Wandelgids Parijs - A Walking Tour: Paris | Marshall Canvendish (9789814351249)

Explore Paris' most famous and scenic places on foot with this elegant and handy guide.

 

User-friendly, information-rich – this guide is all you need to explore Paris at street level.

Contains 15 walking tours, each supported with illustrations of key buildings and sites, as well as essential and interesting information.

Elegant hand-drawn icons and maps throughout to guide the reader.

Includes sections on the French language and architectural styles. 

Paris is a city renowned for its history, beauty and romance. Beloved of artists, writers and thinkers, not to mention lovers, 'La Ville-Lumière' (The City of Light) is as famous for its fashion as its food and, of course, its art and architecture. Architect G. Byrne Bracken guides you through 15 walking tours in Paris' most famous and scenic locations, including Le Marais, Tuileries, St Germain des Prés, Latin Quarter, Luxembourg, Montparnesse, Invalides, Champs Elysées, Montmatre and others. Each is accompanied by beautiful sketches, from the magnificence of the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay to tiny museums dedicated to artists and writers dotted throughout the city. A Walking Tour Paris features 200 buildings, streets and places and contains over 80 elegant illustrations with 17 maps. This handy pocket guide is user-friendly, information-rich and the perfect companion for all visitors and explorers of Paris.