Special Places to Stay Paris Hotels

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Summary: A valuable starting point
Review: Paris is a wonderful city, with an incredible variety of places to stay. Searching online makes a choice hard; most hotels either have only third-party pages, or a page that fails to give you a real sense of the ambiance.

This book helps. It gives a selection of one-page reviews, each with a photograph (and Web site, when available), that capture the feeling of the hotel. Cooke-Yarborough aims to find smaller, friendlier establishments, with an emphasis on charm and personal service (as well as a penchant for sizing up the breakfast room of each).

Many (if not most) of the hotels presented are of excellent value; it's easy to find a number of candidates that fall between 800 and 1000 FF / night, as well as more expensive and luxurious accommodations. They represent both on the left and right banks, with a number in the desirable St. Germain area. While all of the possibilities aren't captured, there is a good representation here, and it makes a fine starting point for finding that perfect place to stay in Paris.

One word of warning; because of the quality and value presented by Cooke-Yarbourough's selections, as well as Paris' nature, the more desireable hotels fill quickly; book well ahead.

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Summary: OUT OF DATE!
Review: This book is now useless as it is totally out of date (published Jan. 2001) Do not waste your money on this book. I recommend Romantic Paris by Thirza Vallois instead.