Did you know that when Gustave Eiffel was designing the Eiffel Tower, that he included a private apartment for himself at the top? According to Architectural Digest in 2016, now a second one will be available on the first floor for visitors to rent!
In his book *La Tour Eiffel de Trois Cent Métres (The Eiffel Tower of 300 Meters),*author Henri Girard
explains that Parisians would offer up “a small fortune” to rent his
private space for a single night, but Eiffel consistently refused.
However, he would occasionally entertain guests of the utmost prestige
(Thomas Edison is one notable example).
Mark Twain was a visitor:
SOURCE: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/eiffel-tower-paris-secret-apartment