Travel guide - Route 66, Chicago to Los Angeles | Petit Futé (French)

Route 66, a legend that makes Americans dream but also the foreigners ... Browse "The Main Street of America" ​​in Chicago in Los Angeles is more than just a trip. It is an adventure, an initiation, an unexpected encounters occasion, a plunge in the past of deep america. First road connecting the east to the west, his life lasted barely 60 years before reborn with his remains: motels, dinners, drive - in, service stations, all that helped to do "The American Way of Life from the years 1940s to 1980. She crosses all the great American mythical landscapes. The images scroll along this ribbon sometimes become a dirt road. With motorcycle, by car, cycling, pleasure is the same. That of a stroller, a permanent discovery that has inspired writers, filmmakers and many artists. After this journey of 2,300 miles (3,600 kilometers) we do not stand unscathed. The spirit of the road 66 will never leave us again.