FRANCE HOTELS/RESTAURANTS ROUGE GEB

Every year the Michelin Red Guide offers a selection of the best establishments in France. This year it includes over 9000 hotels and restaurants ranging from the simplest to the most luxurious. All have one thing in common - they have been independently selected by Michelin's team of inspectors. To meet new reader expectations, the 2003 edition of the Michelin Red Guide features some innovations designed to make travel more pleasurable. A new hotel category has been introduced, the Bib Hotel, easily identifiable by the Michelin Man's head on a pillow. The "Bib Hotel" is synonymous with a "good price for a good night", in the same way as the Bib Gourmand means "good food at moderate prices". This year the Michelin Red Guide contains 176 hotels with double rooms at less than 60 (less than 75 in main towns and tourist resorts).