Entries Tagged as ‘Hotels’

September 14, 2009

SOS Medicine

A good number to always have handy in the unlikely event that you or someone with whom you are traveling becomes ill: 01 47 07 77 77 For about 70€, you’ll have a physician visiting you in your Parisian hotel room in under an hour.

May 5, 2009

Amboise – a tourist ghetto?

Many of us who have had a relationship with the Loire Valley for many years have not been overjoyed with what has happen to Amboise (now a tourist ghetto) or to Tours (unfortunate victim of urban sprawl). Accordingly I have compiled a list of excellent locations from which to base one’s self when touring the [...]

May 4, 2009

Recommended hotel networks

One of the first steps when vacation planning is to find appropriate  accommodations.    I should like to share my list of favored hotel networks offering charming accommodations throughout France, most are moderately priced and most have restaurants serving local produce and regional specialties. Moulin Etape