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British Columbia – Many hostels now have a website where you can book a room. People from all walks of life and every corner of the world stay in hostels. Backpacking isnt complicated. In fact, its simplicity is what makes it so attractive.
Backpackers tend to travel for longer periods than the typical tourist. Youth Hostels provide the perfect way to get to know a country at low cost. Hostels have probably been around for over a thousand years as a low cost place for a traveller to stay for the night.
Sample the locale – Visit local restaurants and bars. They are much cheaper and you can try the traditional specialities and even meet the locals. Tip of the day -Always carry your student or youth card because you may be able to get a discount. Some hostels are huge, providing beds for hundreds; others consist of a single room in a friendly family home.
Expand your horizons – Taking excursions away from your original plan is part of what makes backpacking fun. Hostelling is, in part, the act of travelling and staying in hostels, and is referred to as “backpacking” in many parts of the world. Almost all hostels offer lockers, either free of charge or for hire so that people staying in dormitories can lock up their valuables.
Paris – Many hostels in the country are so quiet you can hear your heart beat. Generally, large city hostels are open 24 hours per day, while others may have shorter opening hours. Common identification used to stay in hostels includes passports, photo drivers licenses and state or country identity cards.
The majority of hostels around the world are independently owned and many of these have their own bars and restaurants.
Experiencing different cultures, overcoming language barriers, and making new friends (locals and other travellers) are all part of the adventure of backpacking and staying in hostels and cheap hotels.
With only your pack on your back, there are no limits to what you can do or see. As the evening rolls on, you may want to sit out into the night with your new friends. However, be aware that many hostels have curfews.
A hostel is an excellent cheap form of accommodation. Most hostels offer private rooms and dormitories. Private rooms are usually singles, twins or doubles and some properties also offer triples. Hostels have probably been around for over a thousand years as a low cost place for a traveller to stay for the night.
In all hostels, although the custom is to remain as quiet as possible at night, you should expect a small amount of noise from your fellow hostel occupants. Some hostels are huge, providing beds for hundreds; others consist of a single room in a friendly family home. Sample the locale – Visit local restaurants and bars. They are much cheaper and you can try the traditional specialities and even meet the locals.
A useful tip – Many hostels give discounts to students, so you should always keep your student card handy. Many hostels have remained old school and you do need to maintain an open mind when choosing this form of accommodation. Many hostels provide internet access, laundry, and free breakfast.
Hostels are becoming more and more modern. Many hostels provide access for wheelchair users, and specially adapted rooms are becoming more common. The majority of hostels around the world are independently owned and many of these have their own bars and restaurants. Common identification used to stay in hostels includes passports, photo drivers licenses and state or country identity cards.
With only your pack on your back, there are no limits to what you can do or see. Backpacking can be confusing, exhausting and possible dangerous. Therefore, preparations need to be made. Without constraints or firm schedules, backpackers are completely free.
Many hostels now have a website where you can book a room. Many hostels provide self-catering kitchens and most provide meals. Many hostels offer a wide range of activities – from city tours to white water-rafting.
There are hostels in castles, in tepees and in railroad carriages. Expand your horizons – Taking excursions away from your original plan is part of what makes backpacking fun. Hostels have probably been around for over a thousand years as a low cost place for a traveller to stay for the night.
Go to the tourist office. Here you can pickup a free tourist map and ask questions about what to do or what to see. Generally, large city hostels are open 24 hours per day, while others may have shorter opening hours. Many hostels have a self-catering kitchen where you can cook your own meals and some even have their own restaurants, cafe and bars.
Almost all hostels offer lockers, either free of charge or for hire so that people staying in dormitories can lock up their valuables. Many hostels in the country are so quiet you can hear your heart beat. Many hostels have remained old school and you do need to maintain an open mind when choosing this form of accommodation. Many hostels are located in remarkable buildings.
By booking in advance, you save yourself from worrying about your accommodation or hotel room, and can get on with enjoying your vacation. A hostel is an excellent cheap form of accommodation. Backpacking can be confusing, exhausting and possible dangerous. Therefore, preparations need to be made.
You can travel the world backpacking and staying at hostels. It is useful to be able to compare room rates at a number of hostels in your preferred destination. Don’t stand out – Learn about the culture of the country before you visit it, and try not to look too much like a tourist.
There are hostels in castles, in tepees and in railroad carriages. Hostels have probably been around for over a thousand years as a low cost place for a traveller to stay for the night. Many hostels offer a wide range of activities – from city tours to white water-rafting.
The hostel custom is that all guests clean up after themselves. Many hostels in the country are so quiet you can hear your heart beat. Many hostels are located in remarkable buildings.
Hostels are becoming more and more modern. Hostels provide a great way to meet new people and experience new things which is why they appeal to such a diverse range. While most hostels do not impose an age restriction, this is not always the case, particularly in establishments which have a bar on the premises. Common identification used to stay in hostels includes passports, photo drivers licenses and state or country identity cards.
As the evening rolls on, you may want to sit out into the night with your new friends. However, be aware that many hostels have curfews. Many hostels now have a website where you can book a room. Backpacking can be a wonderful experience.
Experiencing different cultures, overcoming language barriers, and making new friends (locals and other travellers) are all part of the adventure of backpacking and staying in hostels and cheap hotels. Backpackers tend to travel for longer periods than the typical tourist. Travel in comfort – Bring a pillow with you for those long bus journeys.
In all hostels, although the custom is to remain as quiet as possible at night, you should expect a small amount of noise from your fellow hostel occupants. Expand your horizons – Taking excursions away from your original plan is part of what makes backpacking fun. Sample the locale – Visit local restaurants and bars. They are much cheaper and you can try the traditional specialities and even meet the locals.
Go to the tourist office. Here you can pickup a free tourist map and ask questions about what to do or what to see. Generally, large city hostels are open 24 hours per day, while others may have shorter opening hours. The majority of hostels around the world are independently owned and many of these have their own bars and restaurants.
Hostels are becoming more and more modern. Many hostels have remained old school and you do need to maintain an open mind when choosing this form of accommodation. Almost all hostels offer lockers, either free of charge or for hire so that people staying in dormitories can lock up their valuables. Many hostels are located in remarkable buildings.
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The best guide to the sights of Paris is probably the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guide to Paris. You can order one from their website http://us.dk.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780756615475,00.html Its just vastly better than the usual Rick Steve's/Frommer/Fodor's junk.
I know this sounds silly but being a "good" tourist is hard work and you should spend almost as much time preparing as you do actually being there. So don't just get a guide book but read thru it very carefully BEFORE you go.
Make a list of what you want to see based on your personal interests and the amount of time you have. Of course, its fine to come back to this forum with more specific questions after you have had the time to do some research of your own.
There's also a lot to Paris that is beyond the tourist sights. Its the ambience and the attitude of Paris which need to be lived and felt.
You should spend some time just strolling around the city to appreciate its architecture and to get a feel for its medieval layout, the Belle Epoch improvements of Baron Hausman, and the modernizations seen in places like the Les Halles Forum and the new Opera in the Place Bastille.
You should take a little time to just sit in a cafe in the Latin Quarter or St. Germaine and people watch. Go the Luxembourg Gardens and feed the pigeons. Watch little kids sailing toy boats in the big pond there.
Be a bit courageous about food. Go to places that don't cater to tourists and don't have English menus. Just point to things on the menu or, better still, walk into a cafe at lunchtime and ask for the daily special which you'll almost always see displayed on a chalk board. don't worry if you don't know what it is! Try it! The worst that will happen is that you'll have a hilarious story to tell about how you got served a calve's head with cream sauce or something else too weird for you to eat.
Mainly, don't stay in a tight little tourist cocoon. Strike up conversations with strangers, be open minded, put your map in your back pocket and just wander around, get lost, experiment, learn, take the time to really look at things.
Bonne chance!
I have Lonely Planet, Fodor's and Let's Go, but how would I ever be able to send them?
Be sure to request a hotel with air conditioning!!!!!
We stayed a few blocks from the Eiffel Tower and almost died of heat every single night! Because it was so hot during the day, it stormed every single night, which was kind of nice because we opened up our window and caught a breeze.
Be sure to bring a compact umbrella for everyone in your group – you don't want to lug around a huge golf umbrella, but you will definitely need to take one every where you go because the weather is iffy each day.
We visited the American Embassy when we first arrived, and they suggested we buy a pass for the underground train – not a good idea, as the train didn't stop near anything we wanted to see! So…….invest in some really good walking shoes and plan on doing the city by foot. It's the best way to really get close to the Parisians anyway. Remember — it's PARIS, so if you are easily offended, you'll be frequently offended! We witnessed a couple making love on the grass in a park right up from the Louvre! It fascinated my young son, who thought they were wrestling! LOL
Enjoy your stay — and plan to spend several hours standing in line for the Louvre and Tower, but they are SO worth it!
I wish you well!!!
the RER is complicated and sometimes you have to wait a while.
Better just taking the 3 line (green) to Opera and change for the 8 (purple) to Ecole Militaire.
You will be at the other end of the Champs de Mars, making for a fantastic 1km walk and build-up to the actual tower (it's a park built in the tower's perpective, so you admire it all the time you're walking.
This is probably not the answer you want to hear but my opinion is that all the travel guides are more of less alike and that no one guide is going to really be good for anything more than the usual tourist trip.
As I type this i am looking at my bookshelf of travel books. I must have something like 150 of which 30 or 40 concern France generally or Paris in particular. These include such obscure things as "Seeing Paris," a guide published in 1931.
I go to Paris just about every year and have been doing so for more than 30 years and yet before each trip I spend several weeks planning things out and researching. I read restauant reviews, check the blogs of ex-patriates in Paris, and make extensive notes. I have a database of Paris restaurants and night clubs with hundreds of entries that I constantly update with whatever information I can glean from the internet.
The bottom line here is that you should consider doing your own research from many sources and compiling your own personal guide book.
It will be better than anything someone else can give you and you may find, as I do, that the preparation for your trip is itself an interesting activity.
Give it a try. I know it sounds like a horrible idea but it really works and its fun.
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I think this can help you:
http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/int/tpl/hme/MaHomePage.htm
just give your start city and your end city and voila! you get all info you need
You won't find it difficult to find your way around. Just get a good guide book, like Michelin, and it will tell you the places to go and how to get there. Much of Paris can be done by walking; just plan your days doing area by area so that you're not running around aimlessly.
Bear in mind that the Metro is easy once you know to look for the station that is at the end of the line. (In London, you look for "Eastbound", etc.)
I've done Paris many times, but spent a little time planning.
It's a wonderful city; have a lovely time.
I'm not sure where you found this information, but a ticket on the Eurostar is just that, a ticket to travel on the train from London to Paris. There is no tour guide, or anything else, included. Suggest you check the Eurostar website: http://www.eurostar.com
The above advice is good, it's an excellent idea to get all the free information you can find. However, if you're shopping for a Guide Book I HIGHLY recommend Rick Steves' guide books for both locations. Rick has specific guides just for the cities of London and Paris as well as books on all of England and France in case you are traveling outside the cities. You shouldn't need to buy all 4, if you are leaving the cities, the country books alone should give you plenty of info.
I've always been a fan of Rick's books because he points you in inexpensive and fun directions that help you travel like a local but see all the touristy stuff. He also designs self walking tours of towns and museums. Saves you the money of paying for a tour and you've got all the info at your finger tips.
The Rick Steves books really are the most thorough and interesting. They also seem to be the only line that takes traveling like a local and costs in mind constantly. You can get used Rick Steves books on eBay, amazon or half. He comes out with a new version each year so you can get used 2005 or 2006 books that will still be accurate but will be a lot cheaper. Check out his other travel tips and info for London and Paris at his web site http://www.ricksteves.com
The Lets Go Guidebooks are also heavily recommended, but I find them a lot more boring and I've had bad experiences with hotels and restaurants they recommended.
Hope this helps, enjoy your trip!
Cheers.