MY friend and I are lounging by the pool at the Hotel Molitor when a message comes through from her mum: “Are you at the Emily In Paris hotel?” All she’d done was share a snap of the lido on her Instagram, with zero mention of the Netflix comedy drama that stars a US twentysomething living her best life in the French capital. 6 Paris is back in vogue, and no longer just considered a destination for rich oldies Credit: Getty 6 Fred Again at the Rock en Seine festival Credit: AFP 6 Try Pantobaguette, the hip little eaterie that fuses French and Japanese cuisine. Credit: Instagram/pantobaguette The Parisians might loathe the series but the rest of us love it — it’s one of the streaming giant’s most popular.
In fact, it’s one of the reasons we decided to book ourselves into the five-star hotel to the west of the city, which had a starring role in season three as Emily spent the afternoon sipping drinks by the pool . It’s hardly in the centre of the action — the Molitor is in the fashionable 16th arrondissement, about 25 minutes on the Metro to the Eiffel Tower — but as a result, it’s a peaceful haven. The rooms are small but stylish with large, space-age beds, Clinique toiletries and floor-length windows that look out over the huge art-deco outdoor pool.
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