By: Shelley Hawes Pate Date Posted: 7/1/2008 Printer Friendly Version Email Story to a Friend

So you think your Euro jet-setting days are over now that you have baby on board? Hotel Le Bistrol, known for its roster of stylish international guests, puts the oui oui back into Paris Party of Four (or five or six). The hotel recently (so new we haven’t checked it out) introduced an exclusive children’s program to give wee ones an affair to remember.

From the moment they check-in,

New this Summer: Hotel Le Bristol makes your Parisian vacances even cooler with the addition of an ice cream trolley to its gorgeous gardens. Now, before your mid-afternoon rest, you can herd the little ones out to the hotel's gardens for a cool treat. The kids will go nuts for flavors like Nutella, and mom will find the grapefruit champagne flavor most refreshing. C'est bon!

kids receive the royal treatment with a personalized greeting from the hotel’s mascot Hippolyte (later they’ll cuddle under Porthault linens bearing the rabbit’s likeness), as well as in-room toys, made-to-order-meals, pint-size bathrobes, green apple and orange-scented shampoos and welcoming, sophisticated treats such as rabbit-shaped cookies and strawberry water.

Your mini-Parisians will be given the inside scoop on kid-friendly walking tours arou nd France’s luxurious capital city (Mom and Dad will like it, too), as well as a special invitation to a treasure hunt around the historic and lushly landscaped property for gardening tools (the winners keep the loot!).

Best of all? Hippolyte keeps in touch long after the City of Lights glow has faded with a birthday card to your little ones. Bon voyage!

112 Rue Du Faubourg Saint-Honore, Paris, 33/53 43 43 00. *Prices available upon request.