I too just booked a week at the Clement in September via email. Thanks for the tip Guenmai! Great to have this forum as a resource.

I just booked the Saint Jacques for Sept. It looks wonderful, and has great reviews.
http://www.paris-hotel-stjacques.com/

"sformby on Feb 26, 12 at 9:15am
Just an update to add that I did book the Hotel Clement, I just emailed them directly and there was no mention of payment up front, and I just have to cancel more than 3 days before, or else they charge 1 night. Since this long thread starts with a mention of the Hotel Clement, I wanted to add this info!"

Thanks for the update. I have also never paid the Hotel Clement upfront. I just make the reservation and give them a credit card number and that's it. Happy Travels!

"rtonthego on Apr 19, 12 at 12:56pm
I too just booked a week at the Clement in September via email. Thanks for the tip Guenmai! Great to have this forum as a resource."

You're welcome. Hope you have a lovely stay. Happy Travels!

"PeaceOut on Apr 19, 12 at 9:27pm
I just booked the Saint Jacques for Sept. It looks wonderful, and has great reviews.
http://www.paris-hotel-stjacques.com/"

I think that's the hotel of my favorite Audrey Hepburn movie, Charade. I've walked by it, a few times, over the last few decades. Happy Travels!

I'll be staying at the Clement May 5 to 10. I am thrilled by the location and looking forward to it. Will report back to this thread.

Here's a comprehensive thread on Left Bank hotels:

http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...ank-thread.cfm

It also might not be too late to find an apartment, which could be better value for your money, given that you need two bedrooms.

I am in the minority here, am not a fan of the Bonaparte, apart from the location. Next week I'm trying the Clement, in the 6th arrondisement, a few streets from the Bonaparte. I've also stayed at the Hotel de Seine, the Dauphine and the Relais St Germain, the last is expensive. In general, rooms are small to very small.

I wouldn't leave making a decision much longer.

Cathinjoetown: The link that you've provided above is to the thread that we're on. Smiles.
Happy Travels!

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The Hotel Clemente is booked, and I was looking forward to staying there based on your recommendations. The sister hotel is booked, too. What hotel recommendations do you have within the same budget 150 euros on the same street or in very close proximity? We are going for a long weekend in September. This has been very last minute, but extremely excited none the less.

Guenmai - thank you so much for starting and keeping this thread alive!
You mention that you stay in an apt. near the hotel clemente. Can you share the contact information and is it feasable for two couples for 5 nights? We will be staying only 3 nights, but the other couple will stay 5 nights.

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We have recently returned from our stay in the Latin Quarter at Hotel St Jacques. We liked it, and the location was especially good for us. Lots of little cafes and very good restaurants within a couple of blocks up the hill. Blvd St Germain was two blocks or so down the hill.

While there, we looked in other nearby hotels, but none were cuter and most were more expensive. DH thought our room too small, but that's Paris old hotels, right? Our room had a twin and a double bed, a small marble fireplace, a desk, a clothes armoire, a narrow balcony with a pretty street view. Breakfast was offered for 14EU, but we went to cafes, instead.

Most of the hotels that I've stayed in in Paris have been around 10-15 meters, which for me is also small.

Happy Travels!

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Lasst time we stayed in Paris [March 2012] we stayed at the Hotel Europe St Severin [not the Park St. Severin which is a different hotel].

here's the link: http://www.hoteleurope.net/

It's 50 yards or so from the Place St. Michel, and the Notre Dame St. Michel RER, but in a pedestrianised street so very quite. we had a nice big room on the 5th floor [large lift] and though the bathroom was very small it was perfectly formed!

by booking 6 months in advance through the hotel's own website we got a very good deal - about 50% off rack rates. it was very convenient for both the 5th and 6th, as well as for getting about central Paris by foot or metro.

and dead easy to get to and from CDG, Versaiiles, etc.

bookmarking . .thank you again for this thread!

You're welcome. Have a great trip. Smiles.

Happy Travels!

Just wanted to stop in and report that I just returned from a stay at the Hotel Clement on my first trip to Paris based on this thread! It was wonderful and such a convenient location! Very friendly staff and our twin room was actually much larger than I was anticipating. I'm so glad that I found this thread and I really appreciate all the help I've gotten here :) I would stay there again in a second!

Glad you had a wonderful stay, freebird.

Happy Travels!