Table of Contents

Introduction.Part I: Introducing Paris.Chapter 1: Discovering the Best of Paris.Chapter 2: Digging Deeper into Paris.Chapter 3: Deciding When to Go.Part II: Planning Your Trip to Paris.Chapter 4: Managing Your Money.Chapter 5: Getting to Paris.Chapter 6: Catering to Special Travel Needs or Interests.Chapter 7: Taking Care of the Remaining Details.Part III: Settling into Paris.Chapter 8: Arriving and Getting Oriented.Chapter 9: Checking in at Paris's Best Hotels.Chapter 10: Dining and Snacking in Paris.Part IV: Exploring Paris.Chapter 11: Discovering Paris's Best Attractions.Chapter 12: Shopping the Local Stores.Chapter 13: Following an Itinerary.Chapter 14: Going Beyond Paris: Five Day Trips.Part V: Living It Up After Dark: Paris Nightlife.Chapter 15: Applauding the Cultural Scene.Chapter 16: Hitting the Clubs and Bars.Part VI: The Part of Tens.Chapter 17: Ten (Well, Nine) Places to See Paris - Without the Lines.Chapter 18: Ten Plus Great Places for a Picnic.Part VII: Appendixes.Appendix A: Quick Concierge.Appendix B: A Glossary of French Words and Phrases.Index.

About the Author

Cheryl A. Pientka is a freelance writer who has contributed to France For Dummies and Europe For Dummies. A graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Delaware, she lives in New York. Joseph Alexiou recently graduated from Tufts University with a degree in History. A hopeless francophile, he hopes to return someday to Paris (or anywhere in Provence) in some literary capacity. For now he resides very happily in Brooklyn, New York.