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Aug 25th, 2003 | 10:37 AM
#24
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Hi Rebecca, et al.
The name of the hotel is the Grand Hotel Jeanne d'Arc where I stayed this past April. I mention it so much I'm sure people have gotten sick of hearing me rave on about it so. And it's right around the corner from its own little charming tree-lined/restaurant-lined square. You can find them on the web at www.hoteljeannedarc.com which will take you to parishotels.com. This was my 1st point of contact with them. And Stefane couldn't be nicer (although he's a little droll/dry
!!!
If anyone wants to see it, I have pic (culled from www.lespagesjaunes.fr) of the Square St. Catherine.
Anway, here are some notes I gleaned from my trip report that hopefully gives some details about why I like the hotel:
"Grande Hotel Jeanne d?Arc - 3 r. Jarente, 5 minutes from Place de Vosges
Loved my room, though it?s QUITE small but I really didn?t care ?cause I thought it charming with its beamed ceiling, French windows, blue/green orientalish carpet and coral bedspread and wallpaper, little desk, quaint light fixtures, and my 5th floor (really 6th floor) ROOFTOP view!
Walked home along the northern street of Notre Dame, crossed the bridge over to Ile St-Louis, then halfway down the rue St-Louis-en-l?Ile to reach my little hotel in the Marais by midnight. Passed many couples and young groups of people on my way. Wonderful thing about this area is that I feel completely safe & comfortable as a single woman walking through it late at night. What immense freedom.
One of the things that I really like about my hotel is that it?s 5 minutes from the Metro station St. Paul on the #1 line, so it?s very convenient to everything. I?d find my way back to the hotel by walking along rue St-Antoine to the huge St. Louis-St. Paul church, just past it on the left would be rue Caron which would take me right through the middle of Place St-Catherine (a beautiful little square with restaurants lining it and tons of people hanging out ? prime location for people watching) then around the corner to the Grand Hotel Jeanne d?Arc.
Miss Manon ? Patissier/Boulanger/Traiteur ? for breakfast (a real pain au chocolat & café ? somehow they just don?t taste like this at Panera in Cincy). Miss Manon (open from 7am ?til 10pm every day except Monday) & Boulangerie Paul sit side-by-side on rue Saint-Antoine just a 3-minute walk from the hotel, through Place-St- Cathérine & down rue Caron & directly across the street at #87. Also there is the Café Tabac Jean Bart for cigarettes, late-night café or frites & cidre!! Did I mention that the St. Paul Metro is just 5 minutes away?!?! I was just loving my hotel.
Just a little further west is a Supermarché at #115 rue St-Antoine.
Akyrion (www.akyrion.com), a web bar just a 5-10 minute walk away at 19 rue Charlemagne, a street behind the St.-Paul-St.-Louis church that lies parallel to rue Saint Antoine and Quai des Céléstins.
I hadn?t eaten since 5 that afternoon and it was close to midnight so I was starving. I popped into the Tabac Jean Bart to see if I could just get some frites and they said o.k. Wonderful people, they are! Noticed they had cidre on tap so ordered one of those as well. Ah, a perfect combination to end the day!!
Went back to the hotel, grabbed my CD player, sat on a bench in the Place-St-Catherine, smoked my cigs, listened to Coldplay & people-watched!!"
Oh, and it's a mere 5-minute walk to the Musee Carnavalet, too!
The name of the hotel is the Grand Hotel Jeanne d'Arc where I stayed this past April. I mention it so much I'm sure people have gotten sick of hearing me rave on about it so. And it's right around the corner from its own little charming tree-lined/restaurant-lined square. You can find them on the web at www.hoteljeannedarc.com which will take you to parishotels.com. This was my 1st point of contact with them. And Stefane couldn't be nicer (although he's a little droll/dry
!!!If anyone wants to see it, I have pic (culled from www.lespagesjaunes.fr) of the Square St. Catherine.
Anway, here are some notes I gleaned from my trip report that hopefully gives some details about why I like the hotel:
"Grande Hotel Jeanne d?Arc - 3 r. Jarente, 5 minutes from Place de Vosges
Loved my room, though it?s QUITE small but I really didn?t care ?cause I thought it charming with its beamed ceiling, French windows, blue/green orientalish carpet and coral bedspread and wallpaper, little desk, quaint light fixtures, and my 5th floor (really 6th floor) ROOFTOP view!
Walked home along the northern street of Notre Dame, crossed the bridge over to Ile St-Louis, then halfway down the rue St-Louis-en-l?Ile to reach my little hotel in the Marais by midnight. Passed many couples and young groups of people on my way. Wonderful thing about this area is that I feel completely safe & comfortable as a single woman walking through it late at night. What immense freedom.
One of the things that I really like about my hotel is that it?s 5 minutes from the Metro station St. Paul on the #1 line, so it?s very convenient to everything. I?d find my way back to the hotel by walking along rue St-Antoine to the huge St. Louis-St. Paul church, just past it on the left would be rue Caron which would take me right through the middle of Place St-Catherine (a beautiful little square with restaurants lining it and tons of people hanging out ? prime location for people watching) then around the corner to the Grand Hotel Jeanne d?Arc.
Miss Manon ? Patissier/Boulanger/Traiteur ? for breakfast (a real pain au chocolat & café ? somehow they just don?t taste like this at Panera in Cincy). Miss Manon (open from 7am ?til 10pm every day except Monday) & Boulangerie Paul sit side-by-side on rue Saint-Antoine just a 3-minute walk from the hotel, through Place-St- Cathérine & down rue Caron & directly across the street at #87. Also there is the Café Tabac Jean Bart for cigarettes, late-night café or frites & cidre!! Did I mention that the St. Paul Metro is just 5 minutes away?!?! I was just loving my hotel.
Just a little further west is a Supermarché at #115 rue St-Antoine.
Akyrion (www.akyrion.com), a web bar just a 5-10 minute walk away at 19 rue Charlemagne, a street behind the St.-Paul-St.-Louis church that lies parallel to rue Saint Antoine and Quai des Céléstins.
I hadn?t eaten since 5 that afternoon and it was close to midnight so I was starving. I popped into the Tabac Jean Bart to see if I could just get some frites and they said o.k. Wonderful people, they are! Noticed they had cidre on tap so ordered one of those as well. Ah, a perfect combination to end the day!!
Went back to the hotel, grabbed my CD player, sat on a bench in the Place-St-Catherine, smoked my cigs, listened to Coldplay & people-watched!!"
Oh, and it's a mere 5-minute walk to the Musee Carnavalet, too!
Aug 25th, 2003 | 09:09 PM
#26
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Try this website..
www.anamericaninparis.com
There will be lots on the kinds of hotels you're seeking..
Basically, stay central..which is near the Seine...1st,4th,5th,6th,7th,8th..all will do and all will have what you're seeking...Bon Voyage!
www.anamericaninparis.com
There will be lots on the kinds of hotels you're seeking..
Basically, stay central..which is near the Seine...1st,4th,5th,6th,7th,8th..all will do and all will have what you're seeking...Bon Voyage!
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