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Negresco, Nice, France ***

The spectacular dome was constructed by Gustave Eiffel. Yes, that’s the guy with the tower.

Park your car on the corner and you’ll be greeted by doormen in red-plumed postilion hats.
Step into the time machine…
It feels like something out of a movie set. The doormen are wearing 18th-century outfits (complete with long socks and those red-plumed […]

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Hi Hotel, Nice, France **

It refers to itself as “a place where one can breathe easy and relax: an oxygen sphere to forget everything, begin anew.” (sic!)

The room has a projector hanging from the ceiling instead of a TV and a free standing bath tub instead of a bathroom. Just watch it, you may soak your bed while taking […]

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When staying at Les Rosées, you’ll be staying in a suite.
This is the area where you sleep, (among other things).

Things like the CD-player were cleverly hidden in an old case. Except for the
air conditioning, there’s not much that will reveal that it’s the 21st century.

Enjoy the exterior: A quintessential French villa on the Côte d’Azur.
Approximately […]

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First evening: You know when you’re lucky.
You are now in my shoes. That means that you’re in France to spend a weekend in Lyon, world capital of gourmet cuisine. On the first evening you experience a high-calorie, nine-course food marathon that takes you through an amazing menu de degustacion, which is topped by a monster […]

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