Travelers' Tales Paris

by Sean Joseph O'Reilly

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885211104
• ISBN13: 9781885211101
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Travelers' Tales
• Length: 395 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Travel Companion

Like TT: France, this book is a perfect way to prepare psychologically for entering La France. Its collection of essays on living or traveling in Paris has passionate tales and historical accounts. A book like this is an excellent way to give you pointers on Paris city life. I would never have thought of experiencing the Turkish bathes of a Paris without the wonderful story in TT: Paris. And many would find it maudlin to go exploring Pere Lachaise cemetery, until reading some stories of the experience.Rick Steves' travel guides do a good job of highlighting particular things to see. Travelers' Tales take the experience to a deeper level.

A luminous collection about the City of Light

If I had not already been Paris-bound, this book assuredly would have had me calling the airlines. What a wonderful, eclectic collection of essays! The piece on Ste. Chappelle, for example, actually manages to convey the jaw-dropping, heart-clenching, breath-taking sheer beauty of the place. Other pieces, such as SOS Medecin, captured utterly the blend of whimsy and solemnity that is Paris. You don't have to be headed for Paris to love this book; you don't even have to be a traveler.

Evocative and informative

I took one of the Traveler's Tales books on my trip to Paris, and bought this one when I got back. One of the stories made me miss Paris so much that I wept. I'm doling the stories out slowly to make them last. If you love Paris, this book will keep your psychic connection alive.

A Must for Travelers

Before my first trip to Paris this summer, I bought practically every guidebook there is so that I could be fully prepared. Fortunately, this book was included in my selections. For it turned out to be the one which had the biggest effect on my trip and the way I looked at Paris. A series of eclectic stories about every facet of Paris, the book gives readers ideas that your average guidebook could never do. This book, above all, led me to a charming restaurant on a dark side street near St-Michel called "Roger la Grenouille." My visit here was the highlight of my trip, and I never would have found it had it not been for this wonderful book. A must!

Must read, even if you're a Paris pro

Like all of the Traveler's Tales books, this one succeeds in illuminating aspects of Paris that you wouldn't normally see. It shows the city through the eyes of a soldier after the war; a dumped lover recovering in the City of Light; a Frenchman who sees Paris as the center of his cultural life. There are undoubtedly places mentioned that you haven't seen, even if you've been to Paris a dozen times. And the essays illuminate the history of several important Paris icons. A great collection to be read while on the plane to Paris!