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Rick Steves' Paris 2007 (Rick Steves) By Rick StevesSteve SmithGene Openshaw ( Avalon Travel Publishing )
Release Date: 2006-09-28
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List Price: $17.95
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Product Description
Who but Rick Steves can tell travelers how to take self-guided walking tours along the Champs-Elysées and through the Marais? With Rick Steves’ Paris 2007, travelers can experience the best of everything the city has to offer — economically and hassle-free. Completely revised and updated, Rick Steves’ Paris 2007 includes opinionated coverage of both famous and lesser-known sights; friendly places to eat and sleep; suggested day plans; walking tours and trip itineraries; clear instructions for smooth travel anywhere by car, train, or foot; and Rick’s newest "back door" discoveries. America’s number one authority on travel to Europe, Rick’s time-tested recommendations for safe and enjoyable travel in Europe have been used by millions of Americans in search of their own unique European travel experience.
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 Excellent and very helpful!
Rick Steves' Paris had great information and wonderful tips. It was very helpful to have organized vacation plans, but also had enough ideas and favorite destinations that it allowed us to pick and choose which would work with our schedules. I especially liked the walking tour guide. It made getting from place to place fun, informative, and a good use of time.
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Great Paris guide ( jonathangreenlee )
The maps and insider tips are Great. I will take a current copy every time I go to Paris.
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This book makes sight seeing fun
I really have to compliment Rick Steves for making a tour guide book fun and informative at the same time. There were moments when I was reading a description of something and started laughing out loud from humorous description he would give. Besides being fun, there is plenty of information in here...I would recommend trying to get the 2008 version after 10/07 because the Euro has jumped up in value (or did the dollar drop?) and some prices went up also. But I would certainly recommend this book to friends and family because you will be enthused to get informed.
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Excellent guidebook
My husband and I used this book on our recent eight-day trip to Paris. It was a very helpful guidebook, giving several insights into how to get around Paris--such as where to buy the Museum Pass most efficiently, to navigating the Metro, to saving some money, etc. I found it very easy to use, with a good index that led us immediately to the information we needed. I would definitely recommend reading the book before you leave in order to maximize its information. We appreciated his starred ratings of sights big and small, which were helpful in planning our time. We didn't find his restaraunt and cafe suggestions too helpful, as "cheap" to him was "pricey" to us. Particularly of note were the tours of some of the major sights. We had our iPods with us, and we were able to download the audio versions of the written chapters as we toured the sights. At Versailles, we rented the audioguide, but in the end we found the Rick Steves tour (in the book and downloaded from his Web site), to be more interesting and informative than the palace's audioguide. I feel that we got a thorough and wonderful "tour" of Paris with this book--coupled with a good map of Paris, it's really all you need to enjoy your trip.
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All You've Ever Wanted to Know About Paris...
Rick Steves is an expert on European travel.
I am a great fan of his PBS show, "Rick Steves in...".
His information is as complete as one might want; he covers the basics plus some: how to go, where to stay, dine, explore, etc.
There is also the in-depth information on the people, the customs, the "inner side" of Paris that gives one more than
the "typical touristy" perspective.
His book is well organized and easy to read...I'm still reading it and enjoying my "chairside travel" in preparation for the real thing.
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