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THE URBAN EDIT

ILLUSTRATION: STELLA ISAAC

LIKEA LOCAL

WhenI havefriends

visiting,theriveris a

must.TheBatobusis ideal

fora tranquilperspective

on thecity’slandmarks:

youcanhopon andoff

at willallday,andit’s

a lotlesstouristythan

standardSeinecruise

boats.I alwaysrecommend

first-timevisitorscatch

theliftup theEiffel

Tower(pre-bookingto

minimisethequeues!),

thentakethestairsfrom

thesecondfloorto the

groundto appreciate

the ironwork up close.

BYGUIDEBOOK

AUTHOR

CATHERINE LE NEVEZ

BOOKEDUP

Some two milesof

forest-greenboxes

linethe Seine,holding

over 300,000second-hand

(and oftenout-of-print)

books,raremagazines

and old posters.Paris’

240-oddbouquinistes

are integralto the

cityscape.

BUDGET

HÔTELDUDRAGON

hoteldudragon.com

It’shardto believethatsucha

gemof a budgethotelexistsin

anultra-chicpartof St-Germain.

A familyaairforthelastfive

generations,theDragonhas

28 spotlesslycleanroomsthat

aredecidedlylargebyParis

standards,oenwithexposed

woodenbeamsandlovely

vintagefurnishings.

MID-RANGE

HÔTELGEORGETTE

hotelgeorgette.com

Takinginspirationfromthe

CentrePompidouaroundthe

corner,thisvivacioushotel’s

19 roomsreflectmajor20th-

centuryartisticmovements,

including Pop Art, Op Art,

Dada,NewRealismandstreet

art,withlotsof boldcolours

andidiosyncratictoucheslike

Warhol-inspiredCampbell’s

soupcanlampshades.Art

exhibitionsregularlytakeplace

in thelobby.It’sgay-friendly

andallwelcoming.

TOPEND

HÔTELLUTETIA

hotellutetia.com

Builtin 1910bythefoundersof

neighbouringdepartmentstore

Le BonMarché,thelandmark

Lutetiareceiveda magnificent

2018 overhaulthatpreserved

its Art-Nouveaustructureand

Art-Decostyling.Amongits 184

roomsare 47 lavishsuites;

five-staramenitiesincludea

lavishspa,glamorouscocktail

bar and destination restaurants.

WHILEYOU’REHERE

EATdelectable

patisseriesat historic

LaduréeonrueRoyale,

foundedin 1862.

DOsunbathebythe

Seineat ParisPlages:

importedsandand

pebblebeaches.

WATCHtheEiel Tower

sparkleonthehour

fromtheterraceoutside

the Palais de Chaillot.

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