Frommer's^® Memorable Walks in Paris, 6th Edition

by Haas Mroue

• ISBN13: 9780471776482
• ISBN10: 0471776483
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: Frommers

Summary

11 GREAT WALKING TOURS Through the Most Colorful Neighborhoods in ParisFollow Frommer's for an up-close and personal look at Paris. Discover the atmospheric and the opulent, the sacred and the profane, the ancient and the avant-garde-everything that makes Paris unique.LET FROMMER'S TAKE YOU TO: The birthplace of Paris, the Ile de la Cit?, home to two of the world's most incredible churches The bohemian Latin Quarter, with vestiges of a Roman bath among caf?-lined streets Sacr?-Coeur and the beautiful Montmartre, the village on a hill that inspired van Gogh, Renoir, Degas, and Toulouse-Lautrec St.-Germain and Montparnasse, where you can see the hangouts of Picasso, Sartre, and Man Ray With easy-to-use directions and maps-and the best places to take a break along the way

Author Biography

Haas Mroue studied at the American University of Paris for 2 years before graduating from UCLA Film School. He went on to receive an M.A. in creative writing and literature from the University of Colorado, Boulder. His travel articles, poems, and short stories have appeared in such publications as the Literary Review, the Michigan Quarterly Review, National Geographic, and Encyclopaedia Britannica and have been broadcast on the BBC World Service and Starz! cable TV channel. He’s the author of Frommer’s Paris from $95 a Day and Frommer’s Amsterdam Day by Day, and a contributor to Frommer’s Europe from $85 a Day, Frommer’s Gay & Lesbian Europe, Frommer’s South America and Frommer’s Argentina & Chile. When he’s not on the road, he makes his home on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.

Table of Contents

List of Maps.

Introducing the City of Light.

The Walking Tours.

Ancient & Medieval Paris.

1 The Ile de la Cité.

2 The Latin Quarter.

Part I The Northern Latin Quarter.

Part II The Southern Latin Quarter.

Royal Paris.

3 The Marais.

Part I The Central Marais.

Part II The Southern Marais & Ile St-Louis.

4 The Faubourg St-Germain.

Artistic & Literary Paris.

5 The St-Germain Quarter & Montparnasse.

Part I From St-Germain-des-Prés to l’Odéon.

Part II From l’Odéon to Montparnasse.

6 Montmartre.

Part I The Butte.

Part II The Boulevards.

7 The Père-Lachaise Cemetery.

Essentials.

Index.

LIST OF MAPS.

The Tours at a Glance.

The Walking Tours.

The Ile de la Cité.

The Northern Latin Quarter.

The Southern Latin Quarter.

The Central Marais.

The Southern Marais & Ile St-Louis.

The Faubourg St-Germain.

From St-Germain-des-Prés to l’Odéon.

From l’Odéon to Montparnasse.

Montmartre: The Butte.

Montmartre: The Boulevards.

The Père-Lachaise Cemetery.