For the past 25 years, La Belle France readers have enjoyed the honest and timely reviews that are unique to our publication. Each month, our editors travel anonymously to ensure they are receiving the exact same experience you will on your visit. We pay our own way, accept no advertising, and work tirelessly to find the most enchanting spots for your next trip to France. Whether a little-known bistro in Paris or a grande dame of hotels on the Riviera, we look at every detail with a discerning eye. The classic hotels, resorts, and restaurants are continually reassessed to make sure they are still worth your time and money, plus we do the research and legwork to uncover new and wonderful restaurants, inns, bistros, and spas in every corner of France.
How is La Belle France superior to standard travel guide and travel magazine fare?
1. La Belle France does not indiscriminately list every available option; our editors meticulously weed through the myriad of hotel and restaurant options in order to recommend only the truly extraordinary.
2. Because we are a small, monthly publication, we can publish breaking news of openings, closings, renovations, and any other valuable travel information... more quickly and thus more accurately than our larger, more cumbersome competitors.
3. Unlike travel magazines brimming with glossy advertisements, La Belle France accepts no advertising whatsoever... thus ensuring that our writers and editors are beholden to no one and can assess venues free from any agenda other than to provide the most honest, uncompromised, and discriminating reviews possible.
4. Because La Belle France’s writers and editors travel to venues anonymously and pay full fare, they receive unbiased treatment from staff, assuring reviews of the same service a La Belle France reader would receive.
La Belle France digs deep, making the culinary experience come alive by profiling the chefs, providing detailed descriptions of menu selections, and evaluating the wine cellar. With a five-part numerical evaluation on Cuisine, Decor, Service, Wine List, and Overall Value, La Belle France makes the adventure of trying a new restaurant virtually risk-free!
The same holds true in our hotel evaluations. Where will you be treated like a celebrity - and where will you be treated like help? Which Left Bank hotel rooms are not too small? And in which hotels do you need to ask for a courtyard room due to street noise? Where can you find charm without a giant price tag, and luxury perfectly matched with exemplary service?
La Belle France tells you.
While La Belle France prides itself on discovering gems off the beaten track, it also keeps a critical eye sharply focused upon the most famous hotels, restaurants, and buzz-generating newcomers - establishments that in other publications might only receive undiluted praise, even after they no longer deserve it.
Your vacation is simply too valuable to waste a single minute at the wrong destination. A subscription to La Belle France strives to ensure that its readers, in their travels, avoid the mediocre and enjoy only the truly exalted! Without question, La Belle France pays for itself time after time by saving you from costly and vacation-wasting mistakes!
La Belle France has been published monthly since 1984. Each issue includes eight pages of reviews, black and-white photographs of featured establishments, locator maps, plus cultural calendars and timely travel tips and advisories.
Try La Belle France... I personally guarantee your complete satisfaction with this unique publication!
Ashley Williams
Publisher
