Insight Guides Experience Paris (Travel Guide eBook)
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Whatever you're in the mood for, Paris offers a wealth of things to do, all against the backdrop of romantic bridges, the iconic Eiffel Tower, world-class museums and superb gastronomy. Be inspired to visit by the new Insight Guide Experience Paris, a beautifully-packaged full-colour guide to the City of Light.
Inside Insight Guide Experience Paris:
A brand-new series covering all the very best experiences on offer.
Stunning, colourful photography brings this beautiful city and its people to life.
Local expert authors guide you to authentic Paris experiences and fresh discoveries.
A dip-in "In the mood for..." section suggests the best places to go for fine dining, great shopping and family fun, amongst others.
The neighbourhoods sections contain our selection what to see and do from an insider's perspective, from seeking out the new avant-garde street art to bar-hopping around the most fashionable spots in the Marais or Oberkampf districts.
Detailed, high-quality maps throughout will help you get around and our Essentials A-Z section give you all the practical information you need for planning a memorable trip.
About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
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This Experience guide has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With top-quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these highly visual guidebooks are designed to appeal to well-informed, sophisticated travellers looking for fresh insights into their chosen destination.
In the Mood For…
The In the Mood for… section is filled with suggestions, all grouped by mood, whether you’re seeking the best place for lunch or where to get the finest views across the city. Each individual suggestion is cross-referenced to the main selection of recommendations, where they are given full coverage.
Neighbourhoods
Every guide offers a collection of over 100 ideas for a memorable stay in a city, organised by neighbourhood, compiled by writers who know the city inside out. Travellers can browse a city area and find inspiration, with plenty of secret gems in the mix, backed up by clear mapping and a wealth of practical information.
Getting around the e-book
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
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About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
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Table of Contents
Paris Overview
In the Mood for…
... gastronomy
... romance
... retail therapy
... observing Parisians
... a view
... family fun
... fine art
... multicultural Paris
... outdoor lazing
... historic journeys
... literary inspiration
... a night out
... modern architecture
... village life
... science and technology
... Parisian chic
Neighbourhoods
The Islands and the Marais
Eyeball the medieval gargoyles at Notre-Dame
Read stained-glass stories at the Sainte-Chapelle
Feel the fear in the cells of the condemned at the Conciergerie, Marie-Antoinette’s last dwelling place
Pay tribute to the past in the two crypts on Ile de la Cité
Stroll along a 17th-century high street on secluded Ile St-Louis
Discover sculptures and colonnades in the grand courtyards of the Marais
Sift through time at Paris’s eclectic historical museum, the Musée Carnavalet
Drop in on Victor Hugo at his very personal apartment on place des Vosges
Ride the iconic escalators at powerhouse for modern art and architecture the Centre Pompidou
Track down a bestiary at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature
Choose between cheesecake and falafel in the Jewish Marais
Browse in the junk shops of Village St-Paul, a labyrinth of tucked-away courtyards
Gallery hop on rue de Turenne and rue Vieille-du-Temple
Hang out with the fashionistas in the Haut-Marais
Lose yourself in electronic soundscapes at digitally daring the Gaîté Lyrique
Tune into technology at the Musée des Arts et Métiers
Louvre, Opéra and Grands Boulevards
Pick a side in the battle of Romantics versus Classicists at the Louvre
Shop where revolutionaries once plotted in the arcades around Palais-Royal
Gaze down through decades of interior design at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Surrender your senses to designer scents by Serge Lutens, Francis Kurkdjian and Annick Goutal
Switch from funfairs to Monet’s waterlilies all in the space of the Tuileries gardens
Nose out next year’s fashion and lifestyle trends on rue St-Honoré
Find traces of Paris’s market past at Les Halles
Bask in romance and splendour at the Palais Garnier
Explore the network of covered Passages between Palais-Royal and Opéra
Go behind the screen at the Grand Rex, an Art Deco cinema with an unusual tour
Worship food and classicism at the Madeleine: luxury delis and a showbiz church
Experience mealtimes in an old workers’ canteen at legendary bouillon Chartier
Shop ‘til you drop at the grands magasins, Galeries Lafayette and Printemps
Champs-Elysées and Monceau
Get into the spirit of 1900 at the Grand Palais, Petit Palais and Pont Alexandre III
Window shop on avenue Montaigne and Faubourg-St-Honoré
Dine with the powerbrokers at ministerial favourites Laurent and Lasserre
Have tea with Tiepolo at the Musée Jacquemart-André
See a late night art show at the Palais de Tokyo
Go on a mini tour of France at the Cité de l’Architecture
Find reasons to celebrate on the Champs-Elysées, laid out as Napoleon’s triumphal way
Mix with the privileged beau monde at Parc Monceau
Atone for Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette at the Chapelle Expiatoire
Find your inner zen and a serene Japanese garden at the Musée Guimet and Panthéon Bouddhique
Enjoy being pampered like a queen at the luxury George V spa
Montmartre and Pigalle
Walk through walls in hilly Montmartre and access quiet streets, pretty cottages and an ancient vineyard
Observe local characters in the bars of Abbesses – also officially home to the best baguette in Paris
Visit Symbolist artist Gustave Moreau at his home and studio
Discover La Nouvelle Athènes, including the house where Bizet is said to have penned Carmen
Empathise with the Romantics: George Sand, Chopin and Ary Scheffer at the Musée de la Vie Romantique
Admire the pathos at Montmartre cemetery
Survey the city from the Sacré-Cœur
Catch a concert, an accordion fest or a cheeky drag show in the old music halls of Pigalle
Live like a modern bohemian in SoPi
Discover a Parisian village and a modern eco park at Batignolles
Follow trendsters to Chez Jeannette and the bars of Faubourg St-Denis
Visit a merveilleuse in her bathroom at the Petit Hôtel Bourrienne
Bastille, Belleville and Ménilmontant
Discover victims of the Terror and an American hero at the Cimetière de Picpus
Wind down in the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, a park with a fantastical bent, and the Quartier Mouzaïa
Go for a Sunday stroll along the Canal St-Martin, backdrop to chugging barges and the Hôtel du Nord
Stock up on fresh produce, oysters and banter at the Marché d’Aligre
Relish a timeless bistro experience in the vicinity of the Bastille
Go arty in the heights of Belleville
Explore the alleyways of Faubourg St-Antoine, where furniture craftsmen alternate with media folk
Seek out Honoré, Théodore, Edith and a raft of French stars at Père Lachaise cemetery
Latin Quarter, St-Germain and Seine
Spot ostriches and dinosaurs at the Jardin des Plantes
Decipher a medieval allegory at Cluny
Marvel at the unfurling palm tree column inside Eglise St-Séverin
Watch tapestry weavers at work at the Manufacture des Gobelins
Buy from producers at Marché Monge or Maubert and then picnic in a Roman arena
Pay homage to great men on place du Panthéon
Follow Orwell and Hemingway to literary haunts on the Mouff’
Join St-Germain café society
Pick up the best of modern design in the St-Germain gallery district
Take a pew in one of the iconic green chairs of the Jardin du Luxembourg to watch Parisians at play
Touch down in Zaha Hadid’s pavilion at the Institut du Monde Arabe
Go aquatic in the new east with a dip in a floating swimming pool and nautical nightlife to follow
Invalides and Montparnasse
View the giants of Impressionism in the setting of a converted railway station at the Musée d’Orsay
Follow the banks of the Seine for books, antiques and curios
Feel the might of Napoleon, one-time ruler of half of Europe, and see his tomb at Les Invalides
Count the figures on the Gates of Hell at the Musée Rodin
Explore non-Western cultures at the Musée du Quai Branly
Pose for sculptor Maillol on rue de Grenelle, where the Musée Maillol occupies a lovely mansion
Get right down under the belly of the Iron Lady for the most spine-tingling views
Dream about cake at the Pâtisserie des Rêves and Hugo & Victor
Feast with the foodies on rue St-Dominique
Relive artistic Montparnasse through its classic brasseries
Descend 130 steps under Paris to its skeletal foundations: the macabre world of the Catacombes
Dredge under the capital for an insight into its inner workings: the labyrinthine Paris sewers
Be a fly on the wall in an early 20th-century artist’s studio in Montparnasse
Beyond the Centre
Marvel at the world’s largest collection of Monets then check out Paris’s latest contemporary art centre
Stand in the home of Modernity: avant-garde icons by Le Corbusier in Auteuil
Get on the nature trail along La Petite Ceinture, a green belt along the tracks of a disused railway
Attend an open studio or shop for organic goodies at municipal undertaker’s turned art space the 104
Chill out in villagey Charonne
Learn about satellites at La Villette: a day at the Cité des Sciences, Philharmonie 2 and modern park
Discover global Paris at the Cité de l’Immigration
Bring gifts to Buddha in the 13th arrondissement, Chinatown
Go on a treasure hunt at the Puces de St-Ouen, Paris’s biggest flea market
Pay homage to man’s best friend – and Kiki the monkey – at the Cimetière des Chiens
Frequent the royals at the Basilique St-Denis
Picnic in the Domaine de St-Cloud with superb views of Paris across the Seine
Climb a medieval skyscraper in Vincennes, then lie back to the sound of music in the park
Essentials
A
Arrival
By Air
By Train
By Car
By Coach
C
Climate
Crime and Safety
D
Disabled Travellers
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies and Consulates
Emergency numbers
G
Gay and Lesbian
H
Health
Pharmacies
I
Internet
L
Lost Property
M
Maps
Money
Museums and Monuments
N
Newspapers and Magazines
P
Post and Stamps
Public Holidays (jours fériés)
Public Transport
Metro and RER
Buses and Trams
Tickets
Vélib
Taxis
R
Restaurants
S
Smoking
T
Telephones
Time Zones
Tourist Information
V
Visas
Paris Overview
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Capital of romance, of fashion, of food, of intellectuals and philosophers, famed for its historic buildings and monuments and for that indefinable je ne sais quoi that makes up French chic, Paris is a city that likes to live up to its myths; but it is also a modern working city, of financial institutions, of scientific discoveries and learned research institutes.
Don’t be fooled into thinking of Paris as a museum. Paris has always modernised, over the centuries expanding in concentric circles outwards from the Ile de la Cité, and has never been afraid to drop in radical new monuments or reinvent old ones. On the one hand you can find Roman baths sticking up in the middle of a Gothic mansion, on the other the glass pyramid at the Louvre and a futuristic ship designed by Frank Gehry that has just ‘sailed’ into the Bois de Boulogne. Two of the most recent cultural venues occupy both a converted theatre and a covered market, new parks have been created around the city’s edges, and an entire new district is taking root above old railway sidings around the new Bibliothèque Nationale, along the Seine.
If there is one recommended requisite to making the most of the city, it is curiosity. This is a place where you come to admire the grand facades and imperious vistas, the world-renowned museums and glorious churches – but must also be everready to peer through carriage doorways or wander down passageways to discover the hidden gardens, concealed houses and workshops that make up the private, intimate Paris behind