LA Times review
$weet dreams in the big 3 / Paris
By Susan Spano, Times Staff Writer
March 12, 2006

Hôtel du Palais Bourbon

THERE are three hotels on the Rue de Bourgogne in the Left Bank's 7th arrondissement, which runs between the Rodin Museum and Palais Bourbon, home of the French National Assembly. My favorite is the well-kept, professionally managed, 30-room Hôtel du Palais Bourbon, a two-star hotel with the polish, décor and amenities of a three-star.

There's a demure little lobby downstairs and an elevator. Upstairs, the rooms are unusually large, with burnished wood floors, Oriental rugs, big windows, high ceilings, flat-screen TVs and large private baths.

The neighborhood is one of the safest in Paris, thanks to gendarmes on almost every corner protecting the seat of the French government. Les Invalides is a few blocks west and Boulevard St. Germain a short walk east. Le Lotus Blanc is virtually next door, a postage stamp-size Southeast Asian restaurant with terrific pad Thai.

Hôtel du Palais Bourbon, 49 Rue de Bourgogne; 011-33-1-44-11-30-70, http://www.hotel-palais-bourbon.com ; doubles from $150, including breakfast.