bathtub or shower in europe?!
 

Im going to Paris in September, making reservations to stay at Hotel Muguet. They say a room has either a bath or shower, do their bathtubs have a shower nozzle or something that stretches out , help me tell me please.!

Honestly, I suggest you ask the hotel.<BR>Rooms can be very different from one to the other. Let's say I stayed last year in room 12 that had a shower nozzle, and they give you room 16 that doesn't... what good is my answer?

Hi<BR>Unless specified,<BR>the tub would just be a tub, no shower.<BR>If there is a room with a shower I assume it would be a (usually very narrow) shower stall, or even an open area in the bathroom with just a floor drain, but no tub.<BR>However, occasionally there are tubs that have hand-held hoses that are used for washing one's hair but can be used as a hand-held shower. As suggested above, ask your hotel.<BR>

Agnes,<BR><BR>I have NEVER had a tub without a handeld shower in France. What the hotel means is that some rooms have a full bath with soaking tub and hand shower, while others just have a shower stall.<BR><BR>BTW, the soaking tub probably won't have a shower CURTAIN...<BR><BR>Bon voyage,<BR>Andre

I'm with Andre---I've never been in a bathtub in France (or elsewhere in Europe) that didn't have a hand-held shower head. But you're not supposed to use it like a shower in the U.S.; you don't stand up, you just use it to rinse your hair (and to rinse right as your getting out of the bath as well). <BR><BR>Accor hotels often DO have the usual U.S. arrangement, in which there's a bathtub and also a shower head (that can be detached to use for a bath). I've seen them in Sofitel, Mercure, and Novotel (all part of this chain).

Just be aware that most likely a French tub is going to be deeper and narrower than you are used to (if you are American). If you have creaky knees in the a.m. (as I do) you may not want to attempt to sit and not be able to get up again!! I used the hand held shower instead.

Beth<BR>LOL. I almost got stuck in a tub in Arles once, not because I'm too wide, but because the tub was too deep.<BR>Had to resort to a creative solution to haul myself out!

I also have never had a tub in France without the handheld nozzle, regardless of price level. That's how you rinse off and rinse your hair, I think it's just normal equipment. I have no problem with these but a lot of people (on here) don't seem to understand how to use them and get things wet--as Andre said. I don't think I've ever had a hotel where you hung that on the wall as a shower head, I've had either a real stall shower or tub with hand-held sprayer nozzle.<BR><BR>I think you should ask (although lots of folks on here seem to have stayed there), but I'd be willing to bet it has a nozzle. They know English pretty well there, I think -- that shower nozzle thing is called a "pomme de douche" and if you wanted to know if there was one with a flexible hose you'd ask about "une pomme de douche munie d'un tuyau flexible". If it can be hung on the wall that would be "peut etre accrochee au mur". In any case, I've seen a photo of a bathroom at the Muguet with tub and it does have a handheld shower nozzle, plus grab bar, and what appears to be a clear plexiglass screen that goes a little ways from the wall (but not the entire length of the tub, not complete shower doors).

Our room at the Muguet, number 53 if I recall correctly, had a small shower, but not the smallest of our trip to Europe. It had a step up and a bi-fold plastic door that closed completely over the open side. There was a shower nozzle that could either be hand-held or slipped into a hook so you could shower hands-free. The bathroom was done in shiny white tile and was spotless. Sorry, I don't know about the bathtubs.

LOL~elaine, that conjures up some pretty funny pictures !<BR>Every hotel we have stayed in, in Paris has had a hand held shower,in a deep short tub.<BR>Which I have thankfully managed to climb out of:)<BR>Who knew this might be a hazard in bathing in France~lol~

People who designed European bathtubs never took a shower in one.

Sally,<BR><BR>Wanna come to my place and check my tub?...<BR><BR>... No kidding, I don't know how your tub is but I lived 3 years in Brooklyn, NY and my tub was just exactly like the one I have here in Paris, except that it had that shower on the wall. Here we mostly have hand held showers, or showers on a sort of wall-rail.

Elaine, glad to know I am not alone! I am in pretty good shape - walked all over Paris - but having my daughter pull her Mom out of the tub was not one of the stories I wanted to be telling from this trip. :)

I appreciate all your responses, and Christina thank you for the french transelations of the phrases, my heart goes out to the women who got stuck in the bathtub oooooo, luckly im quite spry and I hope to avoid such an unpleasant fate;)

tp

My personal preference:<BR>bath with bubbles (occasionally reading a magazine and listening to background music) when home and always shower in a hotel.<BR>