18 June 2016

A hotel room in the Eiffel Tower?

The BBC has an article by Lindsey Galloway about an unusual place to stay in Paris, France:

Seven million people visit the Eiffel Tower every year, but now a handful of visitors will get to sleep in the iconic structure for the very first time. Holiday rental company HomeAway constructed a temporary VIP apartment on the first level of the tower, open only for the duration of the UEFA Euro football tournament, from 10 June to 10 July 2016. The two-bedroom apartment, with views of the Arc de Triomphe, Grand Palais, and Sacre Coeur comes furnished with a big screen television for watching the game and a foosball table for playing games. The space also includes a greenhouse complete with glass windows, and a seating area filled with hanging plants.
To determine who got the opportunity to sleep in the apartment, HomeAway held a contest asking entrants to describe how they would enjoy their night in the tower.
"My two young sons are autistic and are both obsessed with lights and the tower itself, so I'd spend the night watching them in awe!” was the winning response from Michelle, in the UK.
Scott, from the United States, also won a night’s stay with his response about reuniting five generations in Paris: his mother, who first visited the city in 1953, his daughter and granddaughter, who visited at thirteen and fourteen respectively, and a brand new granddaughter who'll join the trip.
The four winners will begin their one-night stays after 23 June 2016. Although there are no other nights up for grabs, visitors have the chance to tour the apartment (and perhaps sneak in a nap on the couch), join a match-viewing party, or skip the normal Eiffel Tower line by entering a competition online. At the conclusion of the tournament, the space will be deconstructed and revert back to being a conference room. 
Rico says he's still hoping to take his fiancée to Paris, but we'll stay somewhere else...

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