Eiffel Tower to be turned into a Euro 2016 rental apartment
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Tourists take selfies at Trocadero Plaza next to the Eiffel tower in Paris, France, Monday, May 16, 2016.
PARIS (AP) >> Four lucky competition winners are set to be the first people in history to use the Eiffel Tower as a vacation home next month.
Rental company HomeAway is taking over part of the first floor of the iconic 300-meter (yard) landmark for the duration of the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament in Paris, and transforming it into Hausmannian-style living quarters.
The competition opens Thursday for the chance to stay in the famous monument, which provides panoramic views onto the Arc de Triomphe, the Sacre Coeur and the Seine river.
Brian Sharples, HomeAway CEO, called the move “unprecedented” and said it was “guaranteed to provide the most epic vacation memories of a lifetime.”
3 responses to “Eiffel Tower to be turned into a Euro 2016 rental apartment”
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So tacky, surprised the French are doing this.
Is this an April Fool’s joke?
Bad idea… turning the biggest and most popular landmark in all of France into condos? Visiting Paris to see the Eiffel Tower used to be on my family’s bucket list. But I agree with Manda, this is tacky and now we’ll think twice about visiting Paris.