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Lonely Planet Paris (Paperback) (平装)
by Steve Fallon, Annabel Hart
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Travel, Paris |
| Market price: ¥ 198.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
This is an excellent guide for those travelers who don't mind getting lost in Paris. |
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Eric Su (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
This is one of my favorite Lonely Planet guides. It is clear and well-presented, and contains just enough information on Paris and some nearby attractions, without going overboard with detail. The restaurant recommendations are particularly good.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
Used this guidebook on my second visit to Paris. This guidebook has better maps than any other guidebooks I have used when travelling through Italy, France, and Holland. I tried several of the restaurants listed in the book, explored some of the more obscure attractions listed, and it helped make my Paris experience wonderful. You won't need any other books on Paris if you get this one.
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H. Proulx (MSL quote), Carmel, CA USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
After many a trip to Paris, Lonely Planet still stands out as the guidebook of guidebooks. This edition has great restaurant reviews, as is common with LP guides. We have never been steered wrong unless it was to a place that had gone out of business and therefore was no longer open. To avoid this, you can always call ahead of time if you are really concerned.
What I always like about LP is the background info they give on the city, plus they recommend books, music and movies to get you in the mood for your travels. The hotel info is good, though their prices are not always totally accurate (understandable, hotels change their rates yearly and therefore may not always be updated in real time). What is accurate is the ranges they give Budget, Mid-Range, High-End.
They also have top 5 restaurants, top 5 sites, depending on the arrondissement you are in. This is great because if you are on the go, it saves you the trouble of reading each restaurant review, or each museum/site description.
You will probably want to buy a map to accompany you, as the ones in the back of the book are adequate, but could be better. We have traveled with Rough Guide maps, very convenient and weather safe with relatively large print. LP makes maps too, but I prefer the RG's.
If you are lucky enough to go to Paris, this is a great guide to have in your bag. It is also a great pre-trip guide and reading the background or getting some of they books they recommend before you step on the plane can only enhance your experience. I would recommend A MOVEABLE FEAST by Ernest Hemingway, a fantastic book about his days in Paris in the 20's.
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Richard R. Carlton (MSL quote), Ada, MI United States
<2007-01-17 00:00>
I've made >20 visits to France all together. Here are my reviews of the best guides....to meet you r exact needs.....I hope these are helpful and that you have a great visit! I always gauge the quality of my visit by how much I remember a year later......this review is designed to help you get the guide that will be sure YOU remember your trip many years into the future. Travel Safe and enjoy yourself to the max!
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet has City and Out To Eat Guides. They are all about the experience so they focus on doing, being, getting there, and this means they have the best detailed information, including both inexpensive and really spectacular restaurants and hotels, out-of-the-way places, weird things to see and do, the list is endless.
Blue Guides
Without doubt, the best of the walks guides.... the Blue Guide has been around since 1918 and has extremely well designed walks with lots of unique little side stops to hit on just about any interest you have. If you want to pick up the feel of the city, this is the best book to do that for you. This is one that you end up packing on your 10th trip, by which time it is well worn.
MapGuide
MapGuide is very easy to use and has the best location information for hotels, tourist attractions, museums, churches etc. that they manage to keep fairly up to date. It's great for teaching you how to use the Metro. The text sections are quick overviews, not reviews, but the strong suite here is brevity, not depth. I strongly recommend this for your first few times learning your way around the classic tourist sites and experiences. MapGuide is excellent as long as you are staying pretty much in the center of the city.
Time Out
The Time Out guides are very good. Easy reading, short reviews of restaurants, hotels, and other sites, with good public transport maps that go beyond the city centre. Many people who buy more than one guidebook end up liking this one best!
Let's Go
Let's Go is a great guide series that specializes in the niche interest details that turn a trip into a great and memorable experience. Started by and for college students, these guides are famous for the details provided by people who used the book the previous year. They continue to focus on providing a great experience inexpensively. If you want to know about the top restaurants, this is not for you (use Fodor's or Michelin). Let's Go does have a bewildering array of different guides though. Here's which is what:
Budget Guide is the main guide with incredibly detailed information and reviews on everything you can think of.
City Guide is just as intense but restricted to the single city.
PocketGuide is even smaller and features condensed information
MapGuide's are very good maps with public transportation and some other information (like museum hours, etc.)
Michelin
Famous for their quality reviews, the Red Michelin Guides are for hotels & Restaurants, the Green Michelin Guides are for main tourist destinations. However, the English language Green guide is the one most people use and it has now been supplemented with hotel and restaurant information. These are the serious review guides as the famous Michelin ratings are issued via these books.
Fodor's
Fodor's is the best selling guide among Americans. They have a bewildering array of different guides. Here's which is what:
The Gold Guide is the main book with good reviews of everything and lots of tours, walks, and just about everything else you could think of. It's not called the Gold guide for nothing though....it assumes you have money and are willing to spend it.
SeeIt! is a concise guide that extracts the most popular items from the Gold Guide
PocketGuide is designed for a quick first visit
UpCLOSE for independent travel that is cheap and well thought out
CityPack is a plastic pocket map with some guide information
Exploring is for cultural interests, lots of photos and designed to supplement the Gold guide |
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A kid (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-17 00:00>
Surprisingly superficial guidebook from a publisher that usually sets the standard. The book might be useful for those who have never visited Paris and don't intend to spend more than a couple of days. For most visitors, simple web searches will result in more substantive information. I was really disappointed by page after page of cliches. Weight is a consideration when choosing a guidebook, and we could easily have been spared introductory chapters - why lug around pages of simplistic analysis of the French? This updated edition has all the faddish content of a Travel channel guide (page 274's "Queer Eye for the Metrosexual" section is a typical example). Nothing seems improved over previous editions, and some content is quite baffling: why not just save paper and overall weight, rather than including a "Thanks" section (p.361) that concludes, "As always, I'd like to dedicate my efforts to my partner, Michael Rothschild, whose knowledge of menu French grows in proportion to...well, never mind."?
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