Le Meurice Paris – Luxury Hotel (5 stars)
228 Rue De Rivoli Paris, 75001
Location.
The opulent le Meurice hotel is located in the centre of Paris, France, across the street from the tuileries gardens, the Louvre museum and the musee d’orsay. The hotel is two blocks from place Vendome and 800 metres from the avenue des champs-Elysees.
Hotel Features.
The lobby in the fashionable le Meurice hotel has a view of the glass ceiling in the winter garden. Discreet concierge staff can provide information on Paris attractions, and there is a currency exchange and safe at reception. Wireless internet access is available in public areas.
Restaurant le Meurice offers classic French cuisine and is decorated by Philippe Starck. Restaurant le Dali offers traditional dishes, and cocktails are available at bar 228. Room service is available 24 hours a day.
Le Meurice hotel provides laptops and faxes for use in guestrooms. Four elegant salons are available for meetings.
The hotel’s well-being centre offers beauty treatments and massages. Masseuses are specially trained in ‘vinotherapy’, which uses grape seed extracts. There is also a fitness room, sauna, steam room and spa.
Guestrooms.
Le Meurice hotel’s 160 climate-controlled guestrooms have entry foyers, seating areas, televisions with internet access, minibars and safes. Marble and mosaic- tiled bathrooms have bathrobes and designer toiletries.
Expert Tip.
The concierge can map out a number of unique shopping galleries within a few blocks of the hotel, including the galleries of the Jardin du Palais royal and Galerie Vivienne.
Hotel Prince de Galles – Champes Elysees (4 stars)
33 Avenue George V Paris, 75008
A restored art deco building, the hotel Prince de Galles is located within three blocks of upscale boutiques on the Champs-Elysïes and avenue Montaigne.
The 168 guestrooms are decorated with period furnishings, and have marble bathrooms with art deco flourishes. Amenities include air conditioning, satellite television, wireless internet access and safes. Restaurant le Jardin des Cygnes serves fine Provence- inspired cuisine at lunch and dinner amid high ceilings, hand-painted frescoes, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the mosaic-tiled courtyard garden.
The morning breakfast buffet is also served here, or outside on the patio in warmer weather. Guests can also have lunch and drinks while browsing complimentary newspapers on leather seating in the british-style regency bar. There is a fitness centre, beauty salon, and business centre with secretarial services on site, and guests can ask multilingual staff at the 24-hour front desk for local information, while the concierge is able to assist with restaurant and opera bookings.
Most of the city’s luxury boutiques are located in the immediate neighbourhood, the ’golden triangle’, which is bounded by avenue George V, avenue des Champs-Elysées, and the avenue Montaigne. It is also a hot spot for trendy restaurants and chic new nightclubs. Famous Parisian attractions such as the Arc de Triomphe and river seine are within three blocks, and Charles de Gaulle airport is 25 kilometres from the hotel.
Ideal Hotel Design (3 stars)
108 Boulevard Jourdan Paris, 75014
Location.
The ideal hotel is a traditional townhouse property located in the city centre, opposite the Porte d’Orleans metro and within three kilometres of Montparnasse. Paris Orly airport is situated nine kilometres away, and takes approximately ten minutes to reach by car.
Hotel Features.
Guests can surf the web via the hotel’s complimentary wireless internet access and ask the multilingual concierge for sightseeing tips and help booking tours and tickets. Further amenities include a dry cleaning service, a 24-hour front desk, nearby parking, and airport transfers (surcharge).
Guestrooms.
The 68 guestrooms, over seven floors, feature simple, modern decor. Amenities include wireless internet access, satellite television each with lcd screens, telephones, hair dryers, minibars and desks.
Expert Tip.
The Jardin du Luxembourg, located three kilometres from the hotel, is Paris’ largest park and features a children’s playground, a restaurant and historic statues. Free musical performances are often given at the gazebo.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at either check-in or check-out.
Parking fee: Eur25 per day
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Crowne Plaza Paris Champs Elysees (4 stars)
64 Avenue Marceau Paris, 75008
Location.
The Crowne plaza Champs Elysees is located in Paris, France.
By the Champs Elysees
One kilometre fom the Eiffel tower
Four kilometres from Paris’ Louvre museum
Hotel Features.
Restaurant
Business centre and wireless internet
Multilingual staff
Guestrooms.
High-speed internet access
Satellite television and pay movies
Minibars and coffee and tea facilities
Hotel Scribe Paris
1 Rue Scribe Paris, 75009
The hotel scribe is a 19th-century building located in the centre of Paris, within 200 metres of the opera, and 400 metres from place Vendome.
Its 213 guestrooms over six floors feature light, traditional decor with modern touches. All offer flat-screen televisions with internet connections, satellite channels and pay movies, multi-line phones, safes and minibars. Bathrooms include robes, shower/tub combinations and complimentary designer toiletries.
Guests can start the day in the hotel’s breakfast room and browse complimentary newspapers in the lobby. After a day’s sightseeing, guest can relax over drinks in the bar or order snacks and drinks from the 24-hour room service menu. The hotel provides two dining options: underneath a glass roof, le cafï lumiere looks out onto a ‘winter garden’ courtyard and serves gourmet French dishes.
Whilst the 1 t rue scribe combines a Parisian feel with oriental touches, serving pastries with teas from china, India and Japan. Those wanting some pampering can head to the hair salon or the spa for a massage or therapeutic treatments including hammam, aromatherapy, chromatherapy and hydrotherapy. The hotel also offers a complimentary fitness centre. Guests visiting on business can make use of the hotel’s meeting facilities, and stay in touch at the high-speed internet terminal.
Computers and cell phones are also available for hire. Practical amenities include a 24-hour front desk, concierge services, currency exchange and babysitting services. Several of Paris’s historic attractions can be found in the hotel’s immediate surroundings, with the bustling place Vendome 400 metres away and the Louvre museum, home to the Mona Lisa, one kilometre from the hotel. The modern high-rises of la defense, paris’s business district, are seven kilometres from the hotel. Paris Charles de Gaulle airport is 23 kilometres from the hotel, with an approximate driving time of 30 minutes.
WEATHER
Paris is a tourist friendly destination due to its moderate weather year-round. Rain is common, regardless of the season, so a rain coat would be a good idea to pack. Summers are normally comfortable warm, although there have been severe heat waves traversing Europe in past years which can raise temperatures up to 40C (104F). Winter temperatures rarely drop below 1C (34F), so you will be fine as long as you bring proper clothing.