The Rough Guide to Paris Map (Rough Guide City Maps)

Map - 16 May, 2002 - Rough Guides
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By: Rough Guides
ISBN: 1843530392

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This was the best map we could have had!

We went to many bookstores looking for a map of Paris. MY parner and I were going for the first time ever and had no clue what to expect. We went for 6 days and 5 nights. We thumbed thru about 100 different maps in total and purchased this one based on 3 things: it showed the street we were staying on, it divided the country into arrondisements (different districts) and it showed all the tourist spots!

The map was easy to read and through all our fighting over it and folding and unfolding, the map stayed in tact! It's also waterproof!

It was so worth the money! We got lost once when we travelled far off the map. But it really is the best map out there! We are keeping it for our next visit!

Excellent overview

The perfect city map. There is a separate fold out with street names and locations which means both sides of the map are devoted to the street layouts, one side an enlarged section of the main city center which is the perfect scale. My wife and I spend as much time as possible walking around to enjoy the details of a city and we never got lost with this map. Streets that are pedestrian only are marked, the major sights are marked, minor sights are marked, the Metro map is very good, the paper is water resistant, it folds easily to keep your current area handy, the arrondissements are marked which some maps do not have. Comes with a neat little holder which I actually kept the map in, the holder also having a quick reference map on the inside cover.
Used it daily, loved it, recommend it.

Very rough guide

Multiple misplaced Metro stations (e.g., Porte Maillot, Miromesnil), buildings (e.g., Ministre de l'Interieur) and hotels (the one I stayed in) made this map useless - I spent about an hour in total walking the wrong way because of such mistakes on a map that claims to have been "thoroughly researched on the ground".
The tough waterproof paper is good; in fact it's essential as the manner in which the map is folded is so awkward you will come close to tearing it every time you use it.
I'd recommend a map book; even the crude maps in the Lonely Planet guide are better than this.

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