The Guide Bleu is a series of French-language
travel guides
A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place designed for the use of visitors or tourists". It will usually include information about sights, accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities. Maps of varying det ...
published by
Hachette Livre
Hachette () is a French publisher. Founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif, the company later became L. Hachette et Compagnie, Librairie Hachette, Hachette SA and Hachette Livre in France. After acquiring an Australian publisher, Hachette ...
, which started in 1841 as the ''
Guide Joanne''.
Among Hachette's several guidebook series, the Guide Bleu is addressed to those seeking "discovery in depth".
History
Starting with a guide to Switzerland (1841),
Adolphe Joanne
Adolphe Joanne (born ''Adolphe-Laurent Joanne''; 15 September 1813 in Dijon, France – 1 March 1881 in Paris) was a French geographical writer and author of travel books.
Work
In 1836 Joanne was a lawyer in Paris but he soon turned to journa ...
published a series of guidebooks in France under the name Guides Joanne. This was sold to
Louis Hachette Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
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Derived or associated terms
* Lewis ...
in 1855.
From 1917 to 1933, Hachette collaborated with the publisher of the British
Blue Guide
The Blue Guides are a series of detailed and authoritative travel guidebooks focused on art, architecture, and (where relevant) archaeology along with the history and context necessary to understand them. A modicum of practical travel informa ...
series, and the Guides Joanne were renamed the Guides bleus in 1919.
"History of the Blue Guides", Blue Guides Web site
Notes
Travel guide books
Series of books
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