Hotel De Vendome

Paris Hotel: Hotel De Vendome is located at number 1 on the prestigious Place Vendôme, the hotel de Vendôme is a discreet jewel of a palace.

The decor takes its inspiration from the richest periods of French decorative arts. Columns with golden capitals, intricately inlaid marble on the floors, precious wooden desk: a luxurious yet intimate Front Desk.

Hotel-Dieu de Paris

Paris Hotel: The Hotel-Dieu is regarded as the oldest hospital in the city of Paris, France. It is located on the Île de la Cité, next to Notre-Dame.

Renowned for its extensive support for charities, it is also known for the exceptional calibre of doctors and surgeons who have been residents at the facility. The Hôtel-Dieu de Paris has acquired a reputation for excellence in many fields, including oncology, ophthalmology, as well as dietary and nutrition studies.

Founded by Saint Landry in 651, the hospital still resides on the Île de la Cité — where the facility was originally built. As a result of its central location, the hospital has always shared the fortunes of the city, both beneficial and catastrophic. Although the facility has been ravaged by disastrous fires on several occasions, the hospital remains in existence today (the current architecture dates back to 1877.)

Notable physicians, researchers, and surgeons who practised at the hospital include Bichat, Dupuytren, Desault, Récamier, Cholmen, Dieulafoy, Trousseau, Ambroise Pare, among other notable figures.

Hotel de Ville, Paris

Paris Hotel: The Hotel de Ville (French for "City Hall") in Paris, France, is the building housing the City of Paris's administration. Standing on the place de l'Hôtel de Ville (formerly the place de Grève) in the city's IVe arrondissement, it has been the location of the municipality of Paris since 1357. It serves multiple functions, housing the local administration, the Mayor of Paris (since 1977), and also being a venue for large receptions.

It is located near the metro station: Hôtel de Ville.

Since the French Revolution, the building has been the scene of a number of historical events, notably the proclamation of the French Third Republic in 1870 and the famous speech by Charles de Gaulle on August 25, 1944 during the Liberation of Paris when he greeted the crowd from a front window.

The Hotel de Ville was for many years the fief of Jacques Chirac, France's president from 1995 until May 2007, and was the site of a scandal centering on both illegal jobs given to Chirac's party members and an extravagant entertainment budget.

The current mayor, Bertrand Delanoë, a socialist and the city's first openly gay leader, shares some of Marcel's ambition and almost shared his fate. He was stabbed in the building in 2002 during the first all-night, city-wide Sleepless Night (Nuit Blanche) festival when the long inaccessible building's doors were thrown open to the public. But Delanoë recovered and has not lost his zeal for access, later converting the mayor' sumptuous private apartments into a crèche (day nursery) for the children of municipal workers.

The northern (left) side of the building is located on the Rue de Rivoli. The nearby Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville (BHV) is a department store named after the Hôtel de Ville. The closest church of Hôtel de Ville is the St-Gervais-et-St-Protais Church.

Hotel Ritz Paris

Paris Hotel: The Hotel Ritz is a hotel located at 15 Place Vendôme, in the heart of Paris, France. It is one of the most prestigious and luxurious hotels in the world and is one of the seven Parisian palaces recognized by The Leading Hotels of the World organization. Established in 1898, it is the oldest Ritz Hotel in the world.

The Hotel Ritz Paris currently offers 161 rooms, one restaurant, and two bars. The rooms start at €730 a night. Suites start at €3,000 and can go up to €12,000 a night for the most prestigious ones (Suite Impériale). The hotel's restaurant, L'Espadon, was awarded a star by the 2007 edition of the influential Michelin Red Guide.

The building was constructed in the early part of the 18th century as a private dwelling. In 1854 it was acquired by the Péreire brothers who made it the head office of their Crédit Mobilier financial institution.

The façade was designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart. Converted to a luxury hotel by César Ritz, it opened on June 1, 1898. Together with the culinary talents of minority partner Auguste Escoffier, Ritz made the hotel synonymous with opulence, service, and fine dining.

The Hôtel Ritz consists of the Vendôme and the Cambon buildings with rooms facing Place Vendôme and on the opposite side, rooms overlooking its famous garden. The hotel became a favorite of many of the world's wealthiest people, with luxurious suites named for some of its notable patrons from the past. These include Ernest Hemingway, for whom a bar in the hotel was named, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marcel Proust, King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, Iranian leader Reza Shah, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Maurice Chevalier, Jean-Paul Sartre, Elton John, plus couturier Coco Chanel who made the Ritz her home for more than thirty years.