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pont (m) – bridge

port (m) – harbour, port

port de plaisance (m) – boat harbour or marina

porte (f) – door; gate in a city wall

poste (f) – post office

pourboire (m) – tip

préfecture (f) – prefecture; capital city of a département

produits biologique – organic food

quai (m) – quay

quartier (m) – quarter, district, neighbourhood

raï – a type of Algerian popular music

RATP – Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens; Paris’ public transport system

RER – Réseau Express Regional; Paris’ suburban train network

résidence (f) – residence; hotel usually intended for long-term stays

rillettes (f pl) – shredded potted meat or fish

rive (f) – bank of a river

rond point (m) – roundabout

rue (f) – street or road

salle (f) – hall; room

salon de thé (m) – tearoom

séance (f) – performance or screening (film)

service des urgences (f) – casualty ward, emergency room

SNCF – Société Nationale de Chemins de Fer; France’s national railway organisation

soldes (m pl) – sale, the sales

sonnette (f) – doorbell

sono mondiale (f) – world music

sortie (f) – exit

spectacle (m) – performance, play or theatrical show

square (m) – public garden

syndicat d’initiative (m) – tourist office

tabac (m) – tobacconist (which also sells bus tickets, phonecards etc)

tarif réduit (m) – reduced price (for students, seniors, children etc)

tartine (f) – a slice of bread with any topping or garnish

taxe de séjour (f) – municipal tourist tax

télécarte (f) – phonecard

TGV – train à grande vitesse; high-speed train

tour (f) – tower

tous les jours – every day (eg on timetables)

traiteur (m) – caterer, delicatessen

Vélib’ (m) – communal bicycle rental scheme in Paris

vélo (m) – bicycle

version française or v.f. (m) – literally ‘French version’, a film dubbed in French

version originale or v.o. – literally ‘original version’, a nondubbed film in its original language with French subtitles

vin de table (m) – table wine

voie (f) – way; railway platform

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THIS BOOK

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THIS BOOK

This is the 7th edition of Paris, written by Steve Fallon and Nicola Williams. The 1st edition was researched and written by Daniel Robinson and Tony Wheeler. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th editions were updated by Steve Fallon. The 6th edition was updated by Steve Fallon and Annabel Hart. This guidebook was commissioned in Lonely Planet’s London office, and produced by the following:

Commissioning Editor Caroline Sieg

Coordinating Editor Jeanette Wall

Coordinating Cartographer Valentina Kremenchutskaya

Coordinating Layout Designer David Kemp

Managing Editors Sasha Baskett, Geoff Howard

Managing Cartographer Mark Griffiths

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Assisting Editors Carolyn Bain, Gennifer Ciavarra, Chris Girdler, Trent Holden, Kim Hutchins, Ali Lemer

Assisting Cartographers Fatima Basic, Anita Banh, Valeska Canas, Xavier Di Toro, James Regan, Peter Shields

Cover Designer Pepi Bluck

Project Manager Rachel Imeson

Language Content Coordinator Quentin Frayne

Thanks to Mark Germanchis, Liz Heynes, Lisa Knights, Trent Paton, Rebecca Lalor, John Mazzocchi, Alison Ridgway

Cover photographs Bouquet of red roses, Owen Franken/Corbis (top); statue in front of Eiffel Tower, Jean-Bernard Carillet/Lonely Planet Images (bottom).

Internal photographs p4 (#2) Photononstop/Alamy; p67 (#3) Michael Jenner/Alamy; p70 (#3) Martin Probert/Alamy; p70 (#4) Bembaron Jeremy/Corbis Sygma. All other photographs by Lonely Planet Images, and by Will Salter except p8 (#1), p60 (#3) Glenn Beanland; p67 (#4) Bruce Yuan-Yue Bi; p66 (#4) Karl Blackwell; p8 (#2), p58 (#2), p60 (#2), p61 (#5), p62 (#1), p63 (#5 & 6), p64 (#1 & 2), p65 (#4), p66 (#1), p68 (#1), p70 (#1), p71 (#1 & 3), p72 (#3) Jean-Bernard Carillet; p57 Ann Cecil; p62 (#3), p72 (#1) Olivier Cirendini; p4 (#3), p69 (#4), p70 (#2) Martin Moos; p68 (#2) Russell Mountford; p6 (#3) Richard Nebesky; p4 (#1), p59 (#4 & 5), p69 (#3) Jonathan Smith; p67 (#1 &