This compact pocket guide provides six in-depth walking tours of Paris. Read this book before you go Like most people, I didn't pay a lot of attention in world history class. If you ever slept through a lecture on the French Revolution, you should read this book. This guide includes seven unique walking tours of Paris's Left and Right Banks for the newest or the most seasoned traveler. The 15 detailed neighborhood maps in this guide will help you immediately locate the hotels, restaurants, shops and sights of Paris.
Few cities can approach the quality and number of Paris's distinguished buildings and streetscapes.
But if you go there to find those treasures, you'll miss most of them if you lack a good guidebook. I recommend it to everyone traveling to Paris, and wish that there were similar books for other destinations. With over 100,000 copies sold, the For Free series has been a godsend for people scared by the high cost of travel. Fodor's and Frommer's, take notice. A formidable competitor has just entered the travel guide arena.