Customer Reviews

Fodor's Paris 2003

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If you only have a day or two, this distills the major landmarks/things to do. Map is excellent and includes ALL arrondisments and surrounding areas. Has info for all ages and interests and the book & the map are in a plastic cover that is small & light enough for a purse or (large) pocket. Useful, easy to read format is well-organized with accurate information. Only useful as starting place for hotels if you are on a tight budget or need to stay in a particular area, though.

Fodor's has really done an excellent job producing this guide book. The map was informative and up to date. The book is great for carrying around in your purse or knapsack. You can just whip it out anywhere and find the appropriate Metro stop for each point of interest. Buy it!

The Fodor City Guides are perfect for cramming into a camera case and setting off to explore a new city. When I scan the travel section of my local bookstore, I am overwhelmed by the increasing spine width and decreasing print font of travel guides. I want a fun vacation -- and I don't want to study too hard for it! (Let's save those brain cells for learning the language!) The City Guides give me just the "big picture" overview that I need to help me make the most of my limited vacation time. Also, the City Guides have wonderful, big, detailed, full-size maps. It is no fun to try to piece together a cohesive map which is divided across several pages inside of a book, but the Fodor's guides include a full-size folded map which is tucked inside the book jacket.

I particularly like the plastic book jacket because of three reasons: 1) It protects the book from splashes from fountains or spilled bottled water; 2) It contains Fodor's wonderful full size map; and 3) The front pocket is a handy place to store those souvenir ticket stubs to remind me of my adventure when I look back at the City Guide in the future.

Last -- but certainly not least -- the Fodor's guides have the most accurate information that I have seen regarding ticket prices, times and dates of sites that are open for tourists, and metro/bus routes. Such information is always changing, and therefore it is reasonable to expect some discrepancies. However, I have found that if, for instance, three different travel guides have three different sets of information, the Fodor's guides are usually the most accurate.

have been to Paris quite a few times and enjoyed the beauty of the city. I plan on visiting there again and I have the book on Rome's 25 best. it helped me very much when I was in Rome and I am sure this book will do the same when I am in Paris again. Thanks.

We have used the Fodor's pocket-size guide for travel to Rome, London, and now Paris. They are always our favorites for hitting the highlights of what we want to see and do. I don't know why we keep buying the other ones, because all of the relavant stuff from those is usually in the Fodor's guide. And the maps are great (if a bit travel-worn by the end of the trip).