Libertel Bellechasse??
 

First time visitors...heading to Paris for New Year's - travel agent suggested the Libertel Bellechasse hotel in Arron. 7. Has anyone been there or heard anything about it? Any feedback is much appreciated! Pam

Hi<BR>Just a few days ago there was a positive posting on this hotel.<BR>This most recent posting won't appear in the indexing for the Search function yet (prior ones, if there are any, should appear though), so I suggest you keep scrolling down.

We have stayed at the Bellechasse several times but a few years ago now. At that time we found it very confortable, although the rooms are small - not unusual for Paris. There a number of Libertel Hotels across Paris and the standard is very similar - they are all 3 star I think. In my opinion the Bellechasse is in a great location, being only 100m from the Musee D'Orsay, and just across the river from the Louvre and the Tuileries - there is now a footbridge acros the river just near the end of rue de Bellechasse. In our more recent visits we have switched to 2 star hotels as the premium for 3 star didn't seem worthwhile - there are plenty of good quality 2 star hotels around. In recent trips, we have stayed at the Hotel de Nice in rue de Rivoli - a 2 star of average quality in a good location on the edge of the Marais and right on one of the main metro lines, and the Hotel Muguet which is a high quality 2 star near the Invalides.

Since posting my response above I have had a look at the Libertel website - http://www.mercure.com/mercure/gb/libertel/index.html - you might like to check that out. I note that Libertel is now a part of the Accor Group via Mercure Hotels - they used to be privately owned.

Stayed there several years ago, and it was the smallest room I've ever stayed in. We had a double bed, not two twins put together like most places I've stayed in Paris. One side was against the wall and there was about one foot on the other side before hitting the desk. At the foot of the bed there was also about 1 foot to spare between the foot of the bed and the armoire, which had doors that wouldn't open all the way as they hit the bed. Had to open one door at a time and try to fit things into it. The bath was tiny. It was nicely decorated, but wow! And it was no cheaper than many nicer hotels like Le Regent or Best Western Left Bank. I really don't know what the attraction is, but assume not all rooms are quite as small as ours was. Thank goodness we were only there one night after returning from Southern France before flying home.

Patrick<BR>Your description of your small room made me smile--I had a room about that<BR>size, perhaps only very slightly larger, at the hotel Marronniers, a hotel that everyone else seems to like except me and the friend I was traveling with at that time. We could sit in the middle of the double bed and almost touch the walls on either side, and we couldn't open our (short) armoire doors all the way either. Gave a new meaning to "togetherness". We fled to another hotel the next day.<BR>Pam, in Paris, one of my favorite places,you do have to make some compromises sometimes,especially at economical hotels, if you also want charm, so perhaps do some more homework.<BR>If you do a search here on Paris hotel, you will find other suggestions as well.<BR>Also check the websites www.paris.org and<BR>www.hotelboulevard.com for hotel info<BR>comments.<BR>