Paris Free & Dirt Cheap will offer readers a multitude of choices, insiders knowledge, local short-cuts and tips to maximise their time in the city when on a budget. From the left and right banks to around the islands and along the river, this guide will explore shopping, eating, drinking, museums, monuments, shows, readings, classes, gigs, parks and playgrounds, forests, chateaux, cruises, film, sport and much more to give visitors the inside track on getting the most for their buck. For residents this guide will open up their doorstep to help them explore the hidden nooks and crannies of the city and how to keep their wallet firmly in their pocket.
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'...practical and thrifty guide for those who want to enjoy the finer things in life for less.' (Destination France, May 2010).
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Explore the City of Lights and Left Bank without breaking the bank!
Dirt Cheap Art & Culture: How to have an authentic, local and unique experience at the city's best cultural sites by living on a few euros a day.
Best Food & Drink: Where to enjoy the most delectable cheap eats like a local–from Bistro bites to inventive hip cafes, Breton delicacies to the best boulangeries and bars.
Dirt Cheap Shopping: The best insider buys and bargains in Paris.
Free Music: Classical music, jazz quartets, and cutting-edge bands.
Free Films: Outdoors and indoors, from indies to cult faves.
Dirt-Cheap Stays: Insider tips on the best places to stay like a Parisian.
Can you really have a great time in one of the most expensive citiesin the world on just a few euros a day? Yes! And this is the guidebook that will show you how. Whether you live in Paris or are just visiting, you'll find everything you need to live large without spending big–on shopping, food, entertainment, places to stay, and more.
You can find love, romance, incredible cuisine and wildcreativity in the City of Lights on just a few euros a day.
Praise for New York City Free & Dirt Cheap
"Make your dollars go farther." —The Times
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This is a very good and thorough guide book, exactly what you would expect from Frommer's. To say the least, it is easy to go broke in Paris in a very short time, but there is no need for that either in Paris or in other cities thought notoriously expensive. In Geneva you can see some of the highest prices for consumer goods on the face of the planet, but I ate well there for a very reasonable cost and without much research either. Paris is a lot bigger of course, and unless money is no object I would call it a good investment to buy this guide.
You will find all the expected chapters here - eating and drinking, sightseeing, entertainment, events, accommodation, culture and whatnot (especially whatnot). One section that I was particularly pleased to see covered the topic of eating in restaurants with one's children. Give the French their due, they handle that matter perhaps better than any other nation does, and you should be able to expect considerate treatment and reasonable charges. In general this book comes up trumps when it is a matter of identifying good value eateries, because in my experience there are plenty of them, but of course you need a bit of guidance unless your knowledge of the city is exhaustive. It's a pity in that case that there seems to be no help here for vegetarians, and I think that sufficient grounds for taking a fifth star away from a volume that in most other ways would have qualified for the top rating. I still recall my daughter returning from a trip to Paris and saying that she never wanted to see cheese again in her life, because there just seemed to be nothing else for a vegetarian to eat. There is a section headed `say fromage' which is fine and appropriate for an omnivore such as I am, but not for a hopeful visitor denied alternatives.... Read more ›
You will find all the expected chapters here - eating and drinking, sightseeing, entertainment, events, accommodation, culture and whatnot (especially whatnot). One section that I was particularly pleased to see covered the topic of eating in restaurants with one's children. Give the French their due, they handle that matter perhaps better than any other nation does, and you should be able to expect considerate treatment and reasonable charges. In general this book comes up trumps when it is a matter of identifying good value eateries, because in my experience there are plenty of them, but of course you need a bit of guidance unless your knowledge of the city is exhaustive. It's a pity in that case that there seems to be no help here for vegetarians, and I think that sufficient grounds for taking a fifth star away from a volume that in most other ways would have qualified for the top rating. I still recall my daughter returning from a trip to Paris and saying that she never wanted to see cheese again in her life, because there just seemed to be nothing else for a vegetarian to eat. There is a section headed `say fromage' which is fine and appropriate for an omnivore such as I am, but not for a hopeful visitor denied alternatives.... Read more ›
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