Location

• Paris is divided into 20 areas, known as arrondissements. The first is located in central Paris and the others radiate out in a clockwise direction from there. Located on Rue Moscou in the eighth arrondissement on the Right Bank, the hotel is ideally situated for exploring Paris on foot, with the Arc de Triomphe and Moulin Rouge just a ten-minute stroll away in the entertainment district.
  
  

Accommodation

• The Hausmann-style building housing the hotel has 86 soundproof rooms, which are moderately priced, ranging from 89 to 259 Euros per night, which is, approximately, $106 to $300 per night. The rooms are simply but tastefully furnished and include a bathroom with shower or bath, in-room safe, satellite television, hair dryers and telephones. Pets are not permitted. Check-in is at 2 p.m. and checkout at 12 noon.
  
  

Facilities

• There are elevators to all six floors and room service is available 24 hours a day. Continental breakfast is available in the street-level breakfast room. Also useful is the complementary wireless Internet access. Multilingual staff are available to assist guests with all their requisites, including securing theater tickets and booking the in-house babysitters.
  
  

Transportation

• Astoria Opera is just 20 kilometers from Orly Airport and 25 kilometers from Charles de Gaulle Airport. The express airport bus service is a 12-minute walk from the hotel. It is at the very center of the Paris public transportation system, with the nearest Metro station (Rome) 200 meters away, giving access to the line two Nation to Port Dauphine service. Numerous bus routes are also in the immediate vicinity and taxis and hire cars are plentiful but expensive.
  
  

Nearby Shopping

• Astoria Opera is at the heart of Paris shopping. The famed designer boutiques, such as Chanel and Yves St. Laurent on the Rue St. Honore, are a few minutes walk away, as are flagship department stores Galeries Lafayette and Au Printemps. Gourmet foods are available at Hediard and Fauchon and wines at the renowned vintners Nicolas.