Frommer's Memorable Walks in Paris

by Mroue, Haas; Oliver, Jeanne

• ISBN13: 9780764563300
• ISBN10: 0764563300
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Frommer

Summary

Walking is the best way to get to know a city intimately, exploring its neighborhoods and taking time to savor its details and hidden treasures, so follow Frommer2s for an up-close-and-personal look at Paris. We2ve designed ten fabulous walking tours, taking in the city2s most intriguing neighborhoods. Each route takes a few hours and comes complete with detailed directions, suggested refreshment stops for snacks along the way, and an accompanying map. Discover the atmospheric and the opulent, the ancient and the avante-garde -- everything that makes Paris unique. We2ll introduce you to the bohemian Latin Quarter, with vestiges of a Roman bath among the cafe-lined cobblestone streets. You2ll stroll past the Sacre-Couer and through beautiful Montmartre, the village on a hill that inspired van Gough, Renoir, Degas, and Toulouse-Lautrec; and you2ll explore Pere-Lachaise, final resting place of Jim Morrison, Edith Piaf, Gertrude Stein, Marcel Proust, and Oscar Wilde. Slim and easy-to-carry, Frommer2s Memorable Walks in Paris offers a wonderful way to make the city your own!

Table of Contents

List of Maps	vi
Introducing the City of Light	1	(10)
The Walking Tours
Ancient & Medieval Paris
The Ile de la Cite	11	(14)
The Latin Quarter	25	(25)
The Northern Latin Quarter	25	(13)
The Southern Latin Quarter	38	(12)
Royal Paris
The Marais	50	(28)
The Central Marais	50	(15)
The Southern Marais & Ile St-Louis	65	(13)
The Faubourg St-Germain	78	(12)
Artistic & Literary Paris
The St-Germain Quarter & Montparnasse	90	(29)
From St-Germain-des-Pres to l'Odeon	90	(13)
From l'Odeon to Montparnasse	103	(16)
Montmartre	119	(27)
The Butte	119	(15)
The Boulevards	134	(12)
The Pere-Lachaise Cemetery	146	(19)
Essentials	165	(5)
Index	170