaurants
registered in the red guide. It is a kind of insurance. But it is very
clear that they are never really cheap.

For a cheaper choice, le guide du routard, is probably more useful :
http://www.routard.com/planete_coulisse.asp
Hôtels et restos de France
http://www.alapage.com/mx/?donnee_ap...sbn=2012401880
Chambres d'hôtes en France
http://www.alapage.com/mx/?donnee_ap...sbn=2012439144
Petits restos des Grands chefs
http://www.alapage.com/mx/?donnee_ap...sbn=2012402615

    >
    > Earl