| Paris, also known as "The City of Light", is one of the | | | | Whenever I pick up a customer for a Paris airport |
| top tourist cities in the world, with over 30 million visitors | | | | transfer and they are headed to the Four Seasons |
| every year. Having been a Paris shuttle driver for | | | | Hotel, I know they are in for a treat. Room prices can |
| many years, it's safe to say that I've got to know the | | | | reach an eye-watering EUR1500 a night, but if you |
| city very well! I've written previously about visiting Paris | | | | want to stay at the best hotel in town, this is the place |
| on a shoestring budget - though the city is typically an | | | | for you - stunning décor, superb facilities and |
| expensive place to go, you can travel on relatively little | | | | great service are the hallmarks of the Four Seasons |
| if you plan carefully and know where to stay. But what | | | | chain, and this particular one has a premium location |
| if money is no object? Where do you go in Paris if | | | | just off the Champs-Elysees. If you are looking for the |
| you've got money to spend, and only the best will do? | | | | most luxurious base imaginable for your holiday in Paris, |
| Fine restaurants, stunning hotels and fabulous spas are | | | | you can't beat a stay at the Four Seasons. |
| just the tip of the iceberg... | | | | The Spa - The Ritz Health Club |
| Restaurant - Pierre Gagnaire | | | | The Four Seasons hotel is also home to one of the |
| French cuisine is justly world renowned, and Paris is | | | | city's finest spas, but judging from the reports of my |
| liberally peppered with truly outstanding cafes, | | | | Paris shuttle passengers, the spa over at the Ritz |
| restaurants and patisseries; the larger and famous | | | | might just edge it out if you are looking for the finest |
| places in the main streets and the smaller, quieter | | | | pampering the city has to offer. Designed in a |
| eateries tucked away down the side streets. Asking a | | | | Greco-Roman style, the facilities are everything you'd |
| Parisian which restaurant is the best in the city is likely | | | | expect from the Ritz - my passengers bring back |
| to ignite a fiery debate; everyone has a different | | | | reports of a spectacular array of treatments and |
| opinion, but one name you'll hear more often than the | | | | high-tech facilities that need to be seen to be believed. |
| others is the Pierre Gagnaire Restaurant. Run by the | | | | Each of the top spas in Paris has its adherents, but I've |
| legendary chef who has given his name to the | | | | heard the Ritz praised more highly than any of the |
| establishment, this 3 Michelin Star restaurant offers up | | | | rest. |
| a feast of unusual flavours in truly stunning | | | | There's more to a holiday in this city than fine dining, |
| surroundings. The a la carte menu clocks in at a cool | | | | grand hotels and luxurious spas, but take it from a |
| EUR300, but this is recognised as perhaps the finest | | | | Paris shuttle driver - these three places really do offer |
| restaurant in Paris...and one of the best in the world! | | | | the last word in luxury, and are a great place to get |
| The Hotel - The Four Seasons George V | | | | started, so long as you can afford them! |