| It's tough to answer the question of where to stay in | | | | form the staple of Paris, they are quite different in feel |
| Paris, because there are a lot of fantastic places. One | | | | and culture. |
| of the best ways to start deciding is choosing which | | | | The left bank is for you if you like fashion, art, or the |
| district you'd like to be in. Paris is divided into twenty | | | | Bohemian lifestyle. It's the center of popular Parisian |
| districts, so to stop it from becoming daunting it's best | | | | culture and boasts various kinds of buildings, funky |
| to divide up your choices into either the right or left | | | | architecture, shops, historical sites and people. There |
| bank, which are the most popular areas. Then choose | | | | are lots of bed and breakfasts, inns, and hotels that |
| your districts based on which inn or hotel suits you | | | | are interesting, at some very reasonable prices for |
| best in those specific districts. | | | | Paris. |
| The left and right banks are the left and right sides of | | | | The right bank is home to the refinement and |
| the Seine, the river that flows through the center of | | | | sophistication many people imagine when they think of |
| Paris, dividing it basically in half. The Seine flows to the | | | | Paris. It also contains the business district, the place |
| west, so "the left bank" usually refers to the southern | | | | where L'Arc de Triomphe and the Champs Elysees |
| portion of the city, and "the right bank" to the northern | | | | are located. It's quite metropolitan, with affluent |
| half. These directions will help you when choosing | | | | neighborhoods, and awe-inspiring contrasting |
| where to stay in Paris. You'll find that while both banks | | | | architecture, both from classical and modern times. |