Lonely Planet Pocket Paris

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Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet's Pocket Paris is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Watch the sunset from the steps of Sacre Coeur, shop the flea markets and the Grands Boulevards and start your days at the best patisseries - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the best of Paris and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Paris: Full-colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Free, convenient pull-out map (included in print version), plus over 20 colour neighborhood maps User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time Covers Eiffel Tower, Les Invalides, Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Elysees, Louvre, Tuileries, Opera, Sacre-Coeur, Montmartre, Centre Pompidou, Marais, Notre Dame, Latin Quarter, Musee d'Orsay, St-Germain des Pres, and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Pocket Paris is our colourful, easy to use, handy guide that literally fits in your pocket, providing on-the-go assistance for those seeking the best sights and experiences on a short visit or weekend break. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's France guide for an in-depth look at all the country has to offer. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) *Source: Nielsen BookScan: Australia, UK, USA, 5/2016-4/2017eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Sujets

• France

Informations

• Publié par: Lonely Planet
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• EAN13: 9781788681742
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 31 Mo

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Contents

Plan Your Trip

Welcome to Paris
Top Sights
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Shopping
Museums
Architecture
History
Parks & Gardens
Riverside Activities
Tours
Cooking & Wine-Tasting Courses
For Kids
LGBT+
Four Perfect Days
Need to Know
Paris Neighbourhoods

Explore Paris

Eiffel Tower & Les Invalides
Arc de Triomphe & the Champs-Élysées
Louvre, Tuileries & Opéra
Sacré-Cœur & Montmartre
Centre Pompidou & Le Marais
Notre Dame & the Islands
The Latin Quarter
Musée d’Orsay & St-Germain des Prés

Worth a Trip

Père Lachaise
Versailles

Survival Guide

Survival Guide
Before You Go
Arriving in Paris
Getting Around
Essential Information
Language
Behind the Scenes
Our Writers
Welcome to Paris

Named for its leading role in the Age of Enlightenment, la ville lumière (the City of Light) is famed for its monument-lined boulevards, treasure-packed museums, classic bistros and haute couture (high fashion) houses. Today they’re enhanced by a new wave of multimedia galleries, design shops and tech start-ups that are reasserting Paris’ position as a visionary global city.

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Paris Top Sights

Eiffel Tower
Quintessentially Paris.

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Paris Top Sights
Musée Rodin
Museum with a sculpture-studded garden.

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Paris Top Sights
Arc de Triomphe
A monument to past glories.

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Paris Top Sights
Louvre
The mother of all museums.

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Paris Top Sights
Sacré-Cœur
Sacré-Cœur’s dove-white domes crown Montmartre.

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Paris Top Sights
Centre Pompidou
Europe’s largest collection of modern art.

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Paris Top Sights
Notre Dame
French Gothic masterpiece.

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Paris Top Sights
Jardin du Luxembourg
Playground of Paris.

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Paris Top Sights
Musée d’Orsay
Art in an upcycled train station.

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Eating

France pioneered what is still the most influential style of cooking in the Western world and Paris is its showcase par excellence. Colours, textures and garnishes are impeccably arranged everywhere from simple restaurants to haute cuisine establishments. The city doesn’t have its own ‘local’ cuisine but is the crossroads for France’s regional produce and flavours.

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Evolving Trends
In addition to classical French fare, look out for cuisines from around the globe. Neobistros offer some of Paris’ most exciting dining options. Generally small and relatively informal, they’re run by young, talented chefs who aren’t afraid to experiment. Exclusively vegetarian and vegan establishments are increasing, as are places offering gluten-free dishes.

Dining Times
Petit déjeuner (breakfast; usually a baguette with butter and jam, and strong coffee) is seen as a mere precursor to déjeuner (lunch; the traditional main meal, starting around 12.30pm). Most restaurants open for dîner (dinner) around 7pm or 7.30pm. Some high-end restaurants close at weekends, and many places close in August.

Menus
Restaurants usually serve a plat du jour (dish of the day) at lunch (and occasionally at dinner), as well as menus (fixed-price meals) of an entrée (starter), plat (main course) and fromage (cheese) or dessert or both. These offer infinitely better value than ordering à la carte. Meals are often considerably cheaper at lunch than dinner.

Best Classic Bistros
Le Chardenoux Listed historical monument where celebrity chef Cyril Lignac preserves French culinary traditions.
Le Bistrot Paul Bert Legendary address with perfectly executed classic dishes.
Chez Paul The Paris of yesteryear.
Chez Dumonet The quintessential Parisian bistro experience, lace curtains and all.
Best Gastronomic Extravaganzas
Restaurant Guy Savoy A red-carpeted staircase leads to this once-in-a-lifetime destination.
Septime A beacon of modern cuisine.
Lasserre Fine dining and flawless service beneath a retractable roof.
Best Neobistros
Richer Brilliant-value bistro fare but no reservations, so arrive early.
Clover Watch the chefs at work in the combined dining space–kitchen.
Le Servan Daily changing creations in a neighbourhood bistro near Père Lachaise.
Best Picnic Fare
Ladurée Picnic Gourmet picnics from the famed macaron creator.
La Grande Épicerie de Paris Dazzling gourmet emporium.
La Maison Plisson Premium deli fare.

Top Tips for Parisian Dining
A Midrange restaurants will usually have a free table for lunch (arrive by 12.30pm); book a day or two in advance for dinner.
A Reservations up to one or two months in advance are crucial for lunch and dinner at popular and high-end restaurants. You may need to reconfirm on the day.
A Service is always included: a pourboire (tip) on top of the bill is not necessary, though rounding the bill up is common.

Drinking & Nightlife

For Parisians, drinking and eating go together like wine and cheese, and the line between a cafe, salon de thé (tearoom), bistro, brasserie, bar and even a bar à vins (wine bar) is blurred, while the line between drinking and clubbing is often nonexistent – a cafe that’s quiet mid-afternoon might have DJ sets in the evening and dancing later on.

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Coffee
If you order un café (a coffee), you’ll be served a single shot of espresso. A café allonge is lengthened with hot water, a café au lait comes with milk and a café crème , lengthened with steamed milk, is the closest to a latte. Local roasteries such as Belleville Brûlerie and Coutume prime cafes citywide for outstanding brews made by professional baristas, often using cutting-edge extraction techniques.

Beer
Paris’ growing bière artisanale (craft beer) scene is going from strength to strength, with an increasing number of city breweries. An excellent resource for hopheads is www.hoppyparis.com .

Wine
Wine is easily the most popular beverage in Paris and house wine invariably costs less than bottled water. Les vins naturels (natural wines) contain little or no sulphites.

Cocktails
Cocktail bars are undergoing a resurgence; many hip restaurants pair cocktails with food. Paris Cocktail Week ( www.pariscocktailweek.fr ) takes place in late January.

Best Coffee
Beans on Fire Collaborative roastery and cafe.
La Caféothèque Coffee house and roastery plus in-house coffee school.
Coutume Café Artisan roastery with a flagship Left Bank cafe.
Honor Outdoor coffee bar in an elegant rue du Faubourg St-Honoré courtyard.
Best Cocktails
Bar Hemingway Legendary cocktails in the Ritz.
Tiger Gin specialist with 130 varieties.
Cod House Sake-based cocktails paired with gourmet small plates.
Danico Cocktails crafted from rare ingredients in a candlelit back room.
Little Bastards House-creation cocktails in a Latin Quarter backstreet.
Wine Bars
Le Garde Robe Affordable natural wines and an unpretentious vibe.
La Quincave Perch on wine-barrel bar stools to choose from over 200 natural wines.
Au Sauvignon Original zinc bar and hand-painted ceiling.
Best Pavement Terraces
Les Deux Magots Watch St-Germain go by from a prime position at this famous cafe’s terrace.
Chez Prune The boho cafe that put Canal St-Martin on the map.
Shakespeare & Company Café Live the Parisian Left Bank literary dream.

Drinking Like a Local
A Although most places serve at least small plates (often full menus), it’s normally fine to order a coffee or alcohol if you’re not dining.
A The French rarely go drunk-wild and tend to frown upon it.
A For clubbing events, visit www.sortiraparis.com : click on ‘Soirées & Bars’, then ‘Nuits Parisiennes’.

Shopping

Paris has it all: broad boulevards lined with international chains, luxury avenues studded with designer fashion houses, grand department stores and lively street markets. But the real charm lies in strolling the city’s backstreets, where tiny speciality shops and quirky boutiques are wedged between cafes, galleries and churches.

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Fashion
Fashion shopping is Paris’ forte. Parisian fashion is about style and quality first and foremost, rather than status or brand names.
A good place to get an overview is at the city’s famous grands magasins (department stores).

Markets
The city’s street markets are social gatherings for the entire neighbourhood. Nearly every little quarter has its own street market at least once a week (never Monday) where tarpaulin-topped trestle tables bow beneath fresh, cooked and preserved delicacies. Marchés biologiques (organic markets) are increasingly sprouting up across the city. Many street markets also sell clothes, accessories, homewares and more.
The website https://meslieux.paris.fr/marches lists every market by arrondissement (city district), including speciality markets such as flower markets.

Gourmet Shops
Food and drink shops make for mouthwatering shopping. Pastries might not keep, but items you can take home (customs regulations permitting) include chocolates, jams, preserves and French cheeses. Many of the best fromageries (cheese shops) can provide vacuum packing.

Best Department Stores
Le Bon Marché Paris’ oldest department store, designed by Gustave Eiffel.
Galeries Lafayette Has a magnificent stained-glass dome, and a Champs-Élysées store opening in 2019.
Le Printemps Fabulous fashion, cosmetics and French food and wine.
La Samaritaine Seine-side landmark reopening in 2019.
Best Concept & Design Stores
Merci Fabulously fashionable and unique: all profits go to a children’s charity in Madagascar.
Gab & Jo Stocks only French-made items.
Empreintes Emporium showcasing some 6000 French artists and designers.
L’Exception Fashion, homewares, books and more from over 400 French designers.
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