Frommer's Paris from $80 a Day

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Edition: Map
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-11-01
Publisher(s): Frommer
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Summary

Frommer2s is the name you can trust for great travel bargains. Our acclaimed $-a-Day series is not for backpackers who want to rough it, but for travelers with taste, who2ve outgrown their student lifestyle and demand comfortable accommodations and good, authentic meals at a reasonable price. Each guide is loaded with detailed listings for mom-and-pop motels, B&Bs, comfortable guesthouses, good-value bistros, and ethnic restaurants. You2ll find a bargain-hunter2s shopping guide, affordable fun after dark, and complete sightseeing coverage, including the best things to do for free (or almost). Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go--they2ve done the legwork for you, and they2re not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. Every Frommer2s $-a-Day Guide is up-to-date, with dozens of color maps and exact prices for every single expense, so you can accurately plan each day2s budget. Frommer2s knows that affordable travel doesn2t have to mean making sacrifices. It2s about having fun and getting a great deal! Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), and personally researched by a local journalist, Frommer2s Paris from $80 a Day is your key to discovering the real heart of the City of Light. We2ll take you to street markets, affordable cafes, neighborhood bistros, and the best excursion areas. We2ll also recommend dozens of hotel bargains that make this otherwise high-priced city affordable for anyone. A complete sightseeing guide is supplemented with an entire chapter of detailed walking tours, plus special experiences that only a local would know. You2ll even get a handy glossary of French phrases and a free color fold-out map!

Table of Contents

List of Maps
viii
What's New in Paris 1(2)
The Best of Paris from $80 a Day
3(7)
Frommer's Favorite Affordable Experiences
4(1)
Best Affordable Hotel Bets
5(2)
Best Affordable Restaurant Bets
7(3)
Planning an Affordable Trip to Paris
10(36)
The $80-a-Day Premise
10(1)
Fifty-Five Money-Saving Tips
11(5)
Visitor Information
16(1)
Entry Requirements & Customs
17(174)
Money
191
The World's Greatest Financial Merger The Euro
20(1)
The French franc, the U.S. Dollar, the British Pound & the Euro
21(1)
When to Go
22(7)
Paris Calendar of Events
23(6)
Health & Insurance
29(1)
Tips for Travelers with Special Needs
30(6)
Getting There
36(5)
Planning Your Trip Online
41(2)
Frommers.com: The Complete Travel Resource
42(1)
Useful Websites for Planning Your Trip to Paris
43(3)
Paris, Je t'Adore
44(2)
Getting to Know the City of Light
46(22)
Orientation
47(12)
Arrondissements in Brief
50(9)
Getting Around
59(9)
Fast Facts: Paris
63(5)
Accommodations You Can Afford
68(33)
Right Bank
70(15)
Left Bank
85(13)
Hostels & Dorms
98(3)
Great Deals for Dining
101(45)
Eating Like a Parisian
102(3)
Cheap Streets: The Lowdown
104(1)
Restaurants by Cuisine
105(2)
The Best of the Budget Chains
107(1)
Right Bank
108(16)
Left Bank
124(12)
The Best Cafes
136(4)
Tea Salons (Salons de Thes)
140(2)
Wine Bars
142(1)
Patisseries & Boulangeries
143(3)
Seeing the Sights
146(74)
Suggested Itineraries
146(1)
Attractions by Type
147(4)
The Top 10 Sights
151(13)
Paris's Top free (or Almost) Attractions
152(3)
Some Louvre Tips
155(8)
Great Spots for Getting That Panoramic Shot
163(1)
Ile de la Cite & Ile St-Louis
164(5)
Place Dauphine
167(2)
The Louvre, Tuileries & Les Halles (1e Arrondissement)
169(5)
Baron Haussmann: The Man Who Transformed Paris
174(1)
The Opera, Bourse & the Grands Boulevards (2e, 9e & 10e Arrondissements)
174(5)
The Marais, Beaubourg & Bastille (3e, 4e & 11e Arrondissements)
179(7)
The Champs-Elysees & Environs (8e & 17e Arrondissements)
186(5)
Montmartre (18e Arrondissement)
191(3)
Trocadero & Le Seizieme (16e Arrondissement)
194(5)
Eastern Paris (12e, 19e & 20e Arrondissements)
199(4)
The Canals of Paris
203(1)
The Latin Quarter (Se & 6e Arrondissements)
203(5)
St-Germain-des-Pres (6e & 7e Arrondissements)
208(3)
An American Bookseller in Paris
210(1)
The Eiffel Tower & Invalides (7e Arrondissement)
211(3)
Montparnasse (6e, 14e & 15e Arrondissements)
214(3)
Organized Tours
217(3)
Paris Strolls
220(15)
Walking Tour 1: The Marais
220(4)
Walking Tour 2: Montmartre
224(3)
Walking Tour 3: The Literary & Artistic Left Bank
227(4)
Walking Tour 4: The Latin Quarter
231(4)
Shopping
235(12)
The Shopping Basics
235(1)
The Best Shopping from A to Z
236(11)
Paris After Dark
247(15)
The Performing Arts
248(3)
The Club & Music Scene
251(6)
The Bar Scene
257(5)
A Bar Crawl in Trendy Menilmontant
260(2)
Side Trips from Paris
262(14)
Versailles
262(4)
Fontainebleau
266(2)
Chartres
268(3)
Disneyland Paris
271(3)
Giverny--In the Footsteps of Claude Monet
274(2)
Appendix A: Paris in Depth 276(11)
History 101
276(8)
Dateline
276(8)
Parisian Art
284(1)
Recommended Reading
285(2)
Appendix B: A Glossary of Useful French-Language Terms 287(4)
Index 291(1)
General Index
291(11)
Accommodations Index
302(1)
Restaurant Index
302(1)
Cafe Index
303(1)
Tea Salon Index
304(1)
Wine Bar Index
304

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