Where to actually take her in France

France is a country of excellent hotels and underrated hotel bars, and that is exactly what is needed here: somewhere you can walk into without being noticed and sit for forty minutes before deciding. Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux and Nice each have two or three addresses that do this job perfectly.

Hotels that do not make it awkward

The single most common way an evening goes wrong in France is the front desk. Some houses charge a visitor fee, some ask for her passport, some simply do not allow a second person in the room after midnight. The houses below are the ones worth booking in this city - and because policies change with the season and the manager, the one question worth asking at reservation is whether a registered guest may come up to the room.

• Hôtel Costes Parishotel bar - she can arrive without crossing a lobby · discreet entrance, front desk asks nothing · open late
• Villa Florentine Lyona view worth the first ten minutes · quiet enough to talk · proper suites, not a box with a bed
• InterContinental Marseille Marseillea view worth the first ten minutes · proper suites, not a box with a bed · walkable to everything
• Hôtel Le Negresco Niceproper suites, not a box with a bed · walkable to everything · dress properly or you will feel it

Bars for the first drink

Forty minutes in a bar before anything else is not a formality - it is how two adults find out whether the evening is worth having. Pick somewhere you can hear each other.

• Bar Hemingway Parishotel bar - she can arrive without crossing a lobby · quiet enough to talk · dress properly or you will feel it
• L'Antiquaire Lyonserious cocktails, no queue at the bar · quiet enough to talk · discreet entrance, front desk asks nothing
• Carry Nation Marseilleserious cocktails, no queue at the bar · discreet entrance, front desk asks nothing · open late
• Le Comptoir Central Bordeauxbusy and loud after midnight · open late · no dress code drama

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The areas, honestly

Every city has a district everyone names and a district where things actually happen. In France they are not always the same place.

• Pigalle Paristhe nightlife spine of the city · tourist-priced, watch the bill
• Le Vieux Lyon Lyonthe nightlife spine of the city · tourist-priced, watch the bill
• Le Panier Marseillethe nightlife spine of the city · busy and loud after midnight
• Le Carré d'Or Nicewalkable to everything · dress properly or you will feel it

Three things that cost nothing

• Be where you said you would be, at the time you said it. Punctuality reads as respect, and it is the cheapest respect there is.
• Settle the practical part at the start, once, and never bring it up again.
• Book the room in your own name and go up first. Never ask her to check in for you.

Everyone listed on Red Light District France is an independent companion with a verified identity and a verified face. Where you take her is still your call - this page is only so you do not have to guess.