Lonely Planet Paris (Travel Guide) by Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet Paris (Travel Guide) Reviews

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  Beth

  Useful, readable guide filled with attraction, restaurant and shopping recommendations. I would have liked to see more extensive practical tips, especially for the novice traveler, who is not necessarily fluent in French. A good companion to this guide is Rick Steves' Paris Guide, as well as a travel-oriented French phrase book.
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  Susan White-Riggs

  Paris! What can I say- planning 2019 trip to Paris!!
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  Ferio

  Voy a repetir lo que he dicho en otras guías, porque la reflexión es la misma y la estructura también:
  
  Las guías de viaje de este estilo ya solo tienen sentido en el siglo XXI por la conveniencia de tener casi toda la información necesaria en un único sitio porque, por lo demás, carecen de la fluidez y la velocidad de actualización (particularmente en lo hostelero) que nos pueden ofrecer nuestro portal favorito de hoteles, Yelp o TripAdvisor. Evidentemente, el modelo está cambiando y, por muy actualizada que esté una guía, las ciudades son conjuntos que evolucionan cada día más rápidamente y lo que ayer molaba puede que hoy no: la única forma de saberlo es a través de Internet.
  
  Pero a mí me gustan mucho las guías Lonely Planet porque te dejan bien claro cuáles son las cosas que no debes perderte a nivel cultural en cada sitio y, siendo cosas que muchas veces tienen siglos, es difícil que su importancia cambie de un día para otro; también me gusta mucho que te dicen en qué atracciones compensa comprar la entrada previamente para evitar horas de cola, los trasfondos artístico-históricos de todas y cada una de ellas, sus horarios y precios... De otra manera, es muy complicado que todo estos datos se ofrezcan en una única página.
  
  También hay que tener en cuenta que una guía de estas características no se lee de cabo a rabo como un libro cualquiera, sino que se usa para organizar un viaje pero no para aprendértelo y, llegado el momento de estar allí, leer con mucho más detenimiento las descripciones de cada lugar. Lo bueno que tienen estas es que también tienen un acercamiento histórico y artístico completo de cada región que sirve como introducción a todas las especifidades que se desarrollan. ¡Es material valioso!
  
  Supongo que, con el paso del tiempo, este tipo de guías desaparecerán completamente en beneficio de páginas web que ofrecerán lo mismo a través de GPS, incluyendo audioguías y otra serie de cosas muy beneficiosas. El progreso es imparable pero, mientras tanto, cada vez que salgo de viaje me llevo mi Lonely Planet, que tampoco está de más.
• 
  Emi Yoshida

  This book was invaluable on our trip to Paris last year! However, this year when we spent a week in Picardy (an hour outside Paris) I was sad none of the awesome places we visited were featured as a daytrip. I know Lonely Planet works its butt off in a world of constant changes and in competition with social media it's impossible to fit in every thing everybody loves everywhere, but even though there are millions of sites that give travel info, I still love this series and want it to stay current and robust!
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  Ahmed Nabil

  I got the book as a gift by redeeming Vodafone loyalty points and it was the only Paris guide in stock. The guide has way too many listings for eating, drinking, shopping and accomodation at the expense of more important information on the arrondissements and their points of interest. Also, for a travel guide, the book is severely lacking in photos and illustrations; you either have to use your imagination or Google. If you want a good travel guide to Paris, try the DK Eyewitness series istead.
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  Theut

  Utile ripasso in previsione della visita. La lonely planet conferma pregi e difetti (poco chiara sulla disposizione dei posti da vedere in caso di prima visita a una città/paese).
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  Jeff Beardsley

  My family and I are long-time travelers around the globe, and have developed definite opinions of travel guides over the years. Along with planning travel over the internet, we've basically settled on two different guides to take with us as we go. The Eyewitness Travel Guides are my preference for advanced planning and reading on a particular destination. The Lonely Planet Guides are perfect for our travels while we are on the road. Lonely Planet fills in many of the details that Eyewitness leaves off the pages of their travel guides. Eyewitness gives us the visual for where we are heading, Lonely Planet gives us the filler. Between the two, we've settled on a routine that has suited us well for our travel purposes. Highly recommended!
• 
  Andreas Stamatopoulos

  Πολύ καλός οδηγός για το Παρίσι. Περιέχει αναλυτικές πληροφορίες για ένα ευχάριστο και αξέχαστο ταξίδι στην πόλη του φωτός. Περιέχει χάρτη της πόλης και χάρτη του μετρό. Περιγραφές των αξιοθεάτων, ιεράρχηση, ποια στα αλήθεια αξίζει να δούμε κλπ Επίσης, προτάσεις για ημερήσιες εκδρομές εκτός Παρισίου (Βερσαλλίες, Ντίσνεϊλαντ κλπ). Παράλληλα, αναφέροντα προτάσεις για ψώνια, για φαγητό, για καφέ, νυχτερινές εξόδους, ξενοδοχεία κλπ Δεν υπάρχει κάτι για το Παρίσι που ο οδηγός του Lonely Planet δεν περιέχει.Το μόνο αρνητικό είναι ότι ενώ αναφέρει τη στάση του μετρό που εξυπηρετεί κάθε αξιοθέατο δεν αναφέρει ποια από τις 14 γραμμές του μετρό πρέπει να πάρουμε...
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  Fede

  Adoro le guide Lonely Planet
  Queste guide sono scritte davvero molto bene, ti portano esattamente nel punto in cui vuoi andare come se ti trovassi a passeggiare con un abitante del luogo. in più ti danno suggerimenti e soluzioni alternative salva file o evita traffico. Suggerimenti utili per tutti i gusti e interessi. Sono semplici, schematiche e suggeriscono itinerari a piedi divisi per zone o, in alternativa, le singole attrazioni sono spiegate così bene che, come faccio di solito io, ci si può organizzare la vacanza su misura secondo i propri desideri.
  Consigliatissime
  
• 
  Kathy

  Highly recommended travel guide, for its exhaustive lists, helpful and up-to-date information, and thoughtful recommendations. Small enough, and current enough, to tote along on your travels. Although it is a travel guide, it also includes short chapters about “Paris Today,” (plans for the 2024 Summer Olympics; recent attention to greener living); “Paris History;” and fashion, architecture, literature, and the arts. For anyone interested in Paris the guide serves as rather entertaining reading.
• 
  Ieva Andersone

  As always, if you ever buy a travel guide book, get Lonely Planet. The hotel and restaurant sections are somewhat outdated (Google maps serve better), but the history, food and culture sections as well as itinerary suggestions are brilliant as always.
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  Suzanne Reymer

  Guide book. Used in combination with some covering all of France. Can't say I used a lot of the recommendations. But I found it useful for orientation and background.
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  Mondakranta

  Gosh, it's been so good reading this, and not getting lost in all the paraphernalia of things to do in Paris. Time taking but worth it. Something for every type of traveller out there.
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  Alyssa W

  A gateway book to learning more about Paris. Not the end all be all by any means, but a great jumping off point for anyone that's planning a trip to the city.
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  nici

  Bocciata! Se mai tornerò a Parigi, e lo spero, ne comprerò una diversa.
• 
  Tasha

  Good for: foodie tips and restaurants, hotels
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  Genevieve Burgess

  Useful, but I feel like the Kindle format leaves something to be desired particularly when it comes to maps or diagrams.
• 
  Grace

  2017 edition. I checked out this Frommer's, Paris in Stride, Fodor's and Rough Guide and found the LP most helpful. Good walking tours and interesting information.
• 
  Tessa

  Helpful but surface level
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  GiuCo5

  Guida davvero ben fatta per prepararsi a un viaggio indimenticabile!
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  bridgette larsen

  This book is a great starting point but should not be used as a primary source for making your itinerary.
• 
  Sharon

  What I love most about the Lonely Planet guidebooks is that they provide information written by locals, sharing favorite locations and tips for getting around the cities. They also provide information from experienced travelers about a great many matters.
  
  The Paris city guide is no exception. There are lots of restaurant tips, great maps, detailed information on the major sites and great ideas for things to do off the beaten path.
  
  We leave for our trip a week from today, and I'm very excited about it. But this book raised an issue that has become something of a peeve for me about Paris guidebooks. It's divided by a neighborhood concept that doesn't always work. For example, Place de la Republique is in the 11th arrondissement (administrative area). I've only seen one book (not this one) divided by arrondissement, which allows you to easily find a given item on a map.
  
  This book puts the Place de la Republique either in the southern part of Canal St. Martin or the northern part of Marais, depending on which map or section of the guidebook you look at. To add further to the confusion, though, the 11th is considered part of Bastille/Eastern Paris.
  
  For a new traveler who does not know Bercy from Belleville, this makes trip planning a little difficult.
  
  I would recommend combining information from this book with a book that is organized by arrondissement to get a better understanding of the city layout.
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  Libby

  I initially gave this book 4 stars because it's your standard travel book, which is helpful, right? I thought the history section was concise and helpful, and of course Lonely Planet has loads of unique suggestions, even helpful tips on where to enter the right buildings on the right days.
  
  HOWEVER, we stayed in Montparnasse thanks to a cheap hotel deal, and we were hugely disappointed in the restaurants they suggested. Most of them in the section were actually not for Montparnasse but more like Chinatown, those that were there were still a real trek, and if they weren't they were fairly pricey. We wound up not trying any of their suggestions, but instead found places by wandering, which is, frankly, the best way to do it.
  
  And what fantastic places we found, all within about 15-20 min of Tour Montparnasse, which isn't the most tranquil part of Paris, but nevertheless has lots to offer! And we were shocked the first place we went, Le Petit Sommelier, wasn't on the list.
  
  So, Lonely Planet, step it up a little for those less tourist-driven spots!
• 
  Stacey

  I have already read lots of Paris travel guides so this one didn't tell me anything I didn't already know but here are a few things I did like about it:
  
  * Comprehensive guides to neighbourhoods, not just arrondissiments
  
  * recommends range of businesses from € to €€€€ (ie. doesn't tell you Louis Vuitton is the only "best" place to go for purses! Some of them direct you to the most expensive hotels, restaurants, stores, etc.);
  
  * gives you a nice assortment of attractions from the "big stuff" to some off the beaten path stuff.
  
  Where this guide really fails for me is with the maps. The maps at the beginning of each section only show a handful of streets and the main fold-out map at the back is perhaps the worst I've seen in all the guidebooks I've looked at.
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  Zoltán

  mental note to myself: travel guides on Kindle are cr*p if you intend to actually use them while sightseeing. Never do that again. While you may be lulled into thinking, "oh and I will be able to search and zoom and whatnot", forget it. useless. Just get a book or a map. Or both. Or a friend to show you around. Not too great otherwise either. Maps don't load properly, the layout is lost, pictures and pages break on the reader etc. Just say No.