Frommer's^® Memorable Walks in Paris, 5th Edition

by Haas Mroue

• ISBN13: 9780764556401
• ISBN10: 0764556401
• Edition: 5th
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Frommers

Summary

11 GREAT WALKING TOURS Through the Most Colorful Neighborhoods in Paris Follow 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 Cite, home to two of the world's most incredible churches * The bohemian Latin Quarter, with vestiges of a Roman bath among cafe-lined streets * Sacre-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

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.