Put a New Guide in Your Pocket ; a Wave of Bite-Size City Guides Have Hit the Shelves. Fred Mawer Road-Tests the Best in Paris
Mail on Sunday › April 15, 2007
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BEFORE popping over to Paris the other day, I had a browse in my local bookshop for an up-to-date guidebook. There were 35 on the shelves.
With such a daunting choice, the temptation is to grab a familiar brand such as a Lonely Planet or Rough Guide. For several years, both publishers have had decent pocket city guides, and you might want to look out for Lonely Planet's new Encounters series, due out next month.See the full content of this document
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Put a New Guide in Your Pocket ; a Wave of Bite-Size City Guides Have Hit the Shelves. Fred Mawer Road-Tests the Best in Paris
But there are other new and expanding city guides worth considering. Here's my assessment of five of the more interesting.
For each, I've looked at their Paris guide.TIME OUT SHORTLIST PARIS 2007www.timeout.com, Pounds 6.99TIME OUT'S main guides have long been my first choice for a culturally savvy and frank insight into a city, alt...See the full content of this document
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