April 25, 2003 -- "We love you," says the management of Paris' Victoria Palace Hotel when speaking about Americans, and they are putting their money where their mouth is -- offering free rooms to American citizens on the night of Friday, July 4, 2003. The establishment is a four-star lodging, independently owned, on the Left Bank in the pleasant 6th arrondissement.
This is, the hotel's spokespersons state, "the hotel's way of saying that Americans will always be welcome in Paris, and that regardless of the tensions among the upper echelons of government on either side of the Atlantic, the Frenchman on the street will not turn his back on two centuries of friendship with the people of the United States."
Located between Montparnasse and Saint-German-des-Pres, the Victoria Palace was completely renovated in March of 2000, dropping its room count from 113 to today's 62 spacious rooms and junior suites, all of which are luxuriously decorated in traditional French style.
For American clients spending their Independence Day weekend in Paris, the nights of Saturday, July 5, and Sunday, July 6, will be offered at a discounted rate of €230 (about $250) per night for a deluxe room, or €290 (about $315) per night for a Junior Suite. That includes breakfast and hotel taxes.
The offer is available through travel agents or directly from the hotel, though availability may be limited once Francophile Yankees get wind of this.
For reservations or information, contact the hotel at info@victoriapalace.com or phone 011-33-1/4549-7000. The website is www.victoriapalace.com.
The Meurice Hotel, a five-star favorite of Americans with beaucoup bucks, has frequently offered a similar favor to US citizens, but the Victoria Palace has beaten them to the punch this year. To read our review of the Meurice in our online coverage of Paris, simply click here.