Paris Guide Vert *FRENCH Edition* in Michelin’s Green Guide series covering France, with all the regions available either in English editions or in French versions. Drawing on Michelin’s long experience, the guides are renowned for their individual ‘star rating’ of sights & attractions. Listings in each guide are organized alphabetically, allowing readers to access information quickly. Towns are given overall star rating, with their sights & attractions also rated individually. Where appropriate, a street plan of the town centre is provided, indicating car parks & accompanied by an index of main streets & a list of sights highlighted on it. For many towns a recommended sightseeing tour is also marked on the plan. Entries for important churches are accompanied by detailed plans. Recommended car tours have overview maps showing road numbers & locations of the sights. Where necessary, the guides give opening hours & contact details. Many entries have an “ Address Book” section with Michelin’s recommendations for where to stay & where to eat. Each guide has a very extensive introductory section with practical information & pre-trip tips, chapters on history, art & culture (particularly strong on architectural styles, explained by excellent drawings), fauna & flora, etc. Fold-out flaps in the book covers provide an overview of the recommended sights and/or car tours.* In the ENGLISH version of the Paris guide:* the city’s sights are listed alphabetically & presented with numerous plans of local neighbourhoods overprinted with sightseeing routes. Detailed plans of the Louvre with locations of its best known exhibits & star ratings for individual departments & galleries. Recommendations for places to stay & to eat also arranged by arrondisements, plus a special entertainment listing. Excursions to important sights accessible as day trips: Chartres, Fontainebleau, Versailles, Chantilly, St. Denis, & Disneyl&, with detailed plans.* In the FRENCH version of the Paris guide:* as above, except: chapters covering the city’s most important sights are followed by sections proving a better overview of local neighbourhoods, with accompanying street plans covering wider areas & overprinted with longer walks; more entries for the outer arrondisements; the excursions chapter covers only Versailles & Disneyl&, in less detail than in the English version; recommendations for places to stay & eat are listed only with the sights, without an overall section by arrondisements.* In the regional guides:** * French language guides* have a larger number of individual entries than included in the corresponding English titles, as well as more exhaustive descriptions, with wider coverage of local history and/or famous people connected with a given location.* * English language guides* have more recommendations for car tours. The “ Address Book” sections often include shopping suggestions. ...

Paris Guide Vert *FRENCH Edition* in Michelin’s Green Guide series covering France, with all the regions available either in English editions or in French versions. Drawing on Michelin’s long experience, the guides are renowned for their individual ‘star rating’ of sights & attractions. Listings in each guide are organized alphabetically, allowing readers to access information quickly. Towns are given overall star rating, with their sights & attractions also rated individually. Where appropriate, a street plan of the town centre is provided, indicating car parks & accompanied by an index of main streets & a list of sights highlighted on it. For many towns a recommended sightseeing tour is also marked on the plan. Entries for important churches are accompanied by detailed plans. Recommended car tours have overview maps showing road numbers & locations of the sights. Where necessary, the guides give opening hours & contact details. Many entries have an “ Address Book” section with Michelin’s recommendations for where to stay & where to eat. Each guide has a very extensive introductory section with practical information & pre-trip tips, chapters on history, art & culture (particularly strong on architectural styles, explained by excellent drawings), fauna & flora, etc. Fold-out flaps in the book covers provide an overview of the recommended sights and/or car tours.* In the ENGLISH version of the Paris guide:* the city’s sights are listed alphabetically & presented with numerous plans of local neighbourhoods overprinted with sightseeing routes. Detailed plans of the Louvre with locations of its best known exhibits & star ratings for individual departments & galleries. Recommendations for places to stay & to eat also arranged by arrondisements, plus a special entertainment listing. Excursions to important sights accessible as day trips: Chartres, Fontainebleau, Versailles, Chantilly, St. Denis, & Disneyl&, with detailed plans.* In the FRENCH version of the Paris guide:* as above, except: chapters covering the city’s most important sights are followed by sections proving a better overview of local neighbourhoods, with accompanying street plans covering wider areas & overprinted with longer walks; more entries for the outer arrondisements; the excursions chapter covers only Versailles & Disneyl&, in less detail than in the English version; recommendations for places to stay & eat are listed only with the sights, without an overall section by arrondisements.* In the regional guides:** * French language guides* have a larger number of individual entries than included in the corresponding English titles, as well as more exhaustive descriptions, with wider coverage of local history and/or famous people connected with a given location.* * English language guides* have more recommendations for car tours. The “ Address Book” sections often include shopping suggestions. ...

The double-sided city maps include all essential information:- detailed & clear representation of town centre- appealing 3D-display of selected typical buildings- brief description of 16 highlights in 4 languages complemented with attractive pictures- useful additional information for a successful trip (vicinity map, public transport, travel information, climate chart, index of important streets)- up-to-date amendments via QR-Code (airports, local traffic, fairgrounds…). ...

The first water-resistant “ Comfort Map“ with direct access to useful additional information from the Internet Paris in a scale of 1:16, 500 including a detailed map of Versailles presented on a practical map; inclusive of the High 5 Edition app technology for calling up additional travel information & many other benefits:- just the right size
- 9.6 x 16.1 cm
- to fit comfortably into your handbag or trouser pocket- it is water-resistant (laminated/cellophane coating)- can be conveniently folded in any direction thanks to the patented “ Comfort Map” folding design It doesn’t matter what weather it is used in or how often it is folded, the condition of the “CITYMAP Paris” will not deteriorate. Parks, streets & railway lines are easily recognisable thanks to the clear layout of the map. A separate map of the Metro & a street index round off the map. The “ Interactive Mobile CITYMAP Paris” – a “paper backup” just in case...... & when used in conjunction with a smartphone, it is a great tool for planning trips. What’s not on the map is in the app By scanning the section of the map you want with the High 5 Edition app, you can get a lot of useful additional information about major attractions in Paris. The app is based on Augmented Reality technology & is available free of charge from the Apple App store & Google Play store.

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This is a unique & fascinating collection of 24 Paris maps & panoramic views dating from the 17th century to the present day. Included with each map is information about the original printing & a brief text that places it in historic context. The selections include some of the earliest known maps of the city as well as topographical maps, views of iconic & historic locations, transport maps, maps used for advertising & tourism, road & bicycle maps, & much more. The maps & plates are printed on high quality matt paper & specially bound so they can be removed from the book & framed in standard-size 11” X 14” picture frames for display at home or in the office or classroom. Each unique & stunning representation of historic Paris is exquisitely reproduced to show off its original colour & detail. Each map

Includes:: the original printing information on the back & is accompanied by a brief text that frames the map in an historic context & further illuminates its qualities.

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Paris at 1:12, 000 on a large street plan from the Institut Géorgaphique National, France’s national survey organization, with coverage extending west to include the whole of the Bois de Boulogne, La Défense & Boulogne-Billancourt. The arrondissements & the communes outside the Boulevard Périphérique are shown in different colours. Main traffic arteries are highlighted & the plan shows one way streets, car parks & locations of 24-hour petrol stations. Metro, RER & tram stops are marked, but not Velib’ pick up point or batobus stops. Streets are annotated with selected house numbers for easier identification of addresses. Main public buildings are named & symbols indicate museums, tourist information centre, police stations, etc. Street index is on the reverse whist next to the map is a diagram of the metro/RER/tram network, a list of museums within the area covered by it, plus an aerial photo of the Louvre – Arc de Triomphe axis. Map legend

Includes:: English.A disappointing map
- neither as clear & informative as the main Paris plan from Michelin, nor particularly suitable for exploring the city as a tourist. As the British Ordnance Survey has already discovered some years ago, making good street plans is a completely different skill from producing high quality topographic survey mapping!PLEASE NOTE: to see the list of IGN street plans of French towns & cities please click on the series link – the series description also

Includes:: a comparison between IGN & Blay-Foldex street plans.




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IGN’s street plan of Paris presented on a more handy size sheet & printed on light, waterproof & tear resistant synthetic paper. The plan is double-sided, with hardly any overlap between the two sides, & covers the city within the Boulevard Périphérique. Main traffic arteries are highlighted & one way streets are marked. Also shown are car parks & locations of 24-hour petrol stations. Metro, RER & tram stops are marked, with a separate diagram showing the whole network, but the plan does show Velib’ pick up point or batobus stops. Main public buildings are named & symbols indicate museums, tourist offices, town halls, police stations, post offices, etc. The index has a separate list of museums. Map legend

Includes:: English. Not really recommended for visitors to the city, but useful for identifying addresses as streets are annotated with selected house numbers.PLEASE NOTE: to see the list of IGN street plans of French towns & cities please click on the series link – the series description also

Includes:: a comparison between IGN & Blay-Foldex street plans.



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Paris in 1887 as mapped by the Service Géographique de l’ Armée & reproduced by its successor as France’s national survey organization, the Institut Géographique National. Published on thick paper, traditionally used for reproductions of historical mapping, this lovely wall map will appeal to anyone interested in this great city. Coverage extends outside the present day Boulevard Périphérique, the course of which is indicated on the map by the old city walls, west beyond the northward bend in the Seine to include all of the Bois de Boulogne & part of the Parc de St. Cloud; east to include the Château de Vincennes & most of the park; south to Villejuif; & north just beyond the city walls to Clichy & Bobigny. Various districts of the city, as well as surrounding villages are named. Since the plan is post-Haussmann, the familiar street layout is already in place, including even the Eiffel Tower whose construction began in that year. No street names are shown. The map has no legend. ...

In 2009, New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James took a leap that many people dream about: she sold her house, took a sabbatical from her job as a Shakespeare professor, & moved her family to Paris. Paris in Love: A Memoir chronicles her joyful year in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. With no classes to teach, no committee meetings to attend, no lawn to mow or cars to park, Eloisa revels in the ordinary pleasures of life
- discovering corner museums that tourists overlook, chronicling Frenchwomen`s sartorial triumphs, walking from one end of Paris to another. She copes with her Italian husband`s notions of quality time; her two hilarious children, ages eleven & fifteen, as they navigate schools
- not to mention puberty
- in a foreign language; & her mother-in-law Marina`s raised eyebrow in the kitchen (even as Marina overfeeds Milo, the family dog). Paris in Love invites the reader into the life of a most enchanting family, framed by la ville de l`amour.


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Over the centuries, Paris has intrigued, revolted, scandalized & most of all captured the heart of many a visitor. For Dickens it is the `most extraordinary place in the world`, for Hazlitt, `a beast of a city`, & for French writers, the essence of civilization: `I maintain that, for people of breeding, there is no salvation out of Paris.` claimed playwright Moliere. Describing the capital variously as a city of lovers, gastronomy, fashion & filth, myriad"ations
- sometimes poetic, sometimes humorous & always fizzing with insight
- are collected here.

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