France announces super-luxury "palace" hotels

  • 13 years ago
If five-star hotels don't quite cut it for you, then why not try staying in a palace? French tourist authorities today announced a new class of top-end accommodation, so far limited to just eight hotels countrywide. The venues will now be designated as "Palaces français", judged to show the best of French excellence, and, France hopes, soon to attract some big-spending tourists. Duration: 02:14.

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