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9781860118418

Paris Mini City Guide

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  • ISBN13:

    9781860118418

  • ISBN10:

    1860118410

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2002-03-01
  • Publisher: Cadogan Guides
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Summary

The best way into the heart of Paris, that most romantic of cities. This guide is crammed with ideas for walks and day trips, suggestions for where to eat and drink, and all the top attractions as well as some more unusual sights.

Table of Contents

Introducing
Introduction 1(1)
The Neighbourhoods 2(13)
Days Out in Paris 15(12)
Roots of the City 27(16)
Art and Architecture 43(14)
The Guide
Travel
57(12)
Getting There
58(3)
Specialist Tour Operators
61(1)
Entry Formalities
62(1)
Arrival
63(1)
Getting Around
63(6)
Practical A-Z
69(10)
Climate
70(1)
Crime and the Police
70(1)
Disabled Travellers
70(2)
Electricity, Weights and Measures
72(1)
Embassies and Consulates
72(1)
Health, Emergencies and Insurance
72(1)
Internet
73(1)
Lost Property
73(1)
Media
73(1)
Money
74(1)
Opening Hours and Public Holidays
75(1)
Photography
75(1)
Post and Fax
76(1)
Smoking
76(1)
Students
76(1)
Telephones
76(1)
Time
77(1)
Tipping
77(1)
Toilets
77(1)
Tourist Offices
77(1)
Women Travellers
77(1)
Working and Long Stays
78(1)
The Islands
79(16)
Ile de la Cite
82(1)
Notre-Dame
82(7)
Conciergerie
89(1)
Sainte-Chapelle
90(3)
Ile St-Louis
93(2)
The Grand Axe
95(24)
Musee du Louvre
98(12)
Jardin des Tuileries
110(2)
Place de la Concorde
112(1)
The Champs-Elysees
113(3)
Arc de Triomphe
116(3)
Musee d'Orsay and the Invalides
119(16)
Musee d'Orsay
122(7)
Assemblee Nationale
129(1)
Musee Rodin
129(1)
Hotel des Invalides
130(5)
Eiffel Tower and Trocadero
135(10)
Eiffel Tower
138(1)
Ecole Militaire
139(2)
Trocadero
141(4)
Opera and Palais Royal
145(14)
Opera de Paris-Palais Garnier
148(1)
The Grands Boulevards
149(1)
La Madeleine
150(2)
Place Vendome
152(1)
Palais Royal
153(2)
Rue de Rivoli
155(1)
The Passages
155(4)
Beaubourg and Les Halles
159(16)
Pompidou Centre
162(3)
Hotel de Ville
165(2)
Forum des Halles
167(7)
The Sentier District
174(1)
Marais and Bastille
175(14)
Musee Carnavalet
178(1)
Musee Picasso
179(3)
The Jewish Quarter
182(1)
Place des Vosges
183(2)
Place de la Bastille
185(1)
Opera de la Bastille
186(3)
Montmartre and the North
189(12)
Basilique du Sacre-Coeur
192(1)
Place des Abbesses
193(3)
Cimetiere de Montmartre
196(1)
Pigalle
197(4)
St-Germain
201(14)
Palais de l'Institut de France
204(1)
Ecole des Beaux-Arts
204(2)
Place St-Germain-des-Pres
206(4)
Palais du Luxembourg
210(1)
Jardin du Luxembourg
211(4)
The Latin Quarter
215(16)
Musee de Cluny
218(6)
The Sorbonne
224(4)
The Pantheon
228(3)
Jardin des Plantes
231(10)
Jardin des Plantes
234(2)
Grande Mosquee de Paris
236(1)
Mouffetard and Around
236(5)
Montparnasse
241(12)
Tour Montparnasse
244(1)
Plaisance
245(3)
L'Observatoire
248(2)
Abbaye Royale du Val-de-Grace
250(1)
Cimetiere du Montparnasse
250(3)
Outside the Centre
253(22)
16e: Passy and Auteuil
254(3)
Bois de Boulogne
257(1)
La Defense
258(3)
Marche aux Puces de St-Ouen
261(1)
St-Denis
262(1)
Parc de la Villette
263(3)
Belleville and the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
266(1)
Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise
266(1)
Bois de Vincennes
267(2)
12e:Bercy
269(1)
13e:Les Gobelins
270(2)
Parc Montsouris and the Cite Universitaire
272(1)
15e:Southwest Paris
273(2)
Walks
275(10)
The Art of Shopping: A Walk Through the Passages
276(3)
A Tour of Pere-Lachaise
279(3)
Montmartre by Night
282(3)
Day Trips
285(102)
Versailles
286(4)
Chartres
290(2)
Giverny: Maison de Monet
292(1)
St-Germain-en-Laye
292(1)
Chantilly
293(2)
Disneyland
295(1)
Vaux-le-Vicomte and Fontainebleau
296(3)
Listings
Where to Stay
299(16)
Eating Out
315(26)
Nightlife
341(8)
Entertainment
349(8)
Shopping
357(9)
Sports and Green Spaces
366(4)
Children and Teenagers' Paris
370(5)
Gay and Lesbian Paris
375(4)
Festivals
379(3)
Reference
Language
382(5)
Index 387

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