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It’s the most important moment for our photo project PHPA (Photo d’Hôtel, Photo d’Auteur, otherwise know as A Hotel Photo, An Artist’s View): the exhibition that brings together all the photos from the previous year as well as unveiling the brand new commissioned work by Patrick Tournebœuf. We are very excited!

Dans le decor, Monumental. Fauteuils dans la salle du theatre de l'Odeon, Paris. © P.Tournebœuf / Tendance Floue / PHPA

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Known as the Fête des Jardins, this is your once-yearly chance to discover some of Paris’ amazing green spaces, including some which are closed the rest of the year…

photo by graphic spirit used under cc licence

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Our annual exhibition is starting! And we’d like to invite you to the grand opening! (lire la suite / continue reading)

Once again, farmers from three regions of the southwest of France group together to advertise their delicious produce with a giant market along the Seine (which is why they call it ‘floating’. Hmmm). Want to know what they’re offering? Read on…

photo by mason masteka used under cc licence

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An exceptional weekend to discover a host of places that are usually closed to the public. For the 27th edition of what is known here as Les Journées Européennes du Patrimoine, not only is the theme Les Grands Hommes – like our hotel – but the Hôtels Paris Rive Gauche photo exhibition at the Théâtre de l’Odéon is part of the programme!

(c) RATP / Barinet

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As we were near the Panthéon the other day, we happened to start checking out the wall inscriptions on the Saint Geneviève Library (Bibliothèque Sainte Geneviève) which has recently been cleaned and has hundred of names of – presumably – highly intelligent people carved into it. And guess what? Some of them are really great! If you’re looking for something original to call your next child, this could be the inspiration you’ve been looking for…

photos : JasonW

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It’s been a government-financed fiasco. France is one of the last countries to have its own website, then on the launch date – Bastille Day, 14th July – the site immediately crashed, and it took nearly a month to get it back up!

It has also cost a fortune, some say 4 million euros. Anyway, now it’s ready, it looks smart, but when it comes to Paris is it really any use? We had a look…

Photo : JasonW

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A mad Indian festival right in the heart of the city! If you didn’t know that Paris had a large Indian community, this is your chance to see it at its most colourful, just 30 seconds from the Eurostar terminal!

Photo of Ganesh by Manil Gupta, used under cc licence

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Do you dream of strutting your stuff on a Paris catwalk? Do you take care over what you wear, and make Lady Gaga look like a tired old clothes horse? Well listen up sister, ‘cos this is for you! The Galeries Lafayette department store is organising the biggest fahsion show in the world in front of their store on boulevard Haussmann (as well as throughout France and in Berlin) and you can take part! Time to sign up! (lire la suite / continue reading)