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Win Five Nights in Paris at The Hotel Pont Royal

Where: 7 Rue Montalembert, Paris, France, 75007

What could possibly lift our moods on this dreary January day? Hmmm...well, a chance to spend five nights free in Paris at the The Hotel Pont Royal and have a free dinner for two at L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon restaurant inside the hotel is definitely a start.

Tablet Hotels has upped the ante in their monthly Tablet Sweepstakes by offering this amazing prize which doesn't include airfare but if we win, we'll find a way to get there. We drooled in the windows of the restaurant on our recent trip to Paris so we're pretty determined.

Entries are being accepted here online. And if you invite friends to sign-up for the Tablet Hotels email newsletter, you get more entries submitted into the sweepstakes.

We don't ever win anything so we're not holding out any hope for this one. But we may just score a consolation prize which 50 second-place winners will receive--a signed copy of Joël Robuchon’s new cookbook, The Complete Robuchon. Bon appetit!

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Where We Will Stay On Our Next Trip to Paris

Where: 150 Rue de Grenelle, Paris, France, 75007

The hotel is that smaller building after the corner building.

Yesterday we gave you a tour of the excellent Five Hotel in Paris which is where we spent our last night in the City of Light. But you know we will be going back to Paris again. Hopefully soon and we are already mulling over our options.

This one is first on our list, the The Hotel de LaTour Maubourg on Rue de Grenelle in the posh 7th Arrondissement. The hotel is across from a metro stop and a run, skip and a jump away from the Hotel Invalides (which is a not a hotel but actually an old, old, military hospital and is where Napolean is buried.) You can also get to the Eiffel Tower in a quick 10-minute walk.

The Hotel Tour Marlbourg is extremely small but it's in the best neighborhood. We spent five days in Paris in an apartment literally ten steps away from the hotel and we really grew attached to the area.

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Hotels Near the Eiffel Tower: Duc de Saint-Simon

Where: 14 rue de St-Simon, Paris, France, 75007

We mention the Hôtel Duc de Saint-Simon more as a warning than a recommendation.

It has a fabulous location: a quiet, quiet street but only a ten-second walk to the main St Germain axis of shopping, strolling and dining streets. And of course, close enough to the Eiffel Tower to walk there.

It has the potential to be a great hotel - 39 rooms of varying sizes, some with terrace balconies based around a small central courtyard. And perhaps at one time it was. But its faded, battered exterior and grotesque 60s décor (original, with the original wear and grime as well) mean it's a grandma's choice if anyone's.

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Hotels Near the Eiffel Tower: Hotel Bellechasse

Where: 8 rue Bellechasse, Paris, France, 75007

We were rather cheeky about the Hôtel Bellechasse in our review of design hotels in Paris. But we take it back, as if you're looking for a special hotel on a buzzing street, seconds from the Orsay Museum, a pop across the river to the Louvre, and only a short, nice walk along the Seine to the Eiffel Tower, this is the place you'll find love.

The Bellechasse is a Christian Lacroix baby, a thing which you see immediately on entering the small foyer - unmistakeable bold, bizarre mixtures of colours (including a yellow ceiling) and deep, plush fabrics. The staff are super-helpful, if rather brusque in a very French way.

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Hotels Near the Eiffel Tower: Hotel Montalembert

Where: 3 rue de Montalembert, Paris, France, 75007

Okay, so Hotel Montalembert isn't the closest hotel you can possibly get to the Eiffel Tower.... but if you don't mind a walk and want some good shops and restaurants in your area, it's one of the best 4-stars to plump for.

Quietly sleek, it's the kind of place unassuming honeymooners spend their first night of bliss.

Just off rue St-Germain on a tiny, one-way street, you'll bump into its restaurant first, which spills out onto the pavement terrace. The clientele are usually well-dressed thirty- and fourty-somethings, with sunglasses and Versacci jeans and tiny mobile phones.

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Hotels Near the Eiffel Tower: Le Walt & Le Marquis

Where: 37 Av. de la Motte Picquet , Paris, France, 75007

Anyone who comes to Paris obsessed by the idea of the Eiffel Tower could do worse than stay at one of the two 4-star sisters run by Inwood Hotels, Le Walt and Le Marquis.

They're both on streets running off from the Champ de Mars, on which the Eiffel Tower proudly stands among a sea of screaming children and knick-knack sellers.

And they're both, well, not the crème de la hotel scene in Paris, but a decent choice at what's usually a fairly decent rate (depending on special offers).

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Free WiFi That Really Exists at Hotel Pont Royal

Where: 7 Rue Montalembert, Paris, France, 75007

In our neverending hunt for hotels that not only advertise free WiFi but actually also deliver, we are pleased to bring you a good WiFi tip for a stay in Paris. The Hotel Pont Royal is so sure that WiFi is an important part of modern customer service that their website even includes a detailed description of what WiFi is and how you can use it in your hotel room. Hallelujah!

Not only does it sound like the Pont Royal people know what they're doing, but recent guests are also full of praise for the internet service. As one said, their stay

is made all the easier by the free of charge Internet access, so that`s already a saving of €25 a night you can deduct from the room charge.

It's interesting to note that the Hotel Pont Royal is trying to educate its guests about what WiFi is--and it's obviously needed, because one recent guest said that the internet service was poor, and only available in the lobby--but judging by what everyone else said, we suspect this guest didn't have their own computer or didn't know how to connect to the WiFi service, and used a standalone computer provided in the lobby.

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Hôtel Montalembert

Where: 3 Rue de Montalembert, Paris, France, 75007

So since we are on the subject of Paris, we figured--might as well ask "WWJSLD?" Turns out our favorite well-traveled International Escort is not overly impressed with Parisian hotel scene. Bored with Georges V, and unsure about the Murano Urban Resort (but willing to give it a chance), she appears to opt for Hôtel Montalembert, a trendy arty hotel located just off the boulevard St. Germain.

The property sits in the midst of art galleries, a bevy of sidewalk cafes, just steps from the Seine, and a short walk from both the Louvre and the Metro station--sounds like Montalembert has location covered.

This hotel has been a favorite of writers, artists, since it opened in the nineties. Oh, and it appears Jet Setting International Escorts favor the hotel as well.

Bonne de l'amour dans l'Hôtel Montalembert...or something like that.

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