Residence Henri IV
Paris, Hauts-de-Seine

Between Notre Dame and the Pantheon, and next to the Sorbonne, this hotel will be your home away from home. The period details and painted ceilings in the room, marble fireplaces and polished furniture all give the impression of a 19th century townhouse. Located in Paris city centre, the hotel is a real haven of peace and serenity in the heart of the Latin Quarter, where you will be warmly welcomed. The hotel will be entirely non smoking in 2007.

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Paris had always been a destination for traders, students and those on religious pilgrimages, but its 'tourism' in the proper sense of the term began on a large scale only with the appearance of rail travel, namely from state organisation of France's rail network from 1848. One of Paris' first 'mass' attractions drawing international interest were, from 1855, the above-mentioned Expositions Universelles that would bring Paris many new monuments, namely the Eiffel tower from 1889. These, in addition to the Capital's 2nd Empire embellishments, did much to make the city itself the attraction it is today.