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We stayed at the Hotel St. Germain in the summer of 1998 with our daughters and my mother, and we all fell in love with it! This 3-star boutique hotel is exactly what we long for—intimate (29 rooms) and loaded with charm, effortlessly sophisticated and elegant. The location is too-too—on the Left Bank’s upscale rue du Bac and in one of our favorite Parisian neighborhoods, Saint-Germain-des-Pres. Immersing yourself in culture is easy with the Orsay, Rodin, and Maillol museums just steps away and the Louvre across the Seine. Shopping is sublime with the brilliant Bon Marché nearby as are luxe boutiques such as Kenzo, Saint Laurent, Armani and more, while antique shops line the rue du Bac. The ever wonderful Deux Magots, Café de Flore, and Brasserie Lipp are near enough to stop by for a drink and enjoy the café life or a meal.

What more can you ask? In this case, it’s the friendly and accommodating staff (including Daniel, who we remembered from our first visit, and his compatriot, Wanda), beautiful as well as comfortable rooms, and two handsome French bulldogs, Jules and Ouen, who add to the feeling that you’re in a private residence, a lucky houseguest. The delightful and well-dressed Michel Malvic (the picture of male style) and his chic mother have created this graceful refuge that we now call our Paris “home.” It is nothing less than our joy and our pleasure to check in.

Hotel Saint Germain***
88, rue du Bac
75007 Paris
Telephone: +33 (0) 1 49 54 70 00
Fax: +33 (0) 45 48 26 89
www.hotel-saint-germain.fr
email: info@hotel-saint-germain.fr

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Scads of Paris apartments are available to rent, but sifting through the possibilities on the Internet can make your head spin. We arrived in Paris in November, 2002, with a reservation for a few days in what turned out to be a bad hotel. French Home Rentals and its U.S. agent, Randall Vemer, were Johnny-on-the-spot for us and solved our housing problem in a matter of hours. Randall is knowledgeable, accessible, and generous with any help one might need. We were met at our well-located Marais apartment by Ruben Milogis, FHR Paris representative and artist, who became one of our friends. The one-bedroom apartment on rue du Perche was comfortable, pleasant, and had everything we needed. We’d never spent any time in the Marais before and fell in love with it while we were there. We also stayed in another FHR apartment on the rue Ste-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie. It was smaller though more charming, and again, fit our needs. FHR owner, Michel Tessel, represents properties throughout France.

French Home Rentals
Website: www.FrenchHomeRentals.com
Email: FHR@earthlink.net
Telephone: Toll-Free in USA, 1-877-219-9190
Or 503-219-9190
Fax: 413-674-0513

French Home Rentals
Agent Randall Vemer
1515 SW Skyline Blvd.
Portland, OR 97221
USA

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