I've visited Paris 20 times and stayed in famous places like Hôtel Lutetia and Hotel de Sers. I think Paris' top hotels have the best Eiffel Tower views — aside from standing in front of it.

The Eiffel Tower is such a familiar image that it is easy to forget how extraordinary it must have looked for Parisians when it was first built. Nothing like it had ever been seen before – at more ...