The mother of a friend left that message with the front desk of a Paris hotel.

For years Paris hotels divided into two types; palace or flea-pit.

Last year we arrived at our Paris hotel, situated in a residential arrondissement.

Celeste, in the bed of the Paris hotel, reached out in the dark for the body she expected to find beside her.

Here are the best Paris hotels in which to stay:

And they can spend a night, free, in a Paris hotel.

He ran out of money, and ended up working as a dishwasher, or plongeur, in a Paris hotel.

"The idea is to see how a 'counter-model' works," he explained over tea in a Paris hotel.

Living in a Paris hotel, he was destitute, with little money and few friends.

The average rate at Paris hotels was $235.74, up 9.4 percent from 2004.