Has anyone seen or used a new Paris guidebook called "Paris by the Numbers" ? It sounds like it is organized completely by arrondissements, rather than categorized by 'museums, shopping, dining" etc.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...626190-8677404

www.parisbythenumbers.com

$15.95

I have it on order but it hasn't shown up yet!

I doo see though that you found the website..I was going to post it for you , then noticed you'd already done it!

Never heard of it. Sounds like a good book. I'll have to pick one up.

Thanks for posting it.

Anyone else?

I'm not at all impressed! While it does list SOME of the major sites in each area, it has pages devoted to the shops there. I guess if you are into shopping it might be useful as it gives addresses, phone and a general idea of what's for sale.

Well, in the meantime, I bought the Rough Guides book "Paris Directions"... it is arranged by 'area' and includes the main sights/museums (more than some other books but not as many as Eyewitness), then a few listings for shopping, dining and bars/cafes within that area. So if you're in the Marais, you can look up a couple museums, stop by a few boutiques, then have a refreshment without having to scroll thru separate listing for each activity.

The coolest thing is there is a mini-CD attached to the inside flap that has the entire text loaded on a pdf file - you can search the text, or copy/paste from it onto a Word or Excel document.

The next generation of guides I'm waiting for is a CD that allows you to 'checkmark' anything you want to visit, then you can download those items in a file to use as the basis of a trip plan. That would be excellent!

http://www.roughguides.com/store/det...?ProductID=505

$10.99

ISBN: 1843533170

Just so you know: within a few years, you will all be carrying the entire (searchable) text of several travel guides in your PDA.

What are you waiting for?

Thanks for the info on the Rough Guides book "Paris Directions"


I just bought a copy on Amazon.ca and can't wait to read it.

The concept sounds similar to the Access guidebooks, which are very good. They aren't specifically arrondisements, but more areas or neighborhoods, which is actually a better idea than an arbitrary arrondisement boundary in some cases. It has maps with sites of interest marked on them (restaurants, hotels and sightseeing).

I really like Access a lot for a neighborhood guidebook and I think most people do. I wouldn't recommend it as the main guidebook for someone who hadn't been to Paris, probably, as there is not one section you can look up for museums, for example.