Paris: Is any city more closely associated with love and romance? Enjoy a relaxing tour on the Seine, then go all the way to the top of the Arc de Triomphe for a breathtaking view of the city. If it's romance you desire, Montmartre, away to the north on the tallest hill in the city, is the most unabashedly romantic district of Paris, with quiet stairways, little alleys, and deserted squares.

Paris has some of the best museums in the world. Discover treasures ranging from Picasso to Paleolithic carvings. You don't have to stay inside to enjoy the art: the city itself is a masterpiece, with architecture that inspires and celebrates the human spirit.

Whether you're enjoying a picnic by the Seine in the Square du Vert-Galant, sipping coffee in a sidewalk café, or treating yourself to the world's most elegant dining, you're sure to find something you love in Paris.

Places of interest in Paris: Arc de Triomphe, Le Panthéon, Rue Oberkampf, The Louvre, Notre Dame, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Musée National du Moyen Age, Musée de l'Armée, Marais mansions

Did you know that one of the most popular ways to see Paris is on foot? Paris à Pied offers three-hour walking tours of the Latin Quarter, the Marais, Montmartre, the heart of Paris, or the renovated glass-roofed passages that date back to the early 1800s. Groups are limited to 6 or fewer, and the price is moderate. Bicycle tours are also quite popular and can be arranged with little advance notice.

Atala Hotel

The Atala Hotel, close to the Champs-Elysees, is in the most prestigious district of Paris, where business, fashion and entertainment meet.

All of the 48 rooms in the four-star hotel are stylishly decorated and perfectly equipped with direct-dial phone, satellite television, mini-bar, FAX and air conditioning.

Guests can meet their friends in the beautiful bar-salon widely opening onto the garden, near the private lounge for business lunch. In the restaurant "l'Atalante", the Chef prepares high quality Cuisine reflecting a special tradition in French gastronomy.

The Champs-Elysées is also called "La plus belle avenue du monde" - the most beautiful avenue in the world -and with good reason. The walk between Concorde square to the Arc de Triomphe is breathtakig, and has been recently and nicely renovated with large granite sidewalks and trees. During your stay, you will want to plan on going to the theater, doing shopping, dining in one of the exquisite restaurants or just walking and looking around.