maitaitom

To end our trip, we will have three more days in Paris (our first two days a couple of weeks earlier at the start of our trip will be spent at Hotel de la Paix on Boulevard Raspail in the 14th).

My choices have narrowed to:

There is the Hotel Faubourg Saint Martin at 6, rue Gustave Goublier in the 10th near to the Strasbourg Saint Denis metro.
OR
Bastille de Launay, 42, rue Amelot in the 11th near the Chemin Vert and Bastille metro stations.
OR
A B&B near the Les Gobelins metro stop in the 13th.

Has anyone stayed at either of the two hotels? Any other thoughts about these areas as to which you would prefer? Thanks.

StCirq

Don't know any of the hotels, but just wanted to say I'm not really fond of the Strasbourg-St.-Denis métro stop, especially at night. It's probably perfectly safe, but it has IMO a sketchy feel to it.

Phread

I avoid Strasbourg Saint Denis as a woman alone at night, and I love the Chemin Vert area, rue Amelot is particularly fun.

rosiecaro

MY gut reaction was the same, I don't think I would want to be using the St Denis station at night either!

danon

Don't know hotels, but stayed near Chemin Vert......fine area
Agree about St.Denis.

PatrickLondon

I have stayed at the Bastille de Launay. It had been recently re-decorated, the room and en-suite were comfortable, if small; the reception staff were pleasant. Breakfast, as ever, extra and perhaps somewhat overpriced, but there are plenty of cafés and restaurants in the area offering cheaper. The immediate surroundings look a bit lacking in charm (there seemed to be a lot of motor-scooter shops), but you're only a short walk from the Marais, Bastille and Oberkampf areas. Good metro and bus links.

There was one afternoon where I didn't feel well and dozed in the room, only to have to listen to someone (in the house next door?) practising opera arias, but otherwise my courtyard-facing room was very quiet.

avalon

I'd go with Rue Amelot, even though I don't like te Metro at Bastille. Lts of bus routes nearby and lots of good eating and walking

maitaitom

Thanks everyone. I have booked BdL for a couple of superior doubles.