Rick Steves' Paris, 2001

by STEVES R

• ISBN13: 9781566912372
• ISBN10: 1566912377
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Pub Group West

Summary

Including self-guided walking tours through the Champs-E+lyses and Montmartre, this in-depth guide features detailed museum maps and practical tips to help visitors see only what they want. Photos and illustrations. Maps.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(1)
Welcome to Our Paris City Guide	2	(1)
Trip Costs	3	(1)
Exchange Rate	4	(1)
Prices, Time, and Discounts	4	(1)
When to Go	4	(1)
Red Tape, Business Hours, and Parking	5	(1)
Banking	5	(1)
The Cultural & Language Barrier	6	(1)
Travel Smart	6	(1)
French Tourist Offices in the U.S.A.	7	(1)
Recommended Guidebooks	7	(1)
Rick Steves' Book and Videos	7	(1)
Maps	8	(1)
Tours of Paris and France	9	(1)
Transportation	9	(1)
Telephones, Mail, and E-mail	9	(1)
Sleeping	10	(3)
Eating in France	13	(4)
Stranger in a Strange Land	17	(1)
Back Door Manners	17	(1)
Back Door Travel Philosophy	18	(1)
Paris Orientation	19	(11)
Arrival in Paris	19	(1)
Planning Your Time	19	(3)
Paris: A Verbal Map	22	(1)
Tourist Information	22	(2)
Helpful Hints	24	(1)
Getting around Paris	24	(3)
Organized Tours of Paris	27	(3)
Paris Sights	30	(191)
Walks
Historic Paris Walk	43	(18)
Champs-Elysees Walk	61	(7)
Marais Walk	68	(5)
Rue Cler Walk	73	(5)
Montmartre Walk	78	(7)
Tours
Louvre Tour	85	(19)
Orsay Tour	104	(26)
Pompidou Center Tour	130	(12)
Carnavalet Museum Tour	142	(15)
Rodin Museum Tour	157	(8)
Marmottan Tour	165	(7)
Napoleon's Tomb & Les Invalides Tour	172	(14)
Cluny Museum Tour	186	(5)
Day-Trip Tours From Paris
Versailles Tour	191	(18)
Chartres Cathedral Tour	209	(12)
More Day Trips From Paris	221	(8)
Grand Chateaus	221	(5)
Giverny & Disneyland Paris	226	(3)
Sleeping in Paris	229	(17)
Eating in Paris	246	(12)
Paris with Children	258	(4)
Shopping in Paris	262	(3)
Paris at Night	265	(4)
Transportation Connections	269	(7)
Appendix	276	(11)
Index	287