Paris: The Collected Traveler: An Inspired Anthology and Travel Resource

• Paperback - 26 September, 2000 - Fodor's
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• By: Barrie Kerper
• ISBN: 0609804448

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Reviews by readers

Experiencing Paris beyond the travel guides.

If you're looking for a Paris guidebook with detailed maps, walking tours, recommended hotels and restauraunts, museum hours and prices, Metro information, and foolproof directions to Jim Morrison's grave in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery, read Rick Steve's trusted, five-star travel guide. But if you're curious why Paris is called "The City of Lights," why poets, philosophers, and politicians have revered the River Seine, where to find the perfect baguette, or why God himself would be perfectly happy living in Paris, read Barrie Kerper's anthology. It reveals why Paris is the ultimate European travel destination, and encourages readers to experience Parisian culture on their own, and immerse themselves in Paris beyond the pages of other best-selling travel guides.

Whether you're a seasoned Francophile or planning your first trip to Paris, this book offers illuminating insights into Parisian culture, history, neighborhoods, personalities, gardens, cemeteries and other monuments, restaurants, bohemian bistros and wine bars that make up the City of Lights.

G. Merritt

Love it - much more than a guide book

I really love this book and am reading it right now in preparation for my trip to Paris in a few weeks. I like the fact that it tells so much more than where to eat and what to see. It describes the culture of Paris through stories. I wish there was a book like this for every part of the world.

Enjoy!

Not as described

I thought this book would be chapter legnth stories by people who visited paris. Instead, it is more like a listing of places to stay, places to eat. There were some essays, most a page or two, but they were not helpful. One example of an essay was a professor from New York who wrote how the French are rude. Another 2 page essay was on "cheap places to eat", but the cheapest resturant was over $75.

I want to enjoy my trip, not start out finding things not to like.

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