'Unexpected France' from Travel and Leisure

"Unexpected France" includes chapters on "Biking Through Versailles," "Glories of the Loire," and a section on Aveyron, which the book describes as a "sparsely populated, often-overlooked" part of Southern France with beautiful landscapes, medieval villages and good food and lodging. Highlights of the area include the centuries-old pilgrims' trail through France to the Pyrenees mountain passes crossing over into northwestern Spain, where medieval Christians hoped to find their salvation at the shrine of St. James in Santiago (Spanish for St. James) de Compostela.