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The Rough Guide to Paris Map (Rough Guide City Maps)

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We went to many bookstores looking for a map of Paris. MY parner and I were going for the first time ever and had no clue what to expect. We went for 6 days and 5 nights. We thumbed thru about 100 different maps in total and purchased this one based on 3 things: it showed the street we were staying on, it divided the country into arrondisements (different districts) and it showed all the tourist spots!

The map was easy to read and through all our fighting over it and folding and unfolding, the map stayed in tact! It's also waterproof!

It was so worth the money! We got lost once when we travelled far off the map. But it really is the best map out there! We are keeping it for our next visit!

Just got home yesterday from my first trip to Paris. I found the Rough Guide Paris map INVALUABLE in getting around the city and finding the sites I wanted and even figuring out the metro stops that were closest to the sites I wanted to see. It is very complete and easy to use and I love the fact that it is plastic and won't get ruined if it gets wet (because boy- it sure rained a lot of the time I was there). I used little repositionable "sticky" arrows to mark my "home" and my favorite sites "internet cafe" or "store with the neat paper" or "best Onion Soup" so it was easy to find those places again. I had previously used Rough Guide maps in Rome and Florence and would not even *think* of starting another trip without getting the Rough Guide map for that city. They are the BEST.

I bought this map because I thought it would give a wider view of Paris, as I'm taking a vacation there toward the end of the year and I am thinking that it will be necessary to stay in a hotel a bit out of the center of Paris in order get an affordable nightly rate. Unfortunately it cuts off right before it gets to the 20th in the east of Paris.

Great map--slightly plasticized to resist rain (it rained a lot when we were in Paris).
We found every street and landmark easily.
Easily foldable.

Multiple misplaced Metro stations (e.g., Porte Maillot, Miromesnil), buildings (e.g., Ministre de l'Interieur) and hotels (the one I stayed in) made this map useless - I spent about an hour in total walking the wrong way because of such mistakes on a map that claims to have been "thoroughly researched on the ground".

The tough waterproof paper is good; in fact it's essential as the manner in which the map is folded is so awkward you will come close to tearing it every time you use it.

I'd recommend a map book; even the crude maps in the Lonely Planet guide are better than this.

You cant go wrong with this one unless you are just looking for an overview. Metro stops clearly marked and excellent detail!!!

I found this guide to Paris an invaluable companion on my first trip to the city. Its detailed maps of the different quarters and breezy commentary was a great supplement to the simpler, heavily illustrated "Eyewitness" Guide I also used. The Rough Guide goes into greater detail, and has a lot more historical background, without being exhaustive like the famous "Blue Guide" series. It also has a good summary of the history of the city. The writing is winningly opinionated in places (declaring, for example, that the late 19th century realist paintings in the Musee D'Orsay are 'indigestible'), but doesn't seem demand that you agree with it. Maybe Paris just makes people opinionated in matters of taste. I'd recommend it for anybody who wants more than the tourist surface, but who doesn't want to be overwhelmed with too much background.

I used this map for my recent trip to Paris. I also includes Metro (=subway) map.