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The city of Paris has innate quality to attract people from all over the world. The city is popularly known as the ‘city of lights’ and is famous for its tourist attractions and fashion industry. Musee du Louvre, Centre Pompidou, and Basilique du Sacer-Coeur are amongst the most famous tourist sites in the entire European region. Also, the world famous Eiffel Tower is worth the visit to this wonderful city. The hospitality of most of the hotels in Paris would make your trip to this fashion capital worth remembering.

Plenty of accommodations are available in Paris ranging from deluxe suites to budget or discount hotels. If you are a budget traveller with a small tour budget then discount Paris hotels are apt for you. The cheap hotels in Paris offer the luxuries of a star-rated accommodation at a highly reasonable price. Besides the price, location is also important while fixing a suitable accommodation in Paris. You must always try to look for those hotels in Paris that are located in the heart of the city near popular tourist spots and have good connectivity with tube and railway stations.

Online hotel reservation is the easiest and most efficient way to reserve your accommodation before starting with your tour. In comparison to conventional methods, using online booking is quick and more reliable. You could easily search for attractive hotel deals from the comfort of your home. Most of the luxury as well as budget hotels in Paris are available for booking on authentic and well-known online hotel booking sites. All you need to do is register with them and book your favourite hotel absolutely free of cost.

One of the extensively used online hotel booking sites is Hotels Online. The site enlists an exhaustive collection of hotels and apartments across the globe. A number of hotels in Paris could be easily found on the web site of Hotels Online. Visit www.hotelsonline.com to conveniently search for all types of hotels in any part of the world. You would not have to hassle yourself while searching for hotels if you make use of Hotels Online.

Paris, the capital of France, is also known as the ‘city of lights’. Situated on river Seine in the northern France, the city attracts millions of visitors from all over the world every year. Planning a holiday trip with friends and family is perfect for enjoying the eternal beauty of this magnificent city. One of the seven wonders of the world, the Eiffel Tower, has become a symbol for Paris. People love to visit this iconic symbol as many times as possible. There are numerous hotels in Paris that have all the necessary amenities to accommodate hundreds of visitors that flock Paris every day.

The premier-class hotels in Paris are appropriate for people who do not have any financial constraints. However, if you are a budget traveller then you should try to accommodate in budget or discount hotels. Booking cheap hotels help in slashing down the costs of accommodation to a great extent. Unlike their name, cheap hotels offer a wide range of services to make your trip memorable and enjoyable. These hotels are well-equipped with all modern amenities, such as colour television, Wi-Fi Internet facility, ironing service, tea and coffee maker, and many others.

A large number of attractive hotel deals are available worldwide. Sometimes, it becomes difficult to track the availability of hotel deals and discount offers when you are busy preparing for your vacation. At such times, it is advisable to make use of the Internet for locating one of the best deals on your accommodation. The online hotel reservation companies could prove to be of great help whilstsearching and booking quality hotels in Paris. The web sites of these online travel companies display a comprehensive list of both luxury as well as discount hotels to suit the requirements of all types of traveller.

A well-known name in the field of online hotel reservation is Hotels Online. The company offers some great hotel deals and affordable cheap hotels at worldwide locations. It is the best online hotel reservation site to make huge savings on hotel accommodation. Right from budget hotels in Paris to lavish star-rated ones, you could find an ideal deal as per your taste and budget. For getting more details, visit www.hotelsonline.com.

Honey, we are going to Paris!

Ah, the joys of preparing for the occasion…

The pleasure of diving into your favorite travel guides (I suggest visiting website Paris-Eiffel-Tower-News.com) to plan out your everyday itinerary… The sheer excitement of stuffing a large suitcase with the entire appropriate garb…

But hold on! Have you thought of leaving enough room in your luggage to bring a few gifts back home?

Bringing back cool gifts. A major important task on your To-Do-When-I’m-There list. Yes, yes, yes. But where will you find nicely original (and attractively inexpensive) stuff?

Well, search no more, I did it for you.

First Gift Opportunity: a Designer Depot

In a previous article I wrote about “designer depots”: small boutiques where it is possible to find vintage or last-season designer garb at very low prices. I like these shops; they are treasures troves where finding a deeply-discounted Chanel suit or Yves Saint Laurent dress is always within the realm of possibilities.

“Chercheminippes” is one of them. The name of the shop is a play on words: it means “searching for clothes” and is a reminder of the street name “Cherche-Midi” (or “searching for noon” in French) where the shop is located.

“Chercheminippes” is not just one shop, but a string of five shops lining the Cherche-Midi Street in the plush 6th district (near the “Sevres-Babylone” metro station, and at walking distance from Saint Germain des Pres). Each shop offers a specific category of items: women’s wear, designer clothes, men’s fashion, child wear, and home decoration.

Every piece of clothing is second-hand but in excellent condition. The owner, Mrs. Bayonne, only buys well-known brands, including French designer brands. She discounts her merchandise by 50% on average.

“Chercheminippes” also offers linen, pens, relatively inexpensive designer jewelry, and various fashion accessories. Unlike traditional designer depot owners, Mrs. Bayonne’s also shops for decorative objects, both contemporary and vintage. There lies more gift potential for you!

Swing by Rue du Cherche-Midi, you will find the five shops tucked between No. 102 and No. 124.

Second Stop on Gift Road

Situated on the ground floor of a private mansion at 9 Place Furstenberg, one of my very favorite places in Paris, “Nolita” carries an unusual assortment of things in a very feminine ‘boudoir’ universe. That prices range from 10 euros to 3,000 euros is an indication of the wide diversity of items on offer. Let’s just say “Nolita” deals in everything that is interior design.

For the shopper looking for singular gifts, the shop presents a vast array of possibilities: linen, tableware, glassware, quaint decorative objects, and even vintage repainted furniture. “Nolita” also carries toiletries, including several lines of soaps. If you are looking for clothing items, the shop may have something for you too.

The owner, Mrs. Lassalle, sources her merchandise from France, Italy and England. Choice and diversity are keywords here, and I think it is unlikely you will leave the shop without a couple of gifts in your shopping bag. I heard “Nolita” is a shopping spot for many American and Japanese travelers.

Place Furstenberg hides between Saint-Germain-des-Pres and the river Seine. You owe it to yourself to discover this quaint area. The closest subway station is Saint-Germain-des-Pres.

The Red Cedar of the Prince Gardener

“Le Cedre Rouge du Prince Jardinier” carries both indoor and outdoor objects. Located at 22 Avenue Victoria, in the very central first district (“Chatelet” subway station), the shop is a cross between the Outpost, Home Depot, Hold Everything, and Williams-Sonoma mail-order catalogues.

There you will find unwieldy by beautiful outdoor furniture made by local craftsmen (tables, lounge chairs and chairs in teak, marble, travertine, and volcanic stone), as well as garden decoration items and tooling (how about a nice red gardener apron and hat? Or a large hemp-fiber bag to carry your groceries in rugged style?).

Fortunately for travelers, “The Red Cedar of the Prince Gardener” also offers more portable indoor objects, including Christmas decorations, a large assortment of perfumed candles and candle-holders, oil lamps, curious plaids and pillows, extraordinary Venetian and vintage glassware, numerous tableware and silverware sets, vases of various shapes and forms, and many other wares of sorts. Even a series of not-seen-elsewhere umbrellas.

I don’t think there is any like shop in Paris. Very unusual, kind of out-of-place, but so interesting it is absolutely worth a visit. And if you fall for a lounge chair or a large fireplace screen, they will ship it to your home. Ask for Patrice, he’s a most helpful fellow.

Well, these are but a few useful boutiques to visit should you plan on bringing something out of the ordinary from Paris for a friend or a relative. I will continue to shop for more of these places, and let you know whenever I find some I like.

Meanwhile, prepare well for your next trip to Paris!