Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

lightweight:

Of all the larger guidebooks, this one is not very heavy. You must forgo all color and glossy pages, since this book apparently has been printed on newspaper paper. This a good thing, as the book is very light, which is a major bonus when you are lugging stuff all over Paris. It is an adequate guide. It seems, in general, poorly researched but organized well. The hotel recommendations seem as if they were pulled off the internet and nobody even bothered to check them out in person.

paris fun:

i recently returned from my first trip to paris. in preparation, i reviewed multiple guidebooks and took with me two. the four i considered most promising were let's go paris, rough guide paris, frommers paris from $90 and fodors paris. it was frustrating that i could not find a comparative review of guides which is why i share this info with you.

of these, after the trip, i must say that let's go paris was the most helpful with copious useful maps and tips, in addition to accurate and abundant... more info

You're kidding!:

I bought this book because the Fodors 2002 Italy guide was superb! Well, so much for crossing countries and years. First of all, the Paris guide contains no color photos (no photos at all), which would be acceptable, but the lack of color extends to the map of the Paris Metro as well, rendering it useless because the various metro lines, only shaded with an orange or gray, are virtually indistinguishable. Indeed, had I tried to utilize it for my travel, I'm convinced I would have surely been routed to... more info

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