France
The Hotel Delavigne in Rue Casimir Delavigne is the perfect hideaway for a romantic weekend out of the public view.
Friendly, discreet and inexpensive, you can romp away to your heart's content - the Boulevards Saint-Michel and Saint-Germain-des-Pres are an arm-in-arm stroll away - and relief for the conscience can be had just around the corner at Saint-Sulpice (which is great for Da Vinci Code nerd spotting too).
1 Rue Casimir Delavigne, 75006 Paris. +33 1 4329 3150
www.hoteldelavigne.com
Buy a RATP billet jour (day ticket) picking up a map of the Paris network and despite the excellent Metro use the bus to get out into the suburbs.
Particularly good is the contrast seen on the T1 tram from Bobigny to St Denys then take the bus to La Defense to look around (the view of central Paris is memorable).
Continue on Tram2 from La Defense the route of which hugs the south bank of the Seine to Issy - Val de Seine RER station whence you can return to central Paris by RER/Metro or by bus.
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