RESOURCES AND LINKS

PARIS TOURS AND SIGHTS
PARIS WALKS: Reasonably priced 2-hour walking tours of different quartiers and historical themes. Recommended, particularly for those on a budget. Group size can be large for popular tours.
CONTEXT PARIS: Seminar-style walking itineraries led by scholars and limited to 6 people. Orientation chats, concierge services, cell phone rental.
CHIC SHOPPING PARIS: Stay au courant with their newsletter or enjoy one of their specialized shopping tours.
PARIS MUSE: Private tours of the great museums of Paris with art history scholars
CITY SEGWAY TOURS: Even Paris veterans probably haven't toured the city on a Segway—a self-balancing, personal transportation device that's designed to operate in any pedestrian environment. Enjoy a 4-5 hour tour with a guide for a new perspective on Paris with fun to boot.
PARIS-TRIP.COM: Recommended by Boujour Paris. A wide range of day and night escorted tours are offered by mini-bus. Tours outside Paris include Normandy D-Day, Mont Saint-Michel, and Loire Valley Castles.
EDIBLE PARIS: Paris food tours, itineraries and restaurant recommendations and reservations from Rosa Jackson, food critic and cookbook author.
GOTOPARIS.NET: Order Paris museum passes and metro passes for delivery to you in the U.S. before your trip. This is merely a convenience as these items can be purchased in Paris as well.
POMPIDOU CENTRE:Official site.
LOUVRE MUSEUM: Official site.
MUSÉE D'ORSAY: Official site.
MUSEE DE L'ORANGERIE: Official site for the newly reopened museum, home to Monet's Waterlily series.

PARIS GENERAL
PAGES JAUNE: French yellow pages include maps and building pictures as well as other information.
PATRICIA WELLS: Well-known author of books on French food and cooking. Her site has information on Paris cooking classes.
RATP: Public transportation routes and schedules for the Metro, Bus, and RER.
FRENCH TOURIST OFFICE:Official site.
PARIS INFO: Official site of the Paris Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
PARIS AIRPORTS: Information including getting to the Charles de Gaulle or Orly, terminal maps, services, etc.
PARIS SHUTTLE: Shared ride airport shuttle
MY HOME IN PARIS: Great company to help you find, purchase, renovate, and settle in to a Paris apartment.

PARIS BOOKS, NEWSLETTERS, BLOGS
GLOBE CORNER BOOKSTORE: Selective list of Paris guidebooks, maps, travel essays, and memoirs, as well as fiction set in Paris.
PARIS NOTES: Subscription newsletter with Paris history, culture, current events, exciting things to do, new places to visit, restaurant reviews and more. Well researched and written.
BONJOUR PARIS: Web site and weekly newsletter billed "for those who love France." Articles, resources, tips, reviews--some free content and some available only to subscribers.
SECRETS OF PARIS: Subtitled the Alternative Insider's Guide. Site, newsletter, and blog of American writer Heather Stimmler-Hall who has lived in Paris for over 10 years. This is a more youthful and hip perspective on the City of Lights. Interesting resource section is in development.
CHOCOLATE & ZUCCHINI: Award-winning blog about all things food written in English by Parisian Clotilde Dusoulier.

GENERAL TRAVEL HELP
CLIMATE INFORMATION:
Average high and low temperatures and rainfall
WEATHER FORECASTS:
Current weather or a 10-day forecast
CUSTOMS INFO:
Learn the rules for bringing items back to the U.S.
FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE:
Print a currency exchange cheat sheet
FOREIGN ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Check required adaptor plugs and converters
INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY CALLING CODES:
Telephoning made easy
LANGUAGE TRANSLATION:
Translate from/to English in many languages
PASSPORT APPLICATIONS:
Download U.S. applications plus other info
TIME ZONES WORLDWIDE:
Find out what time it is in another part of the world.
TSA—Transportation Security Administration:
Security rules from the source
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT TRAVEL WARNINGS:
Advisories and warnings