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An Hour From Paris book cover

A fantastic idea and looks terrific.

Bill Bryson



Ground-breaking work.

The Sunday Times


A kind of Ile de France Profonde.

The Independent



A tremendously useful new guidebook.

Paris Notes (USA)


A classic.

Galignani's bookshop, Paris

 

An insider’s guide to the pleasures
of exploring 20 little-known places
within an hour or less of Paris by train:

  • discovering half-hidden châteaux, museums and writers’ country houses
  • walking, boating and dancing by the river
  • exploring old towns and country footpaths
  • eating in family-run restaurants with 1950s decor and prices to match

Click on the map below to see where you can go and how long it will take by train.

Minutes from Paris map thumbnail

 

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An updated edition will appear in June 2008.

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240 pp with 3 colour and 27 b/w maps and 17 colour and 23 b/w illustrations.

116 by 197mm portrait including historical background, practical information and glossary.

Paperback ISBN 1-873429-69-X £12.95

October 2002, reprinted 2003