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Paris (Lonely Planet City Guides) by: Stephen Fallon, Annabel Hart List Price: £12.99 City Travel Guides Price: £7.79 You Save: £5.20 (40%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 914.4360484 EAN: 9781740598491 ISBN: 1740598490 Label: Lonely Planet Publications Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 450 Publication Date: October 01, 2006 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Studio: Lonely Planet Publications Sales Rank: 11206 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: If you have to choose one book to take to Paris, the Lonely Planet: Paris guide will cover all your bases. Whether you're camping, planning to splurge on a chic hotel, picnicking, or set on haute cuisine, this book gives you thousands of options. Also included is a useful 12-page overview of Parisian architecture, detailed entertainment information, notes on day trips to nearby châteaux and villages, plus 20 pages of detailed city maps, including the Metro. --Kathryn True Synopsis: Covers all the must see attractions plus insider tips on getting to know the real Paris. Includes mouth watering coverage of restaurants and food markets to thrill gourmands as well as itineraries and walking tours to help visitors make the most of their time in the City of Love. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Going to Paris ? Take this.Took my fiance to Paris recently and bought this book for the trip. Have always been impressed when I've taken one of the Lonely Planet guides on my travels, and this book maintained the high standards that I've come to expect from them. Doesn't matter if you know a bit about where you are visiting or if you are completely clueless - everything you could need to know is in here. Well written, easy to use, full of useful information, and yet small enough to fit in a coat pocket. Highly recommend. Rating:  - Recommendable for Americans, but not for EuropeansIt is obvious to the European reader that this book was mainly written for American tourists in Paris. Most of the information, e.g. from the "Dos and Donts" section, is completely useless for Europeans but at least it is quite amusing. Other parts, however, are very well done: especially the "Facts for the Visitor" and the chapter about "Getting There & Away" or "Getting Around" should be of great use for any tourist. As is the chapter about "Excursions", which I can highly recommend. The maps in the appendix are helpful for the first few days; afterwards, one should better get a "Paris par Arrondisments" map which can be bought in any bookshop in Paris for a fairly reasonable price. Unfortunately, all the "Things to See & Do" are sorted ... Read More: Rating:  - Out of date and innacurate.I am assessing this book on it's usefulness, on a trip to Paris, last weekend. On it's recommendation, I stayed at Le Grand Hotel Magenta near the Gare Du Nord train station. It was an absolute tip. The pillows were yellowy brown(covered by a sheet) and the sink area (no plug) had rusty exposed wiring and pipes with mounds of filthy concrete on top. The price was quite a bit more than that stated in the book, even allowing for inflation. Finding the recommended restaurants was also a nightmare. In hindsight, booking an inexpensive Hotel on the internet would have been a much better option as we have discovered loads since returning. Rating: - Good guide but possibly a little narrow minded...I am generally a fan of lonely planet and on the whole the information in this guide is reliable and useful. However, as I was reading it a few comments by the author disappointed me and seemed out of keeping with the lonely planet. One example of this is the section where women travellers are warned that men in France might actually look at them...am I missing something here? Has the world really become so insular that we're warning people that they might be looked at? If so why do we bother travelling in it at all? I think in one or two instances here a naive singular point of view seems to try and take precedent over a nation and its culture. For me a big let down coming from a reputable and generally broad minded travel guide. Rating: - Lonely Planet Guide to Paris( A City Guide)An outstanding guide book well worth the purchasing. We did't leave our hotel room without it. The Maps were detailed and covered all of Paris. The Subject matter within the book covered all of the areas that were concerning us on our first time visit to Paris. Over all a good clear uderstanding thats presented well. (Best to know a little french before hand or see back of book!) ***** |
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