Mama Shelter, 109, rue de Bagnolet 75020 Paris
One by the Five, 3, rue Flatters 75005 Paris
Renaissance Paris Arc de Triomphe, 39, Avenue de Wagram 75017 Paris
Le Placide, 6, rue Saint-Placide 75006 Paris
Mon hôtel, 1, rue d’Argentine 75016 Paris
Crowne Plaza Paris Champs-Elysées, 64, avenue Marceau 75008 Paris
Le Metropolitan, Place Mexico 750016 Paris
Hôtel du Cadran, 10, rue du Champ de Mars 75007 Paris
Sublim Eiffel, 94, Boulevard Garibaldi 75015 Paris

Situated at 1 Boulevard Poissonnière, 2nd arrondissement of Paris, Le Grand Rex is the largest cinema, theater and music venue in Paris, with 2,800 seats and the largest screen in Europe. Le Grand Rex is served by the métro station of Bonne Nouvelle.
Art Deco style architecture.

Saint-Étienne-du-Mont ? A church containing the shrine of Sainte Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris, and also the tombs of Blaise Pascal and Jean Racine.

Where ? On the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève in the Ve arrondissement, near the Panthéon.

Who ? Famous French novelist Honoré de Balzac wrote some of La Comédie humaine on this desk.

Where ? La Maison de Balzac, located in the former village of Passy, now in the 16th arrondissement at 47, rue Raynouard.

Where ? 6th Arrondissement (St-Germain – Luxembourg), at the corner of the Boulevard Saint-Germain (172) and the Rue St. Benoit.
Famous visitors ? Many writers and artists, Sartre, Camus, Picasso, and Apollinaire frequented the Flore.
Decor ? Art Deco interior of all red seating, mahogany and mirrors.

What ? A huge painting (624 square meter).

Who did it ? Fauvist painter Raoul Dufy.

Where is it ? Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris), hosted in the Palais de Tokyo, 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, near the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Métro ? Iéna or Alma-Marceau.

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The next Fair will run from Friday 18th to Monday 21st March 2011 at the Porte de Versailles. Focus on Nordic literature (forty authors from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden will be on hand to meet you) and four other main themes:  crime fiction and thriller, Buenos Aires World Book Capital 2011, France’s overseas territories, serial readers.

The Musée Albert-Kahn is based at Kahn’s former home at 14 rue du Port in Boulogne-Billancourt, a suburb west of Paris. From every corner of the globe, Albert Kahn’s teams of cameramen brought back testimonies of human life, in colour photographs and on film. Khan was a nineteenth century businessman and philanthropist, his Collection is one of the largest in the world in the 1900-1920s and his garden, a variety of garden styles including English, Japanese, a rose garden and a conifer wood. The museum and gardens are open daily between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. from the beginning of May to the end of September and between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. for the rest of the year.

What ? A sculpture of a soldier of the colonian troops who is the meter of how high the Seine is.

Why ? Access to the footpaths by the river embankments usually is closed when the Seine’s level reaches the feet of the Zouave, and when the water hits the statue’s thighs, the river becomes unnavigable.