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Title: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Paris (revised) by Alan Tillier ISBN: 1-56458-185-3 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (60 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fabulous Paris Guide
Comment: In a sea of dismal travel books, the Eyewitness Travel Guides published by Dorling Kindersley stand out like a lighthouse.
Last year we traveled to Paris and relied heavily on this Paris guidebook. Not only were the maps, directions, and recommendations absolutely perfect, but the high quality of this book and its absolute comprehensiveness (especially in light of its price) make it a must-buy. Unlike its drab Fodor's counterpart, beautiful images in this guide easily recall some of our best moments, making it a keepsake even after the trip. The flexible, plasticized cover also means it stays looking nice, even after spending all day in a crowded backpack.
All told, the perfect travel guide and another in a long line of excellent Dorling Kindersley books. A 10!
Dan Edelen
Rating: 5
Summary: Best one-volume travel series
Comment: The Eyewitness Travel Guide series is my favorite series in the if-you-could-only-take-one-book-what-would-it-be category. Others may be more comprehensive (Lonely Planet, for example) or better suited to particular topics or interests. But if you're going to, in this case, Paris, for a week or two, and you know you want to see the major sites and some out-of-the way places too, this is your book.
What is unique about these books? This book has beautiful photos, but so do the Insight Guides. It lists lots of things and places to see, do, eat and stay, but don't they all? Two things set this series apart: organization and maps.
The guide organizes itself according to areas of the city. This does not necessarily break down according to "arrondisement," but in a way that is more useful to the tourist. Its sections organize things to see and do by location and neighborhood, which makes planning schedules yourself much easier, as opposed to following suggested schedules (which invariably contain stops you aren't interested in) or having to flip from the museum section to the parks section to the monuments section to the churches section and trying to figure out which ones to see on the same day. This is made even easier by the maps.
In addition to excellent conventional maps of the city, this guide has drawings that show axonometric, aerial views of neighborhoods, with building-by-building, house-by-house depictions of what the neighborhoods look like and how they are laid out. You can see how the things you want to see in that neighborhood are situated in relation to each other. It's like getting a helicopter tour of that neighborhood before you arrive on the ground. No other guidebooks have this feature. I think the combination of the neighborhood organization layout and these unique maps (which are right in the relevant sections) make day planning a breeze and even fun.
On the negative side for some, the restaurants and lodgings are in separate sections. I don't find this is a problem. I'm not going to be looking for a place to stay every night while I'm sightseeing anyway--I figure out the one place I'm staying in advance and use that as my base. And we often plan dinner locations separately from rest of the day's activities and wing it for lunch. So I consider the separation of the lodging and restaurant sections to be an advantage. But if you like to plan all your meals in advance in the same neighborhood you'll be sightseeing in, or plan to wander up and down the streets looking for a new hotel every day, or a recommended restaurant in the 'hood, you'll have to do a bit of flipping back and forth between sections.
This is a great trip planning tool, and with its beautiful photos and smashing map/aerial drawings, it will get you excited about your upcoming trip, too.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent travel tool!
Comment: My wife and I went to Paris on our honeymoon and we had a fantastic time in that glorious city. One of the things that helped us enjoy more and that helped us take advantage of all the city has to offer was having this travel guide.
The Eyewitness travel guides are a step ahead of any other series of travel books because it not only includes the same information that the other have, but they also include additional information that is really great to know and have while abroad.
This guide has all the usual bits about he city: the top sites to visit (including work hours so as not to get there when they're closed!), how to move around (info on buses, Le Metro, trains, taxis, you name it), lists of shops and restaurants (with different price ranges and organized by location)and great street maps. It also has historic information on the city, which truly enriched our visit by helping us appreciate the places and sites we were visiting.
However, the greatest thing about the guide were the "walk routes", helpful suggestions on ways how to best go site seeing. Even if you don't follow them completely, they give you great ideas on where to go.
It also includes lots of information on sites outside of Paris, which are great to visit if you have the time.
All in all, an excellent travel tool!
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Title: Eyewitness Travel Guide to France by Rosemary Bailey, John Ardagh, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Deni Bown ISBN: 1564586464 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: London (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Michael Leapman ISBN: 0789493837 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: French (Eyewitness Travel Guide Phrase Books) by Dorling Kindersley Publishing ISBN: 0789494876 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.00 |
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Title: Eyewitness Travel City Map to Paris by Dorling Kindersley Publishing ISBN: 0789448580 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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Title: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Spain by Deni Bown ISBN: 0789410680 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: 1996 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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