The Hoxton, Paris: A Field Review of the Sentier Hôtel Particulier
172 rooms in a restored 18th-century mansion in the 2nd, built for a confidant of Louis XV. Three nights testing the best-value design hotel in central Paris.
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Mama Shelter Paris East
7.8 / 10 The Curb Score
Where: Paris
The first Mama Shelter, a Starck-designed loud-box in the far 20th. I paid for two nights on Rue de Bagnolet to see whether the 2008 original still has the
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