Subject: Re: The best travel guidebooks |
Hi, Lucy... Oh, my goodness. What a time I have choosing
just a couple guides to take with us to Paris -- I have a
trunk full of Paris guidebooks! However, when it comes down
to it, I take _Michelin the Green Guide Paris_, because it's
so handy, alphabetical, and good maps. I also like the _Eye
Witness Guide to Paris_, as with the photos, it's easy to
see where I want to go, and it has good maps too. Most
guide books don't have enough information, so I supplement
with research on the internet and a couple of books on
restaurants -- _The Food Lover's Guide to Paris_ by Patricia
Wells and _Great Eats Paris_ by Sandra Gustafson. I
recently purchased a new Paris guidebook that I really
like -- it's huge, but light weight -- not really easy to
carry around with us, but it has information the others
don't have, such as directions on getting to La Butte aux
Cailles and other less touristy areas. It's by Heather
Stimmler-Hall, called the _Adventure Guide Paris &
lle-de-France._ Most important to me, though, are two very
small books... the first is called _Autobus de Paris_, with
bus information and maps. I bought it in a Paris bookstore,
near the Noctambus sculpture on the rue de Rivoli. With
that and the Michelin #57 spiral, map book, _Paris Par
Arrondissments_, which I bought on http://www.amazon.fr we
can find our way around.
Best, Sandy |