How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book

This Berlitz Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Paris, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Paris, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Paris are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Paris. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

About Berlitz Pocket Guides

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Our wide-ranging travel products – printed travel guides and phrase books, as well as apps and ebooks – offer all the information you need for a perfect trip, and are regularly updated by our team of expert local authors. Their practical emphasis means they are perfect for use on the ground. Wherever you’re going – whether it’s on a short break, the trip of a lifetime, a cruise or a business trip – we offer the ideal guide for your needs.

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Table of Contents

How To Use This E-Book

Paris’s Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction #1

Top Attraction #2

Top Attraction #3

Top Attraction #4

Top Attraction #5

Top Attraction #6

Top Attraction #7

Top Attraction #8

Top Attraction #9

Top Attraction #10

A Perfect Day In Paris

Introduction

A Brief History

Historical Landmarks

Where To Go

Île de la Cité

Notre-Dame

The West Front

Palais de la Cité

Palais de Justice

Conciergerie

Sainte-Chapelle

Other Attractions on the Île de la Cité

Île St-Louis

The Louvre, Tuileries & Concorde

Palais du Louvre

Musée du Louvre

Lower-Ground and Ground Floors

First and Second Floors

Additional Museums

Palais-Royal

The Tuileries

Jeu de Paume and Musée de l’Orangerie

Place de la Concorde

The Grands Boulevards

Palais Garnier

Madeleine

Place Vendôme

Beaubourg, Les Halles & the Marais

Châtelet and Hôtel de Ville

Centre Pompidou

Les Halles

The Marais

A Cluster of Museums

Place des Vosges

Jewish Quarter

Bastille & Eastern Paris

Bastille

Eastern Paris

Champs-Élysées, Trocadéro & West

Champs-Élysées

Arc de Triomphe

Trocadéro

Western Paris

Bois de Boulogne

Around Monceau

Montmartre & Pigalle

Sacré-Cœur

Place du Tertre

Pigalle

La Villette

Latin Quarter & St-Germain-des-Prés

The Latin Quarter

The Sorbonne

Musée National du Moyen Age – Thermes de Cluny

Panthéon

Rue Mouffetard

Institut du Monde Arabe

Jardin des Plantes

St-Germain-des-Prés

Académie Française

Musée Delacroix and St-Sulpice

Jardin du Luxembourg

Odéon

Around the Eiffel Tower

Musée d’Orsay

Assemblée Nationale

Musée Rodin

Les Invalides

The Eiffel Tower

Musée du Quai Branly

Montparnasse

La Défense

Excursions

Versailles

Fontainebleau

Malmaison

Vaux-le-Vicomte

Giverny

Disneyland Paris

What To Do

Shopping

What to Buy Where

Markets

Sports

Spectator Sports

Participant Sports

Entertainment

Theatre

Opera and Ballet

Jazz, Pop and Rock

Cabarets

Clubs and Bars

Children

Calendar of Events

Eating Out

Reading the Menu

To Help you Order

Menu Reader

Restaurants

The Islands

The Right Bank

Louvre and Tuileries

The Grands Boulevards

Beaubourg, Marais, Bastille and East

Champs-Élysées and Trocadéro

Western Paris

Montmartre and the Northeast

The Left Bank

Latin Quarter and St-Germain-des-Prés

Around the Eiffel Tower

Montparnasse

A–Z Travel Tips

A

Accommodation (see also Hotel Listings )

Airports

B

Bicycle Hire (Rental)

Budgeting for Your Trip

C

Camping

Car Hire (Rental)

Climate

Clothing

Crime and Safety

D

Driving

E

Electricity

Embassies and Consulates

Emergencies

G

Gay and Lesbian Travellers

Getting There (see also Airports)

Guides and Tours

H

Health and Medical Care (see also Emergencies)

L

Lost Property

M

Maps

Media

Money

O

Opening Hours

P

Police (see also Emergencies)

Post Offices

Public Holidays

T

Telephones

Time Differences

Tipping

Toilets

Tourist Information

Transport

Travellers with Disabilities

V

Visas and Entry Requirements

W

Websites

Y

Youth Hostels

Recommended Hotels

The Islands

The Right Bank

Louvre and Tuileries

The Grands Boulevards

Beaubourg, Marais and Bastille

Western Paris

Montmartre

The Left Bank

Latin Quarter and St-Germain-des-Prés

Around the Eiffel Tower

Montparnasse