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Paris
The most visited city on earth, which means the difficulty is never finding something to do and always avoiding the version of Paris built for people who will only come once. The good news is that it is small, dense and entirely walkable, and the difference between a wonderful trip and a mediocre one is usually just which arrondissement you slept in.
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Paris, France
New Hotel Lafayette: a beautiful small hotel in the 9th, and the case for booking up a category
Deep teal panelling, ochre joinery and one of the better-looking ground floors in central Paris, on a quiet street below Montmartre. The square metres are the thing to plan around.
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Where to stay in Paris, arrondissement by arrondissement
The numbers spiral outwards like a snail shell, which is why the 6th and the 16th sound equally central and are forty minutes apart. What each one is actually for.
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