Guinguettes à gogo

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The season has begun!

A guinguette is a typical French summer outdoor bar. You find them near rivers and along slow roads. They are ancient and at the same time alive and kicking, as they are experiencing a real revival in recent years. They are meeting places for locals who open up to everyone. You will enjoy local food and drinks, swinging music, free live performances and breathtaking sunsets....

If you want to experience summer in French and add spice to your stay or transit, don't miss this book of exquisite guinguettes!

Discover our guinguette of the month.

'Guinguettes à gogo' takes you to the cutest guinguettes from Paris to Bordeaux. A travel book packed with tips for good food and drink, authentic places to stay, combined with sightseeing, hiking and biking routes. With attention to their importance to the locals. And a unique look at what goes on behind the scenes of the guinguette revival.

A quick browse? A sneak peek!

The book is out!

Our selection of 70 exceptional guinguettes is scattered along the major rivers of western France.

Join us to explore ... in transit by car, motorhome or van to Biarritz or the Pyrenees, on the road by bike or on foot, on a multi-day boat trip, or simply during a city trip or long weekend: these gems are not to be missed.

Make your travel plan in advance!

Plan your trip!

What readers say about the book...

  • Now this is a book I do want to devour, back to front and vice versa! A must for all douce France-lovers! Merci Sybil Van Torre and co❣️Ik already started to browse through it a bit, and keep going hangen❣️

    Kristien Casneuf (Oostakker, BE)

  • What a wonderful book! I received it yesterday and this weekend I will dive into it and who knows, maybe this summer we will go to a guinguette!

    Cindy Brouwer (Veere, NL)

  • Sybil's stories and photographs are so compelling that you feel like you've already been there - and yet they excite you precisely to go on a trip yourself, to really feel the atmosphere of these special places.

    Dalia Luijten (Rucphen, NL)

  • This book is your secret guide to places where time seems to stand still. As if you are secretly getting your hands on a map to the France of yesteryear. Far away from the crowds, along riverbanks and under festooned lights, you will find music, nature and warm encounters that make the evening sing.

    Katia Damman (Ghent, BE)

  • What a wonderful book to dream away in. It's already getting us in the vacation mood for France. Thanks for the tips, Sybil! We are going on a guinguette adventure this summer. 😊

    Wim Moerkerk (Amsterdam, NL)

  • A wonderful book! With each page you turn you will feel more like going on a trip and experiencing these places. Fun travel tips are alternated with facts and bits of history about an unknown aspect of France.

    Arjan Schipaanboord (Kapelle, NL)

About the author and Be More Dog

People who know me well know that I try to be outdoors and travel as much as possible. So I do tend to have travel tips at the ready ;-) Therefore, I had been toying with the idea of creating a travel book for some time. When I discovered the guinguettes with their social and artistic character and their long history, I was immediately sold.

Last summer I toured around France in search of the cutest guinguettes. I have now compiled these in the travel book 'Guinguettes à gogo' that I am publishing under Be More Dog. I try to pay as much attention to everything local as possible.