Paris |
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Author:
| Moneger, Lionel Knopf Guides Staff, |
Series title: | Knopf City Guides |
ISBN: | 978-0-375-70253-2 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1998 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Knopf |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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These striking new guides to seven major destinations are so appealing that you won't be able to put them down--even after you've stopped traveling. Slender and light, they fit into your purse or pocket. The traveler gets a rich flavor of a city through 600 vibrant color photographs while being guided through the 400 best hotels, restaurants, shops, and cultural sights. Each guide is divided into nine sections:Everything You Need to Knowtakes you into a given city and explains local...
More DescriptionThese striking new guides to seven major destinations are so appealing that you won't be able to put them down--even after you've stopped traveling. Slender and light, they fit into your purse or pocket. The traveler gets a rich flavor of a city through 600 vibrant color photographs while being guided through the 400 best hotels, restaurants, shops, and cultural sights. Each guide is divided into nine sections:Everything You Need to Knowtakes you into a given city and explains local transportation once you are there;Where to Staylists 80 hotels with a wide range in price;Where to Eatincludes everything from diners to four-star restaurants;After Darkshows you the clubs, discos, theaters, and concert halls;What to Seeguides the traveler from museums to cultural monuments and other places of interest;Further Afieldprovides 36 excursions just outside the city to historic houses, botanical gardens, zoos, or museums; andWhere to Shopfeatures 80 different boutiques, department stores, and markets. At the back are subway and bus routes and 10 double-page spreads of cityMaps.Also included is theBusiness Reference Guide,with information for the business traveler on the city's stock exchange, major banks, business newspapers, television and radio stations, as well as a schedule of conventions. SOME HIGHLIGHTS The guide to PARIS features such exquisite museums as the Gustave Moreau and the most interesting restaurants, including Taillevent and La Coupole.