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Hotel Baltimore Paris

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Hotel Baltimore Paris

Hotel Baltimore Paris

Overview of the Hotel: It features a Michelin-star restaurant, elegant rooms with free Wi-Fi, original architecture by Gustave Eiffel and creative artwork on the walls. It offers rooms featuring a modern décor and equipped with air conditioning, satellite TV and mini-bar. Creative and modern cuisine complemented by an excellent wine selection is served at the restaurant here. Relaxing with an after-dinner drink in the private bar is also made possible. Located in the chic 16th arrondissement, within walking distance of the Arc de Triomphe, this hotel provides easy access to the Boissiére Metro Station, The Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysées.

Amenities at the Hotel: Facilities provided include Restaurant, Bar, 24-Hour Front Desk, Newspapers, Non-Smoking Rooms, Elevator, Safety Deposit Box, Soundproofed Rooms, Heating, Luggage Storage, Allergy-Free Room Available and Restaurant (à la carte). Activities provided here are Fitness Centre, Library. Other Services include Room Service, Meeting/Banquet Facilities, Business Centre, Laundry, Dry Cleaning, Breakfast in the Room, Ironing Service, Shoe Shine, Car Hire, Fax/Photocopying, Ticket Service and Concierge Service. Wi-fi is available in the entire hotel and is free of charge. Public parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is needed) and costs EUR 32 per day.

Hotel Rules: The Check in time for the hotel is from 14:00-00:00 hours and the Check out time is until 07:00-12:00 hours. Cancellation and prepayment policies vary by room type. One child under 2 years stays free of charge in a baby cot. One child under 12 years stays free of charge in an extra bed. One older child or adult is charged EUR 100 per night and person in an extra bed. Maximum capacity of extra beds/babycots in a room is 1. Any type of extra bed or baby cot is upon request and needs to be confirmed by the hotel. Supplements will not be calculated automatically in the total costs and have to be paid separately in the hotel. Pets are allowed on request. No extra charges. The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival.

Hotel Room Types and Rates:

Classic Room
Included in room price: 5.50 % VAT, EUR 1.50 city tax per person per night
• Non refundable: € 215
• FREE cancellation: € 290

Deluxe Room
Included in room price: 5.50 % VAT, EUR 1.50 city tax per person per night
• Non refundable: € 245
• FREE cancellation: € 320

Deluxe Twin Room
Included in room price: 5.50 % VAT, EUR 1.50 city tax per person per night
• Non refundable: € 255
• FREE cancellation: € 280

Junior Suite with 1 King Bed
Included in room price: 5.50 % VAT, EUR 1.50 city tax per person per night
• Non refundable: € 355
• FREE cancellation: € 380

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Hotel Victor Hugo Paris

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Hotel Victor Hugo Paris

Hotel Victor Hugo Paris

Overview of the Hotel: Housed in a beautiful Parisian building, Hôtel Victor Hugo features all the charm and elegance of a French house and also offers a library, where you can glance through the novels of Victor Hugo and serves breakfast in the inner garden. It is situated in a quiet and privileged district and is close to the Champs Elysées and Trocadero Square, and Victor Hugo Metro station.

Amenities at the Hotel: Facilities provided include bar, 24-Hour Front Desk, Newspapers, Non-Smoking Rooms, Elevator, Safety Deposit Box, Heating and Luggage Storage. Other Services include Laundry, Dry Cleaning and Fax/Photocopying. Wi-fi is available in the entire hotel and is free of charge. Public parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is not needed) and charges are applicable.

Hotel Rules: The Check in time for the hotel is from 14:00 hours and the Check out time is until 12:00 hours. Cancellation and prepayment policies vary by room type. All children under 3 years stay free of charge when using existing bedding. All children under 2 years stay free of charge for cots. All older children or adults are charged EUR 20 per night per person for extra beds. Maximum capacity of extra beds/babycots in a room is 1. Any type of extra bed or baby cot is upon request and needs to be confirmed by the hotel. Supplements will not be calculated automatically in the total costs and have to be paid separately in the hotel. Pets are not allowed. Accepted credit cards are American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Diners Club, and JCB. The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival.

Hotel Room Types and Rates:

Standard Double Room
Included in room price: 5.50 % VAT
• FREE cancellation: € 209

Standard Single Room
Included in room price: 5.50 % VAT
• FREE cancellation: € 185

Special Offer – Single Standard Room
Included in room price: 5.50 % VAT
• FREE cancellation: € 185

Special Offer – Double Standard Room
Included in room price: 5.50 % VAT
• FREE cancellation: € 209

Superior Room
Included in room price: 5.50 % VAT
• FREE cancellation: € 268

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Hôtel De Vendôme, 5 star hotel in Paris

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Hôtel De Vendôme, 5 star hotel in Paris

Hôtel De Vendôme, 5 star hotel in Paris

•    Overview of the Hotel: The hotel is located as in center of Paris and it provides the very exquisite rooms as with the rare, marble bathrooms that are even decorated with a good number of unique and ultra furniture. Most of the spacious and luxurious rooms out there are air-conditioned and offers free Wi-Fi internet access. There you can enjoy nightly turn down service and a view of the city as even from the rooms in the hotel. The restaurant 1 Place Vendôme there provides the refined cuisine, cooked up food as form the leading Parisian chef. The hotel has total 29 rooms.

•    Amenities at the Hotel:
As for the general facilities in the hotel they includes such as like restaurant, bar, 24-hour front desk, newspapers, non-smoking rooms, rooms/facilities for disabled guests, elevator, safe, soundproofed rooms, heating, baggage storage, all public and private spaces non-smoking,  air conditioning and restaurant. In services the hotel includes as room service, meeting/banquet facilities, laundry, dry cleaning, and breakfast in the room, ironing service, currency exchange, shoe shine, car rental, fax/photocopying, ticket service, concierge service and the shuttle service.

•    Hotel Rules:
For hotel policies in the hotel there prevails a common policy at the same areas in the hotel. However at the different rooms in the hotel the policy keeps on chaining accordingly. The check in time into the hotel is 15:00 hours and the checkout time is until 12:00 hours. Cancellation and prepayment policies there vary as according to the room type. Pets are not allowed in the hotel. The hotel accepts cards as American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Carte Bleue and Diners Club.

•    Hotel Room Types and Rates:

Double classic room: € 468 (Per Night)
Deluxe Double Room: € 516 (Per Night)
Junior Suite: € 780 (Per Night)
Suite Deluxe: € 900 (Per Night)

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Libération, the first French newspaper went, online

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Libération that is also popularly termed as Libé is a famous French daily newspaper established by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in Paris. They started this newspaper to report the protest movements of May 1968. Termed, primarily as a leftist newspaper this has undergone massive changes and shift during the 1980s and 1990s. To the date it has circulation of about 140,000. It is also being credited as the first French newspaper to have a website. Proclaiming it as on working on the progressive editorial guide line it supports causes like as anti-racism, feminism, and workers’ rights.

Initially the newspaper was run on non-hierarchical lines as staff from the editor-in-chief to the janitor working on a common salary. From the early 1980s it started taking advertisements and even allowed external bodies to have a part in its financing. After being trapped into the several problems, the Libération temporarily stopped being published in February 1981. It restarted its publication from the May 13th under a new format, with Serge July as new director. Though Libération is not associated to any political party or group however after 1968 turmoil in France, it has a left wing slant.    Libé’s opinion pages present news and views from the political point of view.  And the incident that supports their claim is when in 1993 Libération leaked Socialist president François Mitterrand’s illegal wiretapping program. On December 11, 2010, Libération started hosting a mirror of the WikiLeaks website, comprising the US diplomatic cables and other document collections, to show the solidarity and consolidation with WikiLeaks, so it cannot be suppressed by governments and companies that were trying to block the WikiLeaks.

In 2005 Libération was in a dire need of funds, and Serge convinced the board to let Édouard de Rothschild to buy a stake in the paper. The board agreed on these issues on 20 January 2005. This soon gave fire to conflicts and the paper went on strike on 25 November 2005, where 52 protesting workers were laid off. In May 2006 the paper started a week-end magazine called Libé week-end, with a supplement called Ecrans while covering television, internet and film in it and the one named as R. The new papers even after even now at present times as well get entangled into issues of finance and leftist ethos.

Théâtre de la foire the annual fair activity at Saint – Germain

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Théâtre de la foire is a collective name as given to the theatre that is held on the annual fairs at Saint – Germain and Saint Laurent in Paris. The ancient references to the annual fair dates back to 1176 and it occurs at the place around the Abbey of Saint- Germain-des- Pres and lasts for about three to five weeks around Easter. In 18th century it opened on February 3 and end until Palm Sunday.

The fair’s first actors whom names are still recorded were Jehan Courtin and Nicolas Poteau, and they entertained the Parisian public in 1595 to the extent so that actors of the   Hôtel de Bourgogne filed a suit against them. In 1618, André Soliel and Isabel Le Gendre also became so successful with them. Among the most famous artists of the Saint-Germain fair were: marionnette manipulators Pierre and François, Jean-Baptiste Archambault, Jérôme, Arthur and Nicolas Féron; dancers Charles and Pierre Alard, Moritz von der Beek , Alexandre Bertrand and Louis Nivelon and numerous others.

Of the two fairs, The Saint-Laurent fair was founded in 1344 in the area of the Abbaye des frères de Saint-Lazare. Around the start of the eighteenth century, this fair was scheduled to be hosted around August 9 to 29 September. The Saint-Laurent fair was   place of gathering for artisans, merchants, and the middle class, and was mostly organized outdoors whereas the Saint-Germain fair, as protected from the weather, worked as a showcase for the luxury items like jewelry, china, musical instruments, and prints.Many artists and performance troupes from the Saint-Germain fair do also attend Saint-Laurent, as one fair happens in the spring and the other takes place in the summer. This alternation lets the public to enjoy there favorite shows made a ground for the sort of start for the theatrical “soap opera”, where a play begins at Saint-Germain and is continued at Saint-Laurent. Another fair the La foire Saint-Ovide was established in 1964 at the Place Louis XIV, the Saint Ovide fair the Place Louix XIV in 1772.  It disappeared in 1777, destroyed by a fire.

This small fairs yet has marshaled even in performances of small plays as written by renowned and very talented autors and the professionalization of entertainment at the fair started worrying big theater houses like Comédie-Française, that felt it to be in a dangerous competition. The Comédie-Française after many trails before the  Châtelet and the Parliament of Paris, was successful in the  prohibition of performances with dialogue.

Hyatt Regency Paris – Madeleine, 5 star hotels in Paris

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Hyatt Regency Paris – Madeleine, five star hotels

Hyatt Regency Paris – Madeleine, five star hotels

  • Overview of the Hotel: The hotel with five star luxury facilities is located in central Paris. It provides facilities like sauna, spa and fitness center that are situated at 5 minute walk away from Madeleine. The Hyatt hotel has a multilingual staff, a Business Center that remains open 24/7 and guests that can enjoy massages and relaxation treatment. Hyatt Regency Paris – Madeleine is located at a 5-minute walk from Saint-Augustin and 10 minutes from the Champs-Élysées. Hotel has about 86 Rooms and it is chain of Hyatt.
  • Amenities in Hotel: With respect to amenities and services in the hotel one can avail general facilities like as  restaurant, bar, 24-hour front desk,         newspapers, non-smoking rooms,  rooms/facilities for disabled guests,        elevator, safe, soundproofed rooms, heating, design hotel, baggage storage. As for services in the hotel one can enjoy the services being like as the  room service Meeting/banquet facilities, business center, babysitting/child services,
    Laundry, dry cleaning, breakfast in the room, ironing service, honeymoon suite, currency exchange, car rental, tour desk and fax/photocopying.
  • Hotel Rules: With respect to policies and rules in the Hotel, there are some general there that are must for every traveler to follow.  However, these rules can differ from hotel rooms to hotel rooms. The check in time into hotel is 15:00 hours whereas the Checkout time is until 12:00 hours. Cancellation and prepayment policies in the hotel differ from hotel rooms to hotel rooms.  Pets are not allowed in the hotel and hotel accepts the credit cards like American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Carte Bleue, Diners Club and JCB.
  • Hotel Room Type and Rates:

Classic Room – Queen or Twin Bed: € 310 (Per Night)
Deluxe Room – King or Twin Bed: € 370 (Per Night)
Executive Room – King or Twin Bed: € 470 (Per Night)
Regency Suite – King or Twin Bed: € 795 (Per Night)

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Places to avoid and travel in Paris

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As France talks of a very lesser crime rate, yet still there are certain areas in France that are needed to be avoided from a tourist’s perspective. This area presents a great threat to, especially to tourists. There are some areas in Paris with higher incidence of crime, especially of sudden assault. Below is provided a list of dangerous as well as safe spots to visit in Paris.

Safe Places in Paris


• Rue Mouffetarde:
This Street yet thronged by tourists is situated in heart of the city at Fifth Arrondissement. The shops, boutiques, and restaurants along this pedestrian street provide the actual taste of Paris and have still not affected a massive crowd of masses visiting the area.

• La Défense: It is considered as one of the safest spots in Paris, La Défense is too is rarely visited by tourists as it is the business and corporate center of France. As on the west of Paris, this area is entirely filled with skyscrapers and high-rise buildings.

• Western Residential Areas: Areas like the 16th Arrondissement, where Eiffel Tower is located, and the 17th Arrondissement are comparatively much calmer and relaxed and free of thieves.

• Montparnasse: Situated in the south of Paris, Montparnasse is comparatively much safer to travel and visit. Many famous artists and writers use to live here and neither is any lack of interesting spots you love to live like as they are landmarks like Tour Montparnasse.

Risky spots in Paris

• Sacré Coeur:
The Sacré Coeur cathedral that shows up a very panoramic view of the Paris is a very apt architecture in its own way. The crowds and street performers there seem very charming and entertaining yet many crimes even against tourists, there take place. One common practice as person tying a string around your finger and you are surprised and display any action his accomplice at the same time takes away your wallet and purse.

• Marché aux Puces: It is a very popular flea market in Paris located on the north of the city and is filled entirely with antique stalls, junk shops, and everything in between and is organized around a series of winding streets. This place is very ideal for a thief. The crime rate in this area is due to shoppers’ attention to their personal belongings as they love to examine goods.

• The Suburbs:
Parisian suburbs have recently gone through the wave of crime had attracted attention of International media. As the most of the Paris tourist centers in center of Paris and it is therefore best to avoid those areas lying Parisian suburban area. However, there are certain suburbs like Neuilly-sur-Seine, which are too wealthy and experience lesser crime.

• RER and Metro Line 1: The RER commuter trains and the Metro Line 1 are the areas considered as prone for foreign tourists. The real threats here are pickpockets that are sneaky and even travel in packs. It is very necessary to remain vigilant in the Metro and commuter trains, especially at night.

Paris Cuisines, the delicacies to be loved by all!

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Paris’ culinary and cuisines are much famous and popular for its diverse populace having base from different cultural backgrounds and ethos. The culinary tradition of the city to a large extent credited to its 19th century railway system that made Paris a central center for immigrants from different regions and places in Paris. Therefore many gastronomical facilities are provided for people visiting or staying already in Paris. And that cultural diversity in cuisine is still prevalent in Paris and can be seen in different food items and cuisines from Paris.

Paris cuisines are known globally for its unmatched taste and quality. The diversity in food items in Paris definitely delights every visitor and tourist coming to the city. Paris is a very nice spot for gourmet’s lovers as the city provides a good number of variety in culinary taste and variety. The variety of Paris cuisine consists from fresh bread to delicious cheese and from creamy chocolates to pastries and much more. Those who love to taste the best wine and food both together must visit Paris. It is also an ideal place where food lovers even can enjoy all varieties of Indian, Middle Eastern, Asian and other international cuisine.

It is quite popular that Parisians are very particular about their food and love to have the best food to quench their appetite. The residents of Paris, generally take food around lunch at noon, and eat dinner late around 8 PM. In breakfast, they take bagel, fruit and coffee. Paris food primarily is come in different varieties and in Paris t is consisted of cheese; coffee and bread as it are considered in the main course in Paris. The locally baked breads are provided in Paris in different varieties, textures, shapes and names. The baguette is one of the most popular forms of bread available in Paris. There different variety of cheese in also available in Paris and the list is endless. Some interesting food varieties are Brie of Melun, Brie of Montereau, Brie of Meaux, Coulommiers and Fontainebleau. Delicious cakes and pastries like Niflette, Paris-Brest, Puits d’amour and tart bourdaloue with fillings are very common in Paris.

There much too good number of restaurants is even available in Paris that has reputation due to their excellent chefs, who prepare some of the best dishes for food lovers. The restaurants in Paris can be divided into cozy bistros and upscale restaurants. Some of the famous restaurants in city are Jules Verne Restaurant, Le Grand Colbert Restaurant, George Restaurant, Boulangeries Restaurant, French Nouvelle Restaurant, Traiteurs Restaurant and Dolce Vita Restaurant. Paris fast food is also very popular among tourists as one can try all delicacies all kinds of sandwiches, burgers, French fries, pizzas, hot dogs, hot chips and much more. Paris is also rich in fast food chains like McDonald’s, Starbucks, KFC, Pizza Hut Express, Häagen-Dazs and Quick are some of the best fast food restaurants in Paris.