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Paris - Recommended Hotels - Grand Hotel Francais

Grand Hotel Francais

  • 223 Boulevard Voltaire
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  • 40 rooms
  • Zagat & Trip Advisor Top Rated

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Paris - Recommended Hotels - Oceania Paris Porte De Versailles

Oceania Paris Porte De Versailles

  • 52 Rue Oradour-Sur-Glane
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  • 250 rooms
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Romantism

- Museums

Museum of Romantic Life

This museum, installed in the Scheffer-Renan mansion, celebrates the Dutch painter Ary Scheffer who lived there, as well as the poet... and intellectual Ernest Renan and evokes the life and works of the writer Georges Sand, symbolic figure of the Romantic Movement. Take the shady passageway through [...]

Louvre

Formerly the residence of the Kings of France, the Louvre is one of the French capital’s most renowned sites. With its rich past and collections, it is one of the world’s greatest museums. Its exhibition areas are divided into eight major sections: Near Eastern Antiquities; Egyptian Antiquities;[...]

Orangerie Museum

The Musée de l'Orangerie reopened its doors to the public on 17 May 2006. The Musée de l'Orangerie permanently holds the Nymphéas by Claude Monet and the 144 paintings from the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume collection featuring Cézanne, Renoir, le Douanier Rousseau, Matisse, Derain, Picasso, Mo[...]

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- Food and Restaurants

Kong

This ultramodern restaurant is located on the top two floors of Kenzo's main office. The decoration is signed Philippe Starck, the menu Fumiko Kono: halfway between Paris and Tokyo. Fluorescent stair case, Louis XV armchairs and plasma screens. It is very Parisian, luxurious and accessible. [...]

Le ciel de Paris

Located on top of the Montparnasse Tower, this is one of the three most beautiful views in Paris, along with the Jules Verne in the Eiffel Tower or la Tour d’Argent on another level. The panoramic view overlooking Paris is truly dazzling. And this famous restaurant knows how to try new things, it [...]

Le Jules Verne

Long one of the hardest tables to snag in Paris, the Jules Verne on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower looks set to rise to even loftier heights under the direction of Alain Ducasse. France's most powerful restaurateur took over the Eiffel Tower's restaurants in partnership with the Sodexho group [...]

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- Places to go

Bar Hemingway (hôtel Ritz)

With its comfortable, luxurious, and oh-so-British interior (wood paneling, leather armchairs, a library), the Hemingway Bar will comfort you further with its selection of pure malt whiskies, vintage portos, exotic foreign beers, and pricey cocktails dear to the famous writer (the Dry Martini among [...]

Plaza Athénée Bar

Supreme elegance rules at the Bar du Plaza, where old woodwork and columns, accompanied by contemporary seating and Murano glass chandeliers, make a perfect blend of history and contemporary design. This is a space dedicated to innovation, and it's not surprising that folks come here to take a good [...]

Café Beaubourg

Ultra stylish café-bar-restaurant opposite the Pompidou Centre, the Beaubourg oozes class and sophistication. You pass through plush red velvet drapes into a lavish room of gorgeous banquettes, bookcases and bare concrete walls. Waiters in Zen-like black suits ease around as if they've been plucked[...]

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- Shops

Bayen Market

A small market in the street bayen with very high quality fish and fruits[...]

Monge Market

Set up on this small city square you can find high quality products from fruit, vegetables, cheese, breads and homemade cakes. Also look for a few clothing, jewlery and scarf stalls[...]

Rue de la Paix Street

Rue de la Paix was created in 1806 by Napoleon, as the Emperor wished to make it the finest street in Paris, which is what it is today. The stately Rue de la Paix is situated in the IInd arrondissement of Paris. It leads from the Opéra Garnier to the Place Vendôme. Rue de la Paix is a street dedic[...]

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- Shows and Events

Lido

Le Lido is a cabaret and burlesque house on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, famous for its exotic shows, which rival those of Las Vegas and where, as an American GI on leave with some army friends, Elvis Presley gave an impromptu concert. Other famous names to perform there include: Edith Piaf, Mauri[...]

Opera Garnier

The Palais Garnier, also known as the Opéra de Paris or Opéra Garnier, but more commonly as the Paris Opéra, is a 2,200-seat opera house. A grand landmark designed by Charles Garnier in the Neo-Baroque style, it is regarded as one of the architectural masterpieces of its time. Upon its inaugurati[...]

Olympia Music Hall

Paris Olympia is a music hall founded in 1888 by Joseph Oller, the creator of the Moulin Rouge. The Olympia is the oldest music hall in Paris and one of the most famous music halls in the world, today easily recognizable by its giant red glowing letters announcing its name. It opened in 1889 as the [...]

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- Surroundings

Versailles Castle

The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, it is known as the Château de Versailles. When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a suburb of Paris, some twenty kilometers southwest of the French capital. From 1682, whe[...]

Giverny - Fondation Claude Monet

At the beginning of May 1883, Monet and his large family rented a house and 2 acres (8,100 m2) from a local landowner. The house was situated near the main road between the towns of Vernon and Gasny at Giverny. The house was close enough to the local schools for the children to attend and the surrou[...]

Malmaison Castle

The château de Malmaison, purchased by Josephine in 1799 was, together with the Tuileries, the French government's headquarters from 1800 to 1802. When Napoleon moved to Saint-Cloud, Josephine stayed in Malmaison and commissioned a wide range of improvements to the house. She settled in permanently[...]

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- Unusual Tours

Coulee verte Planted Gardens

The planted gardens are a veritable refuge in the centre of the city. Constructed by an architect and a landscape designer, the promenade runs for 5 km along an abandoned railway line. From the Bastille to Saint-Mandé, by bicycle or on foot, you can peek in the windows of typical Parisian flats. [...]

Fly Boats

Bateaux Mouches are open excursion boats that provide visitors to Paris with a view of the city from along the river Seine. These boats are popular tourist attractions in Paris. Many seat several hundred people, often with an open upper deck and an enclosed lower deck; some have sliding canopies tha[...]

Bois de Boulogne Boat Promenade

often called the "main lung" of Paris. You can hire small boats "barque" for 1 hour. [...]

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