Paris Mini City Guide

by Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls

• ISBN13: 9781860118418
• ISBN10: 1860118410
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Cadogan Guides

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