Books: City Hopping

A good travel guide must be more than merely informative. It should be readable before, during and after a trip and evocative enough to serve as a wish book. Three new guides pleasantly meet these conditions:

PARIS PLACES AND PLEASURES -by Kafe Simon. 327 pages. Putnam. $5.95.

Kate Simon has already written excellent books on New York and Mexico, and Paris is even better. The chapters on hotels, restaurants, neighborhoods, entertainment and landmarks are complete and reliable. The section on shopping moves up and down the streets, number by number. Even better than these conscientious compilations are brief essays on Parisian institutions and...

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