Underground & cool · Counterfeiting museum · € · 16e · Trocadéro & Passy
Musée de la Contrefaçon
Run by the manufacturers' anti-fraud union, this mansion holds 500-odd seized fakes set beside the genuine article: counterfeit amphorae, forged banknotes, fake Rodin bronzes, knock-off bags, dud brake pads and counterfeit medicine. The pleasure is the side-by-side.
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Tight weekday-only afternoon hours and a full August closure — phone ahead.
Where to stay near Musée de la Contrefaçon
- Molitor Paris MGalleryArt Deco pool hotel€€€ · 32 minThe resurrected 1929 lido at the western edge of the 16th, its two restored pools ringed by guest-room balconies that look down onto the water. A summer rooftop adds the Eiffel Tower.
- Citadines Trocadéro ParisAparthotel€€ · 39 minNinety-seven serviced studios and apartments with full kitchens and a small garden, five minutes' walk from the Trocadéro terrace and its head-on view of the Eiffel Tower.
- Hotel Ohm by HappyCultureHotel€€ · 42 minFifty-one rooms in the quiet residential far corner of the 16th near Parc des Princes and Roland-Garros, done in a contemporary-vintage mix with espresso machines in the rooms. Off the centre, and priced for it.
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The district · 16e
Trocadéro & Passy — Bourgeois westThe best head-on view of the Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, the Bois de Boulogne, the Fondation Louis Vuitton and a run of quiet museums. Wealthy, leafy and reserved.
Best for: Families and museum-goers who want calm, green streets and the Tower nearby.
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