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| Rick Steves' Paris 2008 (Rick Steves) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Rick Steves, Steve Smith, Gene Openshaw
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
Category: Book
Buy New: $17.95
Buy New/Used from $11.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  (96 reviews)
Sales Rank: 67741
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 544
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 4.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1566918634
Dewey Decimal Number: 914.43610484
EAN: 9781566918633
ASIN: 1566918634
Publication Date: September 28, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Travel Book For The Rest Of Us December 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you're traveling to Paris, this is the book for you. Look no further. Mr. Steves offers an everyperson's perspective on the makeup of the city, how to get there, and how to enjoy yourself once you're there; all within thrifty, modest or splurge budgets. From the engaging narrative to the hand-drawn maps, this book is well-constructed, thorough, and insightful. Don't get on the plane without it...
A "MUST" for Euro travel! December 17, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Rick Steve's guides are the best! I always take them with me to Europe and find them to be very useful. They are so different from all the other guides as they are written to be more personable and humorous. They are very easy to follow and a great value too.
Rick Steves Paris 2008 December 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A gret book for anyone traveling to Paris especially for the first time as we are. Great ideas of places to visit, what to do , maps and different places to see
 less than complete, a bit jaded, but still a few good tips - November 16, 2007
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
So Mr. Rick is starting to show his age a bit (or maybe it's the market he's targeting that is aging him..) This book would be best for somebody who is (a) middle aged and (b) has never been to Europe/Paris before. (And maybe (c) from Seattle, with that singularly provincial and self-satisfied worldview.)
Now of course if you've achieved middle age and have not yet been to Paris (and maybe are from Seattle to boot), then you're probably unsalvageable anyway, in which case you may find the cutesy, and generally fairly shallow, descriptions of what is worth seeing there amusing, or at least tolerable - I found them more annoying. A much better choice for cultural insight of appropriate depth would be the Michelin Green Guide.
More annoying is the lack of some basic details, e.g. how to find/grab the train from the airport to town - as with instructions in general, you are probably better off with nothing than with something as incomplete and confusing as provided in this case, when you need it most, in your transatlantic jetlagged funk; at least then you'll start out knowing that you are on your own and will need to sort things out.
To this book's credit, it does provide advice of sufficient accuracy to be quite useful on museum access/logistics, e.g. closing days, why it's worth getting a museum pass (which it is), connecting to versailles - but even here it's not perfect, and most of what matters you could grab with a quick reading in the library, or even the bookstore.
All in all, I'd give this one a miss - it's not worthy of its subject, which is an easy 5 stars!
Paris remains quite enthralling, and more than worth your time/money/effort - the place has always been expensive, but worth it, and that is manifestly still the case, even with the dollar in freefall. Go and have a good time, but don't expect to do it on the cheap!
My favorite guide books! May 25, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rick Steves writes my favorites guidebooks, no matter where I'm going. His books are laid out in an easy way to find things, and I like how he lays out some great walks to take in the city. I read other books to get tips, but Rick's books are the ones that I actually take in my suitcase, to reference while I'm there.
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