The Plaza Athenee was made famous by Sex and the City .

Known for its constant parade of supremely well-heeled, sophisticated clientele, if you have the wardrobe for it and want to play Princess in Paris, this could be your perfect temporary address. It’s see and be seen against an opulent, “I deserve it” backdrop.

A staff of over 500 aims to please. Take for instance, the pillow menu. One can choose between wheat, de-stressing, beautifying, horse hair, osteopathic or synthetic. Imagine choosing the beautifying pillow and awaking even lovelier than when you went to sleep. No need to spend a fortune in the hotel spa, on a facial!

Celebrate something, anything , with a dinner at the hotel signature restaurant, the sumptuous Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee.

Have tea in the Galerie des Gobelins or lunch on the terrace or 24-hour room service.

Travelers comment that the classic rooms are generally better than the Art Deco rooms and they frequently return home claiming to be flat broke. But it was worth it.

Caution: shopping on Avenue Montaigne will max out your credit card.

Hotel Plaza Athenee
25 Avenue Montaigne
www.plaza-athenee-paris.com

Perhaps you are honeymooning, or rendez-vous-ing or just looking for a spectacular, regal, luxe to the max, and let me caution, costly, hotel with all the grandeur Paris has to offer.

There are options that range from discreetly intimate, noble ancient residences, to uber-celebrity palaces dripping with as much attitude, as its guests are with jewels.

What kind of rates can you expect? If an average of a thousand dollars per night and upward, is within your budget, check out this hotel by going to its website.