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Open Road’s Paris with Kids 3E: Valerie Gwinner
Editorial Reviews
You’re going to Paris? And taking the kids? No problem – Paris with Kids offers a pro’s insider tips for reconciling the adult, romantic side of Paris with the city’s kid-friendly, adventurous aspects. The author presents a wealth of advice on how to plan a family visit to Paris, and how to have a blast while you’re there. It shows how to enliven the tourist experience of Paris for youngsters: sending them searching for gargoyles, tracing the Secret of the Sorcerer’s Stone in the Marais, and of course stopping by EuroDisney and the Eiffel Tower. There are countless anecdotes relating the people, events, and legends that make up the story of Paris.
This new third edition features kid-tested recommendations for family-friendly hotels and restaurants, both in Paris and on day-trips outside the city. We include where to shop with kids for food, clothing, toys, English-language books, and other souvenirs; we offer our favorite playgrounds, green spaces, and amusement parks, suggestions for sports activities, and where to see magic shows, ride in a hot-air balloon, find kids’ gourmet cooking classes, and how to make museums fun and enjoyable for the little ones.
About the Author
ValerieGwinneristheauthorofOpenRoad’sPariswithKidsandLondonwithKids.ShelivedinParisasa youngadultandspendsseveralmonthsthereeveryyear.Shealsowritesandconsultsaboutwomen’shealth issuesandlivesinWashingtonDC.
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Unofficial Guide to Disneyland Paris: Bob Schlinger, Menasha
Editorial Reviews
Everything you need to know for a fabulous trip to Disneyland Paris. From tips for waiting in line with small children to detailed day-long itineraries, this guided is packed with useful information to guide you through your visit to this magical land.
From the Back Cover
From the publishers of The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World
“A Tourist’s Best Friend!” —Chicago Sun-Times
“Indispensable” —The New York Times
Everything you need to know for a fabulous trip to Disneyland Paris. From tips for waiting in line with small children to detailed day-long itineraries, this guided is packed with useful information to guide you through your visit to this magical land.
The Top 10 Ways The Unofficial Guide® to Disneyland Paris Can Help You Have the Perfect Trip:
- Every attraction rated and ranked for each age group
- How to take advantage of Disney’s new Fastpass program
- Advice on the best times of year and the best days of the week to go
- Detailed information on getting to Disneyland Paris from Paris, including using the Metro
- Pros and cons of staying in or outside Disneyland Paris
- The Disneyland Paris resorts described in detail and rated and ranked for value and quality of rooms
- Field-tested touring itineraries for adults and children
- Ratings and reviews of all Disneyland Paris full-service restaurants, plus recommendations on where to dine outside the park when you crave a true taste of France
- Proven strategies for planning the perfect Disneyland Paris vacation with small children
- How to find and meet the Disney characters
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Paris: City Highlights: Misc.
Editorial Reviews
This series of savvy and sophisticated travel guides presents an intriguing assortment of must-do’s and must-see?s. Skillfully combining the traditional tourist sights with lesser-known attractions, these guides help you find a city’s true spirit.
From the Publisher
· This information-packed guide to the City of Light points you to the best places to stay, eat, shop, absorb culture, or just stroll around… · With true Parisian discrimination, this guide selects the best, the most interesting, and the most unusual
Paris (Footprint - Pocket Guides): Sophie Warne
Editorial Reviews
The new Footprint pocket guide to Paris is a stylish guide to a stylish city that is high on the agenda of just about every traveler. Exuding freshness and enthusiasm, Footprint Paris is a practical, contemporary, up-to-date, and easy-to-pack guide to viewing the city in a new light. It combines the layout and atmosphere of the city with a savvy lowdown on the best restaurants, watering holes, hotels, and of course shops. Author Sophie Warne covers all of the sights from museums and art galleries to obscure corners away from the grand boulevards. Readers who thought they knew Paris will discover it anew. In addition to its arrondissement-by-arrondissement coverage of the city, this guide also includes excursions to Versailles, Giverny, and Eurodisney World. Fully integrated with the text, ten pages of two-color maps help travelers navigate the city’s streets with ease. Like other titles in Footprint’s new series of pocket guides, Footprint Paris contains “Ten of the best” things to do and “At a glance” — the city in a nutshell plus an ever-useful trip planner.
About the Author
Sophie lives in Paris and is totally addicted to the city. To be able to get all her thoughts and knowledge about her city into a guidebook has been her dream job.
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Knopf Guide: The Louvre (Knopf Guides): Knopf Guides
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
YA?This small, portable volume presents a quick tour of the art and architecture of one of the world’s most famous museums. Specialists contributed their expertise to the commentaries that accompany the richly colored plates that depict nature, history, art, people, architecture?anything associated with this former palace. One interesting section presents comments from visitors from around the world. Slick pages shine as they are turned to reveal more and more treasures. YAs can use this guide for research, vacation visits, art-history reviews, research papers, essays, and general information. Thirty pages are devoted to general tourist information on Paris. There is something grand about holding the art world in the palm of one’s hand. A list of illustrations facilitates finding needed information. Napoleon was wrong when he said that bigger is better. And we all know what happened to him.?Arlene Hoebel, W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Orignially built as a palace for the kings of France, the Louvre is Paris’ — if not the world’s — most breathtaking museum. A destination in itself, the Louvre has an extensive collection that offers something for every taste. See the ancient glories of Mesopotamia and the palace of Sargon II, king of Assyria; study the marble statues, and delicate ceramics of the Greco-Roman world; or walk through the galleries and study the paintings of Raphael, Leonardo, Van Dyck, El Greco, Gericault, Goya and other greats.
Let the Knopf Guide help you explore the Louvre’s rich architectural history and unsurpassed collection (from Leonardo’s Mona Lisa to a pyramid from the sands of Egypt) — all explained in encyclopedic detail. Go behind-the-scenes to learn about the framing, restoration and documentation of the collection. Take in the surrounding sights, from the Tuileries Gardens to the Saint-Roche Cathedral, the Palais-Royal and the Bourse du Commerce. An informative and indispensable volume for art lovers of all tastes, this lavishly illustrated guide is a trusted companion for anybody visiting this unique part of Paris.
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Paris Museums & Galleries: Insight Flexi Maps (Insight Museum Maps): Apa Publications
Editorial Reviews
This laminated street map of Paris includes photographs and floor plans of the city’s major museums and galleries, including the Louvre, the Musee d’Orsay and the Musee Carnavalet. Each museum is handily cross referenced, with overview summaries and details of opening times and visitor facilities. A street index covers all museums, galleries and other sites of interest; there’s a handy map of the Paris Metro System and a Travel Tips listings of essential practical information.
Paris Museums & Galleries: Insight Flexi Maps (Insight Museum Maps): Apa Publications
Editorial Reviews
This laminated street map of Paris includes photographs and floor plans of the city’s major museums and galleries, including the Louvre, the Musee d’Orsay and the Musee Carnavalet. Each museum is handily cross referenced, with overview summaries and details of opening times and visitor facilities. A street index covers all museums, galleries and other sites of interest; there’s a handy map of the Paris Metro System and a Travel Tips listings of essential practical information.
Rick Steves’ Paris 2002: Rick Steves, Steve Smith, Gene Openshaw
Editorial Reviews
Rick Steves doesn’t just list where to travel in Europe, he leads travelers through the “Back Door,” and reveals how to give every journey an extra, more authentic dimension. He shows travelers how to delve into European culture, make friends with the locals, and experience each region’s natural wonders — economically and hassle free. Rick Steves’ Paris 2002 is no exception. It includes self-guided walking tours along the Champs-Elysees and through the Marais, and features detailed museum maps and practical tips to help visitors see only what they want.
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Take the Kids Paris & Disneyland Paris, 2nd (Take the Kids - Cadogan): Helen Truszkowski
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
A grown-up guide to child-friendly Paris - this book will tell you all you need to know to make every family trip to the French capital a thumping success, whether it’s a special weekend to see the city and Disneyland Resort Paris, or a longer stay as part of a European tour. Helen Truszkowski offers inside advice on all the essential sights, plus a ton of ideas and surprises - from carousels, circuses and magic shows to hands-on science exhibits, strolls through old Montmartre and Seine cruises in a bateau mouche. And less than an hour away is another country - the wonderful world of Disneyland Resort Paris.Inside you’ll find: the best of “mini” Paris - the obvious and the unexpected; comprehensive low-down on Europe’s most popular attraction - Disneyland Resort Paris and the all-new Walt Disney Studios Park; activities for all age groups; quizzes, challenges and stories that bring the city to life; child-friendly places to sleep, eat and shop; detailed travel information, itineraries and color maps. (6 x 8 1/4, 256 pages, color photos, maps)
Take the Kids Paris & Disneyland Paris, 2nd (Take the Kids - Cadogan): Helen Truszkowski
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
A grown-up guide to child-friendly Paris - this book will tell you all you need to know to make every family trip to the French capital a thumping success, whether it’s a special weekend to see the city and Disneyland Resort Paris, or a longer stay as part of a European tour. Helen Truszkowski offers inside advice on all the essential sights, plus a ton of ideas and surprises - from carousels, circuses and magic shows to hands-on science exhibits, strolls through old Montmartre and Seine cruises in a bateau mouche. And less than an hour away is another country - the wonderful world of Disneyland Resort Paris.Inside you’ll find: the best of “mini” Paris - the obvious and the unexpected; comprehensive low-down on Europe’s most popular attraction - Disneyland Resort Paris and the all-new Walt Disney Studios Park; activities for all age groups; quizzes, challenges and stories that bring the city to life; child-friendly places to sleep, eat and shop; detailed travel information, itineraries and color maps. (6 x 8 1/4, 256 pages, color photos, maps)