Louvre/Chatelet/Marais Between Le Louvre and the Tuileries palace is the charming Tuileries Garden, especially appreciated by children for puppet shows and sailboat models. One of the famous sites of Paris is Le Louvre and though some people wouldn’t know it if they were in front of it, a relatively new glass pyramid clears all doubt. Built around 1200, the Louvre was a former palace for the royal family and it became a museum in 1793 during the french revolution, and after the death of Louis 16. It is the largest royal palace in France and houses one of the richest collections of art and antiquities in the world. Les Halles (also known as Forum des Halles) was named by Emile Zola " Belly of Paris" for all of its food vendors, but today all of that old marketplace is gone and replaced by shopping and restaurants. It is today the favorite spot of Parisian teenagers, thanks to its huge underground shopping mall. Around this lively place is Saint-Eustache, a splendid church built from 1532 to 1754. The Centre George Pompidou (also called Beaubourg) is today one of the most popular attractions of Paris. Next to this famous building are a few cafes and bistrots, with terrace, around the amazing and funny Stravinsky Fountain with its bizarre water fountain statues. The Marais district stretches between the Bastille and the Hotel de Ville, and Le Marais means " the marsh" which comes from the flooding by the Seine until 16th century. It has private residences, mansions and private hotels that have kept their pre-Revolution architecture. The Place des Vosges is surrounded by an ensemble of 36 symmetrical stone houses of two storeys steep pitch slate roofs. This quarter is a very lively quarter with clothing boutiques, antique shops, boulangeries /patisseries, tea shops and bistrots. This is also a middle-eastern influenced section of the city and some of the best bistros and foods can be found here. The place de la Bastille is at the crossroads of large boulevards and its July Column reminds of the famous events of 1789. This area east of the Marais gets its name from the infamous Bastille prison, which was stormed on 14 July 1789 by insurgents, at the start of the French Revolution. Artists, galleries and the opening of the Opera Bastille in 1989 have transformed the district into one where a young crowd can find plenty to do at night. Along the strees of Faubourg-St. Antoine is the old cabinet maker’s district and is still a place to find furniture. The marche Aligre is one of the best markets at the place d’Aligre. Sites to See: Louvre, Hotel de Ville, Tuileries Gardens, St Eustache Church, Forum des Halles, Pompidou Center, Stravinsky Fountain, Place des Vosges, Picasso Museum, Carnavalet Museum, Hotel Rohan, Hotel de Guenegaud, Hotel de Soubise, Place de la Bastille, Opera Bastille.

Our Hotels - click on the hotel name for the hotel details		Star	Area	€ Prices from	Offers/ Deals
	France Louvre	***	Louvre - Concorde	112
	Louvre Saint Honore	***	Louvre - Concorde	144
	Louvre Saint Romain	***	Louvre - Concorde	119
	Moliere	***+	Louvre - Concorde	154
	Pavillon Louvre Rivoli	***	Louvre - Concorde	112
	Burgundy	***+	Louvre - Concorde	350
	Ducs de Bourgogne	***	Louvre - Concorde	150
	Citadines Paris Louvre	***	Louvre - Concorde	190
	Grand Hotel de Champagne	***+	Louvre - Concorde	162
	Des Tuileries	***	Louvre - Concorde	136
	Castiglione	****	Louvre - Concorde	124
	Normandy-Paris	****	Louvre - Concorde	148
	Cambon	****	Louvre - Concorde	196
	Du Louvre	****+	Louvre - Concorde	220
	Lotti	****+	Louvre - Concorde	232
	L'Empire	****	Louvre - Concorde	202
	Castille Star	****	Louvre - Concorde	238
	Mayfair	****	Louvre - Concorde	190
	Royal Saint Honore	****	Louvre - Concorde	217
	Park Hyatt Paris Vendome	****+	Louvre - Concorde	420
	Westin	****	Louvre - Concorde	300
	Le 123	****	Louvre - Concorde	168
	Regina	****+	Louvre - Concorde	206
	Vendome	****	Louvre - Concorde	302
	De Crillon	****L	Louvre - Concorde	456
	The Ritz	****L	Louvre - Concorde	588