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The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris

From the author of Immoveable Feastand We'll Always Have Pariscomes a guided tour of the most beautiful walks through the City of Light, including the favorite walking routes of the many of the acclaimed artists and writers who have called Paris their home. Baxter highlights hidden treasures along theSeine, treasured markets at Place d'Aligre, the favorite ambles of Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, and Sylvia Beach, and more, in a series of intimate vignettes that evoke the best parts of Paris's many charms. Baxter's unforgettable chronicle reveals how walking is the best way to experience romance, history, and pleasures off the beaten path . . . not only of La Ville-Lumiere but also, perhaps, of life itself.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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