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

by Haas Mroue

• ISBN13: 9780764567452
• ISBN10: 0764567454
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Frommers

Summary

Eleven beguiling walks through the City of Light Leads visitors through the most intriguing Parisian districts, including the Latin Quarter, the Marais, Fauborg St-Germain, Montparnasse, and Montmartre Provides the lowdown on historic churches, famous hangouts for artists and writers such as Picasso, Man Ray, and Sartre, celebrity gravesites at Pegrave;re-Lachaise, and much more Includes maps for every walk plus suggestions for where to take a break

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 guest lectures frequently on poetry at the University of California, Berkeley, and offers travel-writing workshops at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. He's also a contributor to Frommer's Europe from $70 a Day, Frommer's Paris from $80 a Day, Frommer's Gay and Lesbian Europe, and Frommer's Argentina and 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.