Le Petit Futé
Petit Futé (founded 1976) is a series of French travel guides broadly equivalent to the Lonely Planet series in English or the competing French 'Guides du routard' series. The series also publishes some works in English, such as Petit Futé Best of France. The term petit futé means "little wily one," implying in this case for the wily and cost-conscious traveller, and the imprint's logo is a (wily) fox.
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Le Petit Futé
- Founded
- 1976
- Founder
- Dominique Auzias · François Delay
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Petit Futé (founded 1976) is a series of French travel guides broadly equivalent to the Lonely Planet series in English or the competing French 'Guides du routard' series. The series also publishes some works in English, such as Petit Futé Best of France. The term petit futé means "little wily one," implying in this case for the wily and cost-conscious traveller, and the imprint's logo is a (wily) fox.
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The record gives 1976 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Its recorded founders are Dominique Auzias and François Delay.
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1976
Le Petit Futé established.
1976
Le Petit Futé is recorded from 1976.
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- 1.Encyclopedia of contemporary French culture Page 467 Alex Hughes, Keith Reader - 1998 "A more recent wave of guides catering for the young and/or financially challenged includes 'Petit futé' series, dealing not only with restaurants but also with shops, accommodation and a variety of services on a town-by-town basis, and the 'Guides du routard', whose Liberation-like use of language and happy-go-lucky cover designs clearly target the discriminating backpacker market "
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