Paris Spiral Guide

by AA Publishing, Teresa Fisher (Editor), American Automobile Association

The City of Light drips with charm and character. The AAA Spiral Paris helps you make the most of your visit, from popular venues like the Eiffel Tower to lesser known gems. And, it's all in a unique binding that handles like no other guide. Look for these great features:Finding Your Feet - the basics on transportation, cuisine, and more; Don't Miss - the sightseer's A-list; In a Day - what to see and do; At Your Leisure - when a day just isn't enough; Excursions, Walks and Tours - itineraries created by experts.

Genres: Travel, Reference, Nonfiction

216 pages, Spiral-bound

First published April 1, 2000

About the author

AA Publishing ia a division of UK Automobile Association. Their publications include travel guides, atlases, children's books and narrative non-fiction.

Reviews

[Darryl · Rating 5 out of 5]

My wife and I used this travel guide extensively while in Paris. It served as our bible, tour guide, and street map. It is laid out in a very clearly and the sprial binder makes it very easy to flip to any page. It is filled with clear, color pictures and maps. The guide is broken down into various regions throughout Paris with each section highlighting Must See Attractions, and then At Your Leisure sites that are also in the area. It also has a very nice reference on how to see a region in one day. A subway map is on the inside back cover, and a regional map of Paris is on the front inside cover. Other nice features are sections called 'Finding Your Feet' - which provides great information for when you first arrive in London (either by plane, train, boat, etc..) and a 'Practicalities' seciton that talks about currency, clothes sizes, basic French phrases, etc.
What really made this book stand out compared to other Paris travel guides was it included detailed street maps of these regions. Those proved invaluable for us once we started walking around the area. The book is compact, and fit inside my coat pocket comfortably.
My only gripe is that for some of the attractions, it did not have the right opening and closing times - and it suggested a shortcut to the lines at the Lourve by getting off at the Tuileries metro stop. Unfortunately, this is one stop too early, but the street map easily showed us the way.
If you only want to carry one compact tour guide for Paris - I would highly recommend it.

[heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful, with just enough travel information (but not too much to overwhelm). I relied on the laminated metro plan a lot, and attempted a couple of the walking tours. My copy isn't the latest one but I believe during my week in Paris I got a lot out of it nevertheless.