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Lonely Planet Pocket Paris
Lonely Planet's Pocket Paris is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Wonder at the city's museums and architecture, stroll through the Pere Lachaise and dine on rich French cuisine; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Paris and make the most of your trip!
Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Paris : Full-colour maps and travel photography throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor a 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, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Convenient pull-out Paris map (included in print version), plus over 8 colour neighbourhood 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 and Les Invalides, Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Elysees, Louvre, Tuileries and Opera, Sacre-Coeur and Montmartre, Centre Pompidou and Le Marais, Notre Dame and the Islands, The Latin Quarter, Musee d'Orsay and St Germain des Pres and more The Perfect Lonely Planet's Pocket Paris , an easy-to-use guide filled with top experiences - neighbourhood by neighbourhood - that literally fits in your pocket. Make the most of a quick trip to Paris with trusted travel advice to get you straight to the heart of the city.
Looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends both popular and offbeat experiences, and extensively covers all of Paris's neighbourhoods? Check out Lonely Planet's Paris city guide and Experience Paris guide. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's France guide for a comprehensive look at all that the country has to offer. About Lonely Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, 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 phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. '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)
Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Paris : Full-colour maps and travel photography throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor a 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, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Convenient pull-out Paris map (included in print version), plus over 8 colour neighbourhood 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 and Les Invalides, Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Elysees, Louvre, Tuileries and Opera, Sacre-Coeur and Montmartre, Centre Pompidou and Le Marais, Notre Dame and the Islands, The Latin Quarter, Musee d'Orsay and St Germain des Pres and more The Perfect Lonely Planet's Pocket Paris , an easy-to-use guide filled with top experiences - neighbourhood by neighbourhood - that literally fits in your pocket. Make the most of a quick trip to Paris with trusted travel advice to get you straight to the heart of the city.
Looking for a comprehensive guide that recommends both popular and offbeat experiences, and extensively covers all of Paris's neighbourhoods? Check out Lonely Planet's Paris city guide and Experience Paris guide. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's France guide for a comprehensive look at all that the country has to offer. About Lonely Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, 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 phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. '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)
224 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2012
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A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
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December 29, 2025
great guide, well organized!
February 21, 2025
Una guida molto base, senza un gran carattere e con troppe, troppe ripetizioni. Ci vorrebbe una trattazione più schematica e invece le informazioni sono sparpagliate qua e là e uno stesso luogo d'interesse viene ritirato fuori settanta volte inutilmente. Però può essere un buon punto di partenza da cui iniziare prima di approfondire con altri testi. Non la reputerei sufficiente per organizzare un viaggio e capire realmente fino in fondo che cosa si sta andando a visitare. Dà giusto degli spunti
May 14, 2025
Good quick overview. Check if spots are still open after COVID
March 22, 2022
This is the best pocket sized guide to Paris I've seen. I've been to Paris many times but had this guide on a recent trip and found many things I had not seen before. It's a great balance of main tourist sights and those other lesser known sights of which there are thousands of in Paris.
The guide is really pocket size but in a clear and large enough font to read easily. The maps are excellent and very clear and each area of Paris is covered in a separate section. Paris is a very walkable city and I'd highly recommend this guide to explore it.
If you've not been to Paris before it would be worth picking up a free fold out map of the entire city at a tourist office or large department store just so you have a large clear map to orientate yourself as a whole before diving into the individual areas featured in this book. If you have the paper version of this guide you get one free but it's handy to have a paper map if you only have a digital version of this guide.
Don't just do the main tourist sights but pick a few of the more quirky and unusual sights such as the sewer museum or catacombs. Most of all, stop frequently for refreshments at a pavement café and watch the world go by. Choose a café in the sunshine or one with outside heaters (many have them) if the weather is poor.
I have both the Kindle and paper version of this guide. Both are good in different ways but having the paper one is best when actually out walking, I use the Kindle version more for planning.
The guide is really pocket size but in a clear and large enough font to read easily. The maps are excellent and very clear and each area of Paris is covered in a separate section. Paris is a very walkable city and I'd highly recommend this guide to explore it.
If you've not been to Paris before it would be worth picking up a free fold out map of the entire city at a tourist office or large department store just so you have a large clear map to orientate yourself as a whole before diving into the individual areas featured in this book. If you have the paper version of this guide you get one free but it's handy to have a paper map if you only have a digital version of this guide.
Don't just do the main tourist sights but pick a few of the more quirky and unusual sights such as the sewer museum or catacombs. Most of all, stop frequently for refreshments at a pavement café and watch the world go by. Choose a café in the sunshine or one with outside heaters (many have them) if the weather is poor.
I have both the Kindle and paper version of this guide. Both are good in different ways but having the paper one is best when actually out walking, I use the Kindle version more for planning.
August 19, 2022
Guía bastante práctica y con itinerarios para según que intereses y cantidad de días. Falta actualización de horarios y precios post-covid pero son fáciles de saber. Sin duda una guía breve que puedes consultar si tienes un viaje a París.
September 17, 2021
Paris
This is the most helpful guide for Paris that I have read, and I have read many. Very well organized
This is the most helpful guide for Paris that I have read, and I have read many. Very well organized
December 31, 2023
Very nice guide it helped me in my visit to Paris this year
February 4, 2024
Just Airbnb a rowboat experience or something. Don’t take the tour boats. Don’t. Don’t.
April 25, 2025
Parigi sempre bellissima ❤️
July 17, 2025
he descubierto algunos lugares de París que no sabía que existían y que me han hecho querer volver a la ciudad de la luz
July 21, 2025
prep for Goog and addy take over Europe trip vol 2
March 31, 2015
Everything you need to know to maximize your trip to Paris is included here in a convenient portable package. At just under 8 ounces, the "Pocket Paris" Lonely Planet guide is considerably smaller and lighter than typical travel guides. Since it is 4.25" x 6", it will fit in the inside pocket of a blazer or in your daypack or backpack, but you won't be able to slip it into the pocket of your jeans or slacks - unless you wear those extremely unfashionable cargo pants that would make you the laughing stock of Paris :)
The guide includes a QuickStart section that introduces you to the top sights and neighborhoods of Paris, followed by a day planner that recommends a day-by-day tour is you have only 4 days. The guide is then organized by color-coded neighborhood sections, each including top sights, local life, a map, entertainment, and places to eat and shop. A "Best of Paris" section includes walks, museums, architecture, parks, churches, tours, etc.
A detailed removable map is included inside the back cover. While not every page includes photographs, each page includes color coding, sidebars and plenty of graphic interest to enliven the text. It is quite a comprehensive and useful guide, and I look forward to putting it to use on a trip later this month.
The guide includes a QuickStart section that introduces you to the top sights and neighborhoods of Paris, followed by a day planner that recommends a day-by-day tour is you have only 4 days. The guide is then organized by color-coded neighborhood sections, each including top sights, local life, a map, entertainment, and places to eat and shop. A "Best of Paris" section includes walks, museums, architecture, parks, churches, tours, etc.
A detailed removable map is included inside the back cover. While not every page includes photographs, each page includes color coding, sidebars and plenty of graphic interest to enliven the text. It is quite a comprehensive and useful guide, and I look forward to putting it to use on a trip later this month.
October 16, 2015
It's always been a dream of mine to visit Paris and with this guide, if I do go, sight-seeing will be so easy. Lonely Planet has some of the best books on travel and this Paris version is no exception. The pocket size is perfect so you can either put it in your pocket or a purse. It's small size is discreet too, so you won't end up looking really touristy if you have it out on the street.
For such a small book, it has a ton of information. It covers the things that all visitors do-like visit places like the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame etc. but it also tries to cover places that where more Parisians go instead of tourists. I like this book because it presents little tidbits of history along with other information in talking about certain places. It also has lists like "Best Drinking", "Best for Kids", "Best History", so the lists will help if you're not sure where to go. There is lots more information than just that but it would take forever to go over it all.
Overall, this is an awesome guide and I would definitely recommend it if you are considering a trip to Paris.
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For such a small book, it has a ton of information. It covers the things that all visitors do-like visit places like the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame etc. but it also tries to cover places that where more Parisians go instead of tourists. I like this book because it presents little tidbits of history along with other information in talking about certain places. It also has lists like "Best Drinking", "Best for Kids", "Best History", so the lists will help if you're not sure where to go. There is lots more information than just that but it would take forever to go over it all.
Overall, this is an awesome guide and I would definitely recommend it if you are considering a trip to Paris.
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August 30, 2012
We are planning for our first trip to Paris, and this little book is the third I've read as part of the process. I was only partway through the text when I announced that this book would go along with us.
Divided up by neighborhoods (although not by arrondissement), the book shows the top sights, makes recommendations for dining, and even provides money-saving tips. There is a separate section of "bests," which specifically calls out free attractions, museums, and kid-friendly activities. The pull-out map has the streets and attractions on one side and the Metro system on the other.
As I mentioned above, the book is not divided by arrondissement, but it does cite them for each listing (unlike a previous book I read, which only gives you the Metro stop).
The book also contains a "survival guide," with telephone instructions, information about electric current and type of plugs used in France, and some basic conversational French phrases.
The book is tiny, but it's full of useful material. Highly recommended.
Divided up by neighborhoods (although not by arrondissement), the book shows the top sights, makes recommendations for dining, and even provides money-saving tips. There is a separate section of "bests," which specifically calls out free attractions, museums, and kid-friendly activities. The pull-out map has the streets and attractions on one side and the Metro system on the other.
As I mentioned above, the book is not divided by arrondissement, but it does cite them for each listing (unlike a previous book I read, which only gives you the Metro stop).
The book also contains a "survival guide," with telephone instructions, information about electric current and type of plugs used in France, and some basic conversational French phrases.
The book is tiny, but it's full of useful material. Highly recommended.
March 22, 2015
This is one of the books that made the "put it in our luggage" cut when we went to Paris two years ago. The current edition is a very nice update, featuring different restaurants and such from the previous one. It also discusses which areas are thoroughly pedestrianized now (for example Republique was in the process of building the new plaza and fountains when we were there, but that construction is now done).
The book includes an outstanding pull-out map that has the city on one side and the Metro system on the other. It makes it very easy to get around a city that is more complicated in some areas than others ... and also not as large as one might believe.
My one complaint remains that the arrondissements are not identified in the discussion of different locations. A native or frequent visitor might understand the neighborhood names, but not identifying the administrative district can make it hard to pinpoint locations on a map.
The book includes an outstanding pull-out map that has the city on one side and the Metro system on the other. It makes it very easy to get around a city that is more complicated in some areas than others ... and also not as large as one might believe.
My one complaint remains that the arrondissements are not identified in the discussion of different locations. A native or frequent visitor might understand the neighborhood names, but not identifying the administrative district can make it hard to pinpoint locations on a map.
January 30, 2013
Excellent summary in a small, easy-to-carry book. The pull-out map was indispensable. It does need to be in a more sturdy paper but that may make it harder to include as a resource. The book itself is divided into the various areas of Paris, making it easy to pick alternatives if a first choice is unavailable or queues are too long.
July 19, 2013
A lifesaver while we stayed in Paris. Small and compact too so it's easy to pack in or carry around in a small bag while out sightseeeing. We tried several of the restaurant recommendations and were very much impressed.
March 16, 2013
Read in ebook format. Liked the live links to both websites and other sections of the book. The formatting was a bit strange, though.
April 21, 2016
3.5 stars
Pros: small, easy to carry, but still has a lot in it
Cons: lay out didn't help me determine what to do during my whirlwind tour.
Pros: small, easy to carry, but still has a lot in it
Cons: lay out didn't help me determine what to do during my whirlwind tour.
November 12, 2018
Standard good quality from lonely planet on a pocket size to carry along.
May 21, 2019
Splendida guida. Ogni quartiere ha un itinerario alternativo, una passeggiata per sentirti davvero un abitante della città
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