Hilmel

Hi

We have only ever stayed in the 6th but am looking at Hotel Banke in the 9th? Is this area a good place for a family with teenaggers to stay?

zmac

It is a good area, close to the famous shopping departments, to Opera. I don't think there is anything of interest for teenagers in the immediate area, but the location is quite central, you can get around easy.

PatrickLondon

It's pretty upmarket, but mainly commercial/business oriented as an area.

You can do a sort of photo-tour of the street on the Pages Jaunes site:

http://tinyurl.com/4m82z3b

qwovadis

Not my fav pretty commercial.

www.hotel-collegedefrance.com nice moderate cute historic

in a far better area for me walk to everything.

StCirq

arrondissement

Keren

I love the area and stay there often, I prefer it to the 6th and 5th. I don't see why the 6th would be better for teenagers than the 9th. I say go for it.

Suzanne2

I agree with Karen.

Michel_Paris

Nothing wrong with the choice. Good location for Grands Magasins, the Passages,etc..

My preference, when possible is to be near the Seine.

katracha

helo my dougter and me are going to paris for the first time she is 22 and me 51 looking 40 we like to be close to attractions 10 or 15 minutes will be just fine for us so ,we have reservation in menillmontant area but i have the feeling this place is a little to far from the centre by the way we like bar, grocery store, and safety area and we are in a budget plan 70 to 80 euros per night

Christina

I've stayed there a couple times and find the characterization as up market not apt for where I stayed or pretty much any part of the 9th I can think of. I guess it depends what that means (to me, that means the 6th, 8th or 16th, places like that). I stayed in regular neighborhood areas around place St Georges and up there, and I've stayed near the Trinite church, also. None of these areas are particularly commercial nor upscale. I don't see why the 6th would be better for teens than the 9th, either, the 6th is very upscale. Lots of young people were hanging out in the local cheap cafes and restos where I stayed in the 9th, it was much more normal than the 6th.

Now that hotel cited is near the dept stores, so it isn't a regular residential neighborhood right around the hotel, and that particular locaiton is very commercial as that's what it is -- stores. It's a convenient area, it would be okay. A lot of first-time tourists like areas like that, actually, it reminds me of an area I stayed near Les Halles-Chatelet, also. OF course there is lots other parts of the 9th and they aren't that far, with cheap restaurants and things to do. Lots of young people were in clubs and bars in the area where I stayed.