Pierre-Louis Colin, a speechwriter for the French foreign minister has written a new tourist guide on where best to ogle 'les parisiennes' or Frenchwomen.

The 190-page book Guide des jolies femmes de Paris, which was released last month, lists the best places to ogle gorgeous women in the city. Colin has singled out bars, parks, metro trains and times of day to observe women in Paris.

According to Colin, "You do not find in Menilmontant the sublime legs you see at the Madeleine. But you do find perfectly shameless cleavages." He also writes that "trendy youth", can be found on the pedestrian Rue Montorgueil, while those seeking "saucy maturity" are best to creep around in lingerie stores.

He advises visitors pushed for time to go directly to the 6th arrondissement, with its "dazzling range" of female talent from the Luxembourg gardens to the Boulevard Saint-Germain.

"Just as every region has its gastronomy, every quartier has its feminine speciality," writes Colin, 34, who co-wrote the foreign minister Bernard Kouchner's most recent book.

He cites that the "playful, gallant" contemplation of women is a vital part of his country's greatness, and an essential counter to US political correctness, Colin told The Daily Telegraph.