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The French Quarter
An article on 6ABC.com shows a surprising winner of "Best Philadelphia Hotel" on the Trip Advisor travel site:
Beating out the Four Seasons, The Rittenhouse, the Ritz, etc.. was the Sofitel on South 17th St. in Center City.
178 people have voted for the European-accented hotel on Trip Advisor, so it's a pretty unscientific survey.
And, judging from the comments, a little slap-dash:
One happy patron awarded five stars, writing from Melbourne, Australia:
FWIW, whenever I book trips via expedia, it plunks me in a Sofitel. I've stayed in 'em in NYC and DC ,and both are beeeeautiful. I mean fabulous. Plush carpets, well-appointed rooms, bathrobes, etc. V. nice. And that may account for its online popularity - it's where expedia/orbitz/et al dump people.
I could be wrong but isn't Walnut Street named as being part of a French Quarter district directly in front of Le Bec Fin? Maybe it includes Sansom Street too in the vicinity of the Sofitel.
They are owned by the same people who run the Dorint hotels in Germany, which were the coolest places I've ever booked - very minimal, cool blue lighting, trippy music by the Notwist/Brian Eno coming out of everywhere. I would have gladly spent the night in one of their tubs.
L'Hexagone was a cute little bar right next to the Sofitel... that was French. And I believe there is a creperie on that block of Sansom. Bonte is nearby, too... is that French? They serve Belgian waffles though... Ce La Vie (sp?)
There IS a street sign at 19th & Walnut that says "French Quarter" at the bottom. I just noticed it the other day.