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Title: Walking Paris : Thirty Original Walks In and Around Paris by Gilles Desmons ISBN: 0-8442-0141-3 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.36 (11 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: disappointed
Comment: I bought "walking paris" because of the good reviews at amazon.com and tried to use it in my recent Paris vacation. I was very disappointed. In the end, I used Michelin's Green Guide. The problems of "walking paris" are as follows:
1. The descriptions of walks are formated as a long narrative. They are difficult to consult unless you hold the book to your nose as you walk.
2. Much of the text involved detailed instruction on which street to go to and where to turn. Such information would be much easier to follow on a good map.
3. The maps are only simple sketches of the routes. They are not easy to follow because they don't provide enough context information. If you deviate from the prescribed route, the map becomes useless.
4. The style of the narrative and sketchy map means you have to follow the route exactly. When I was walking in Paris, I often wanted to wander a bit.
5. Sometimes you have to deviate from the prescribed route, as when I had to because a park through which the described walk is supposed to go through was closed. It's difficult to work out an alternative route based on the information in the book.
6. Because of the narrative nature, you can't tell from the book the highlights of the walks.

Rating: 5
Summary: Terrific resource!
Comment: This is an excellent book!! We used it not only to guide us on walking tours, but as a quick historical resource. The pictures are nice as well. Our tours took us lots longer than the book said, but we did aa lot of looking and picture taking!! We would buy a book like this for any city we visited if it were available by this author.

Rating: 5
Summary: Fabulous book! Wouldn't go to Paris again without it.
Comment: I also found this book to be fabulous. I happened upon it in the library and brought it with me to Paris last year. Now I have to have my own copy for my next trip to Paris. I'd spent quite a bit of time exploring Paris already, but with this book I discovered so much more. And remember, if you do happen to get a little lost, you're still in Paris!!!

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