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The district where lies Odéon Hotel is without doubt the best place to discover Paris during your stay, it is busy and varied and at the same time relaxing and comfortable. It is one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in Paris, conveniently located near all forms of transport. Odéon Hotel is at the crossroads of several different worlds in Paris that can be discovered by walking. |
The quarter "Saint Germain-des-Prés" is a chic and refined district lined with cafes à la mode, art galleries, designer clothing stores, publishing companies and traditional open air markets. The "Quarter Latin" located around Sorbonne university is filled with bookstores, libraries, movie theaters, "bistros" and bars. |
The Luxembourg garden with its magnificent flowers and trees offers Parisian a place to relax and walk (tennis, jogging, chess). "Rue de l'Odéon" which was opened in 1779, was the first street in Paris to have pavements and gutters but it's also famous for other reasons. At the turn of the century, it was a place of great literary activity. |
French writers such as Paul Valery, André Gide and Paul Claudel would meet at "la Maison des Amis du Livre" located at number 7, while at number 12 the Anglo-Aaxonx - James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Scott Fitgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein - would get together in the bookshop "Shakespeare and Company". At number 3 stands the Odéon Hotel, registered as a historical landmark for its façade and roof like most building in this street in the heart of Paris. |
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