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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781598801217
ISBN: 159880121X
Label: Avalon Travel Publishing
Manufacturer: Avalon Travel Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: 2008-11-01
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
Studio: Avalon Travel Publishing

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Summary: CURRENT AND INSIGHTFUL! Backdoor philosphy
Comment: I've traveled to Europe several times over the past 8 years and purchased various guide books for the planning of each trip and as a guide during the trip. By far the best and most reliable is the Rick Steves series. Factual information. I like it because he has a back door philosphy. I feel like I'm getting the background information from someone that has lived there for years. I also love how I'm able to use it as a guide once I'm there too. He has walking tours of museums - of course I typically purchase the musuem audio tours but in the random time that I don't pay for it, it's nice to have one in the guidebook. I like knowing the hours and cost of sites. Also the restaurants and hotels he has reccommeded have always been better than expected. I will always use Rick Steves whenever traveling to Europe. I know that he updates these yearly! I just wish he made these books for other parts of the world!
- Love how everything is described in detail. Ina country where I don't speak the language, I expect to be prepared when I walk out of my hotel room and I was.

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Summary: Typical travel recommendations with little insight into the hidden gems of Paris.
Comment: When my family all went to Paris this was one of the books we purchased to prepare for the trip. Luckily I bought a few additional, more thorough, guides because this one missed the boat on a few amazing spots. This book by Steves mentions the Pantheon, Musee Histoire and Musee de Carnavalet only in passing and really only to imply that they aren't worth going to. This is a huge error, these sites were some of my favorite places that we visited! Steves mentions something like "only well-read people or historians would recognize the names of people buried in the Pantheon". Does he mean unrecognizable people like Voltaire, Madame Curie, Antoine de St. Exupery, and Victor Hugo? Plus I found the Pantheon absolutely staggering in its size and beauty. It was one of my family's favorite spots. He also dismisses the Musee Histoire and Carnavalet, but these places were equally interesting. Maybe I'm easily impressed, but the Musee Histoire houses such gems as letters from Charelemagne, Voltaire, and a young Louis XVI's journal, as well as the fabric book that Marie Antoinette chose swatches from for her dresses. The Musee Carnavelet has Parisian artifacts from Roman times through the Revolution to the present, definitely worth a visit. One room, painted of a circus in the clouds, entirely in deep reds and grays was breathtakingly beautiful, and I have never seen its equal in Europe. I imagine in the grand scope of things, these places may not compare when pressed for time to places like the Louvre, San Chapelle, or the D'Orsee, but I thought they were amazing. Rather then give them the brush off, Steves should have more accurately described them and given the reader a chance to choose. I only found out what these places housed when reading other guides. This makes me not trust his judgment and I would certainly never trust a travel guide of his without some additional resources. Oh, and please excuse my bad French, I am writing these names from memory, and may not have the spelling correct.

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Summary: Best walks and advise.
Comment: Just returned from Paris using this book - Rick Steves created wonderful walks that brought us to the best places. We had a wonderful trip thanks to the advise in this book. Highly recommend that you bring this book with you to Paris.

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The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, and the cozy crêperies of Ile St. Louis—Rick Steves’ Paris 2009 allows any traveler to experience all that the City of Light has to offer, from the big-name attractions to the local favorites. Rick covers the best of Paris, providing full tours of the museums and historic sights, detailed walks through various neighborhoods, and complete coverage of Parisian cuisine. Pick from over 400 types of cheeses at the fromagerie on Rue Cler or take a day trip to Versailles—it’’s all possible with Rick Steves as your guide.