City of love, fashion, gastronomy, art and also city of lights. Paris has always been a metropolis for which the best is just enough. It is the city of superlatives: the most beautiful, largest, fastest, most brilliant of all. And certainly not only in comparison with Berlin, once the capital of Prussia, which Frederick the Great said it would be foolish to think could compete with Paris. Just stroll on a December evening on the Champs-Elysées, illuminated for 2.5 km by 135,000 light bulbs; or observe the multicolored comings and goings of passers-by from one of the many outdoor cafes of Saint-Germain-des-Prés – the student and entertainment district, always very lively at any time of day or night – and you are immediately infected by the charm of this city. Contains a pull-out map and 22 road atlas pages.