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| France Travel Resources: Our Preferred Partners |
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Auto Europe
Auto Europe is a one-stop source for great rates on auto rental, airfares, airport transfers, hotels, even cell phone rental in France, and all over Europe. Please reserve cars, airfare or other via this link. We are happy to be an affiliate of Auto Europe/Destination Europe.
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Call In Europe
Call In Europe is an excellent company to buy or rent a French or European cell phone from. Very competitive prices, great customer service. Your Great Days in Paris staff use these phones.
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Interested in a Short-Stay Paris Apartment?
Glen Cooper's Paris Flats is one of my top colleagues in Paris renting Short-Stay apartments, from studios to two bedrooms in the best central quarters full of all the things we go to Paris to see and do. Please tell Cooper's Paris Flats that Sally Peabody sent you.
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Paris Perfect for Short Stay Paris Apartments in top quarters
Paris France Accommodation: Find outstanding accommodations in Paris, beautiful rental personally owned or managed by ParisPerfect.com. Each apartment is remodeled to high standards; many have balconies and air conditioning. Wel personally welcome you at each apartment, explain how everything works and give neighborhood tips. Enjoy living like a Parisian in the safest and most sought after neighborhoods. Stroll to Paris landmarks and museums, the romantic river to charming caf豬 designer stores and bistros that Parisians love.
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Another Great Source of Short-Stay Paris Apartments
We recommend CobbleStay who personally inspects each apartment to ensure the highest standards of quality from only the best owners. They stake their reputation on it. Enjoy dedicated customer service from North Americans who understand the needs of fellow travelers.
US phone: (949) 273 1552 or reservations@cobblestay.com
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Bicycle Tour to Monet's Gardens in Giverny
Combine a bicycle ride through lovely Norman countryside to the hamlet of Giverny with a visit to Monet's incomparable gardens and you have a great day indeed. Fat Tire offers this tour which includes taking the train to and from Vernon to commence the bicycle tour.
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Bicycle tour to Versailles with Fat Tire's Guided Tour
Fat Tire's Bicycle tour to Versailles is a super way to see the great Chateau and also the glorious park, gardens, fountains and smaller chateau at Versailles. And you get to stop at the Versailles market to pick up a delicious picnic lunch! A wonderful day trip for families and individual travelers.
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Hip Paris Blog
An excellent newsy blog to savor whether you are in Paris or dreaming about your next trip. This Haven In Paris' blog. See our link to Haven in Paris for short stay apartments.
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Paris Perfect's Paris Blog
This Paris blog is well worth a regular read for its range of engaging informative Paris information. Click through the separate link to Paris Perfect's homepage to view their extensive short stay apartment offerings.
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French Today
Camille Chevalier Karfis is a French teacher extraordinaire. Her website is full of informative information, a good blog, and also offers various lessons and exercises for download and purchase. She offers French lessons live via Skype or telephone.
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Fat Tire Bicycle and Segway Tours in Paris (and Versailles & Giverny)
Fat Tire is your best source for day or night bicycle of Paris, Segway tours, Classic Walks, even bicycle tours to Versailles and Giverny. Great for families, individuals, couples, groups of friends. Book the daytime bicycle tour here. See links below for selected other Fat Tire Tours. Email sally@yourgreatdaysinparis for info on their excellent Normandy day trip tour from Paris(not a bicycle tour).
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Paris Marais Newsletter
Check out this website and subscribe to the free monthly e-newsletter. Always full of great shopping, dining and 'what's happening' tips for the ever wonderful Marais quarter.
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| Sample publications I love and use constantly
when visiting Paris: |
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Michelin Paris Plan: detailed maps of neighborhoods by arrondissement. Including every street, passage and staircase, all cultural sites, churches, and metro stops, this is an indispensable tool for a Paris visit. Small format fits in pocket or purse relatively easily. |
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Take Paris Personally, Your Guide to Discovering Quintessential Paris by Sally Peabody. Third Edition. Updated and Expanded. This engaging and useful e-guide will get you to YOUR best in Paris. You will feel like a savvy insider whether its your first or fifth trip to Paris. Order on www.yourgreatdaysinparis.com 116 pages in PDF format. TPP will be published in book format on SharedSpace and Amazon.com in July 2009. See my homepage. |
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Walking Paris: by Gilles Desmons. This is an excellent book of Paris Walks that reaches well beyond the usual. Thirty walks are featured which really get you off the beaten path, as well as through the perennially favorite quartiers. Each itinerary includes excellent historic, literary, and artistic references to help you envision the past, and present, of the neighborhoods you are exploring. |
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Paris In a Basket. This book is a little large to take on a trip but is a gorgeous work focusing on the abundance of the marche volants, covered markets, and permanent market streets across Paris. This beautifully photographed book includes excellent market recipes, addresses, and schedules for all the markets. |
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Clothilde's Edible Adventures in Paris: By Clothilde Dusolier. This is a terrific book for foodies that includes many of the 'bonnes addresses' that I also use when I craft custom itineraries (of course we have other great places to suggest too) but this book is too good not to share. |
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Bonjour Paris The largest English language website for those who love Paris. Weekly e-newsletters and great stories about all aspects of Paris, often with features on other regions of France too. Subscribe for a weekly 'Premium' e-newsletter or for a free, less detailed e-newsletter. www.BonjourParis.com Check out Sally Peabody's articles on Bonjour Paris. |
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Female Traveler A very useful public information web resource for women traveling all over the world. Check on cultural issues, safety, and other important information. http://www.femaletraveler.co.uk |
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Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik. An delightful and insightful account of this writer's four year sojourn in Paris with his family. Keenly observed cultural reflections and understandings.
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Paris: Capital of the World: by Patrice Higgonet. This masterful social history of Paris explores the realities, myths, and phantagorisms that have evolved around and about Paris through the centuries. An excellent and informative book.
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The Flaneur by Edmund White. An excellent read by this long-time Paris resident and writer, devoted to the art of "flaneuring"... walking Paris with no apparent destination but with a keenly observing eye.
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