
Best item I bought for the trip! - This map got us everywhere we wanted to go in Paris for our 1 week visit. I began using it right off the plane when our shuttle driver didn t know where our apartment was. We used it to keep the rain off our heads, and put it down on dirty benches to protect our clothes. The metro map meant that we never took a wrong train. We spent most of the week on foot and every street we were on was in the map. Most of the items and guides I brought along were looked at in the room before we left every morning, but this map was always with us.
Great Map! - This map was an essential element of my time spent in Paris. It is perfect if you re going to be in Paris and need a very detailed street map while walking through the city. It doesn t cover many of the outer-lying areas, but it covers the heart of the city in-depth. I speak zero French and this map got me wherever I needed to go. I would recommend any of Streetwise maps. I have used quite a few, both internationally and nationally, and have found them all to be extremely useful. In fact, whenever I know I m going to be visiting a different city I buy one! Also worth the price because the maps are very durable, they re laminated and I ve never had one tear on me.
Not really a map of Paris! - This map is crap. I mean it s really bad. Look at any Plan de Paris and you ll see they have one thing in common: they have a map of ALL of Paris, the ENTIRE city! This horrible map doesn t go any farther north than Sacre Coeur (strange), farther east than Pere Lachaise (not good) or farther south than Tour Montparnasse (absolutely, inexcusably whack). That s a huge swath of Paris wiped off the map, especially in the south. Now if you are just a monkey-boy tourist who will only be walking from the Champs Elysees to the Eiffel Tower and then maybe on to the Louvre (but definitely not to the Centre Pompidou, because you just don t get modern art) then woo-hoo! Here s a map, and not only a map, but a laminated one! Let s buy it sweetheart! Oh yes darling, let s! I m so very happy, love, are you happy? Oh yes, terribly happily! Let s go eat in this little bistro, only in Paris could one find a place so charming!
Essential! - This is an essential resource for travelers to Paris. Whether it s your first visit or your tenth, this convenient, detailed and accurate map will enable you to see all the City of Light has to offer. It s laminated, and easily fits in your back pocket. Simple, inexpensive, and perfect.
What a great travel companion! - The physical properties of this map make it a very handy, durable guide to get you around the heart of Paris. Laminated plastic, fan-folded like an accordian, it opens and closes in a snap. It survived five days riding around in my hip pocket, looking none the worse for wear. (Don t keep anything else of value in your pockets though. I very nearly got my pocket picked outside the Gare du Nord train station, and my wallet was deep in my front pocket! My wife spotted the little blighter, he couldn t have been older than 10, and alerted me.) When we returned home, it became one of our favorite keepsakes from the trip.