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Paris: We've Picked a Hotel in Paris!

juliana — 2008-09-26T10:00:34-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/pickahotelparis.jpg" class="imgborder">Thanks to all the commenters who dropped in their suggestions for Paris. In the end there was a three-way tie between the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+du+Petit+Moulin/local/1207">The Petit Moulin</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Plaza+Athenee/ian/108765">Plaza Athenee</a> and the write-in suggestion from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/comments/2008/9/16/143649/396/4#4">PatrickSW</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+George+V/local/704">The Four Seasons George V</a>.So, here is how we operated the tie-breaker. The George V was about $1,200 a night. Last time we checked, our bank account barely held that much money in it and a large portion of it was already ear-marked for our expensive shoe habit.But speaking of shoes, the Plaza Athenee offers a chocolate shoe if you book the Sex and The City package. Yay! However, our chocolate rush was over before it began as the Plaza Athenee

Pick a Hotel in Paris for HotelChatter

juliana — 2008-09-16T17:27:52-05:00

So we're headed off to the City of Light in a week and while we are fortunate to have an apartment of a family friend to crash at for most of our stay, we still want to check in on the Parisian Hotel Scene.

We've covered Paris extensively, thanks in part to Parisian correspondent Monica Guy, and going back through our stories, there are so many places that we want to stay at. And we're finding it difficult to make a decision. That's why we decided to leave it up to you. Yes, you! You should tell us where to stay.

Keep reading to find out more.

Paris: Fashion Hotels: A Closer Look at Hotel du Petit Moulin

femmefatale — 2008-04-30T13:30:01-05:00

Tight jeans and large sunglasses are what you mostly see entering and exiting The Hotel du Petit Moulin, a 17-room creation from fashion designer Christian Lacroix on Trendy Street, aka rue Poitou, in the middle of Edgy Area, aka the Right Bank's Marais area.

The translation - small windmill - is misleading, because it's actually housed right inside an old boulangerie, or bakery. They've kept the colourful old boulangerie sign outside, which can be confusing if you're not paying attention.

Thankfully, there's no confusing the place for a boulangerie inside - instead of bread it smells strongly of a heady perfume, Chanel no 5 perhaps. Something expensive, anyway.

Paris: Hotel du Petit Moulin is Pret-a-Porter

Courtney — 2006-09-11T13:31:25-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/wallpaper_hotel06.jpg">There's not shortage of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/fashion%20hotels">fashion designers</a> getting in on the hotel game, but Christian LaCroix seems to be doing it the best. <a href="http://www.wallpaper.com">Wallpaper</a> has awarded his personally designed, <a href="http://www.paris-hotel-petitmoulin.com/">Hotel du Petit Moulin</a> in Paris as "Best New Hotel of the Year". Just as flamboyant as his designer stilettos, the hotel pushes flair from top to bottom. In his exotic world he somehow pulls off the look of a bedazzler gun gone mad with class. As Wallpaper explains, the hotel fulfills one of Lacroix's lifelong goals: <blockquote>Christian Lacroix's commission to design the Hotel du Petit Moulin was his childhood dream come true. Tucked away in the Marais district, the façade of this former boulangerie has remained

Paris: Parisian Maximalist

markj — 2005-04-25T11:59:17-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/moulin.jpg"> Designer's moonlighting as hoteliers is all the rage these days, so it should come as no surprise that <a href="http://www.paris-hotel-petitmoulin.com">Hôtel du Petit Moulin</a> was desinged by French fashionista Christian Lacroix. Lacroix was tasked with recreating a 17 room hotel in the hip Marais section, and he managed to transform his thick notebooks of fashion sketches into unique room designs. Lacroix didn't forget many hotel must-haves along the way--air conditioning, personal safes, hair-dryers, a WIFI Internet connection, LCD flat screens, and a mini-bar are all part of the experience. Not bad for 17th century property that use to serve as a boulangerie. However, don't go there expecting everything to be brand new, water tanks with pull chains are