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fpsoley Feb 25th, 2011 05:50 PM

airport shuttles
 
has anybody stayed at holiday inn express paris canal de la villette hotel and taken a shuttle from the airport to the hotel. does the hotel have a shuttle and what is your opinion of the hotel

janisj Feb 25th, 2011 06:27 PM

Is there some reason you want to stay at this hotel? It is in the 19th and is not close to CDG nor all that convenient to the center of Paris.

The Hotel won't have a shuttle - you'll want a cab. It is about 15 miles from the airport.

Seamus Feb 25th, 2011 08:42 PM

Have not stayed there but see it pop up quite often on searches for reward nights in Paris. It gets decent reviews if you don't mid being out of the city centre. A plus is its proximity to metro station Riquet on line 7 which will take you without connection to several touristic spots including Opera/department stores, Louvre, Pont Neuf to get to the Iles. It is also quite near Parc de la Villette with its science and music museums which are quite enjoyable for kids and even adults.
As janis notes, there is not a hotel shuttle from the airport, which is common for hotels outside the area immediately surrounding the airport. Just grab a cab.

Guenmai Feb 26th, 2011 03:14 PM

Haven't stayed at the hotel, but have stayed in the 19th a few times and enjoyed my stay in the 19th. Happy Travels!

fpsoley Feb 27th, 2011 01:50 PM

thank you for your prompt responses, very helpful, what is the l9th also have you bought a musuem pass recently, how much an where to buy them. how far is moulin rouge and the batou mache

Christina Feb 27th, 2011 02:07 PM

The website should say if they have a shuttle, but the only hotels I've seen with shuttles in Paris are right around the airport. The 19th is a district of Paris, there are 20 of them, numbered (starting with 1 in the center and going up as they go around Paris in a clockwise circle). You can see them by looking at a map of Paris, at least any decent map should show their boundaries. In French they call them arrondisements. It's just like any city that as numbered districts, like London or Prague. Marseille has arrondisements, also.

The bateaux mouches are tourist cruise boats on the Seine which runs through the middle of Paris. The Moulin Rouge is in the 9th arrondisement, sort of half way between the Seine and the northern boundary of the city.


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