In preparing for my first trip to Paris, I am trying to compile information about sights and restaurants etc. I don't want to lug a half dozen guide books along. Does anyone know of an easy way to get this information into my Palm? Is there software available? Downloadable info that will be easy to work with? Is there a guide book on line? I'd also like suggestions for the one (or maybe 2) indispensible (hard copy) guide books to take.

<BR> <BR>Hi Lynne, <BR> <BR>I just read today that the Michelin Red Guide is available for Palm Pilots; you can read about it at: <BR> <BR>http://www.michelin-travel.com/eng/n...mtop/palm.html <BR> <BR>As for "dead tree" format, I think I mentioned this a few weeks ago, but I have no idea in what thread. My preferences (a highly personal thing, <BR>I think) are: <BR> <BR>- Fodor's for restaurants (I've not yet gone wrong with their recommendations) <BR> <BR>- Michelin Green Guides for sites <BR> <BR>- Lonely Planet for logistical things, like how to post a letter, or where the nearest reliably clean bathroom is to your current location <BR> <BR>On my last trip, I would scribble a couple of restaurant ideas on a piece of paper in the morning, and leave the Fodor's in my room. It was easy enough to carry the Michelin and Lonely Planet with me. <BR> <BR>Have a great trip! <BR> <BR> - Quicksilver -

Agree with Quicksilver about Lonely Planet for logistics. They are especially good on telling you how to get from the train station to the center of town or what bus to take to explore the environs.

Lynne, <BR>Go to www.eurodata.com and go to the bottom of the page, to "Travel Planner." For a fee of $10, you can download some software that, I believe works in hand-held computers. <BR> <BR>s

Go to www.citysync.com. They have a software created in conjunction with Lonley Planet is is for your Palm Pilot. Each city costs $19.99 and includes maps! I just bought one for Rome and it's excellent.

I used citysync in Paris in my Palm. It was cool from a techie point of view (the idea that such a thing was possible!), but not the most useful info, IMHO. I would still get it-- more info isn't a bad thing-- but make sure to build your own database as well. Very few of the restaurants and shops that I cared about were listed. If I had planned ahead a little more I would have taken the time to create my own list and hotsync it. <BR> <BR>PS-- the citysync maps are cool, but way too small to be practical. I live by the little "par arondissement" books that you can buy on the street.

Check out www.palmgear.com; this site is nothing but every imaginable/available application for your Palm Pilot, usually sold as downloads. Definitely get a French-English disctionary for your Palm. Also, you may find that if you take it out in a shop or restaurant, it'll be an ice-breaker with people there; I gather they're not so common in Paris, because when we were there last year, many people were curious to check out my boyfriend's. I agree with the above post that the best map is a pocket-size Paris par arrondissement booklet that you can buy at any news stand there. It's the most accurate, comprehensive, and easiest to carry.