hi all
i am looking to take my partner to paris in febuary, can any one recommend a hotel (min2*, including own w.c) looking ideally to be as close to city centre as possible

What is your definition of reasonable..
80€, 125€, or more or less??

We always stay at the Golden Tulip Little Palace. Great rooms and a wonderful restaurant. I think we paid about 165 Euro per Night?

http://www.leshoteliersdeparis.com/H...ea-Rivoli.html
Doubles 84-110E
2 blocks from the Seine and Hotel de Ville

http://www.paris-hotel-louvre-forum.com/
Doubles 95-105E
3 blocks from the Louvre and Palais Royal.

I am not sure if this fits your definition of reasonable, but you cannot get much closer to the city center than the Ile St. Louis, where a double room at the Hotel Deux Iles cost 170 Euro.

www.2Iles.com

Hi L,

We always stay at the Hotel Bonaparte, 61 Rue Bonaparte in the 6th. From 124E dbl w/bkfst. It is located near 3 metro stops. Has AC and an elevator.

Tel 33 1 43 26 97 37
FAX 33 1 46 33 57 67
www.hotelbonaparte.fr

For more info, enter "Hotel Bonaparte" in the "search this forum" box.

Photos are at http://tinyurl.com/ludgd

ladylever - I did not know Paris had a 'city centre'. I have visited the city nearly a dozen times and everyone refers to different 'arrondisements' but maybe you are thinking of accommodation in the most popular area visited by tourists which is probably the 5th & 6th arr.
I stayed at the Hotel Le Clement, 6 rue Clement, off blvd.St.Germain. Fax.+33(0)1 44 07 06 83. or www.hotel-clement.f

Hotel Monge in the 5th

Another recommendation for Hotel Residence Monge.

http://www.hotelmonge.com/

I also liked Dacia Luxembourg near the Sorbonne. But again, we don't know what you consider "reasonable" rates.
www.dacia-paris-hotel.com

Cheap/clean/central: pick two.

Hotel du Lys in the 6th; ideal location for exploring both left and right banks. www.hoteldulys.com

Paris has a center like all cities -- the islands in the Seine are it. Notre Dame is the center.

Paris most certainly does have a center. Look at any decent map. The arrondisements spiral outward by number. I would consider the center, the inside of that spiral, non?

I'm with you Suze. Seems pretty basic to me. How can you not know what the general "center" of Paris is?

Ladylever
We recently stayed at the Royal Phare Hotel on Motte-Picquet, 79 Euros a night, with private WC and shower. They have their own web page, book the "superior" room. The Ecole Militaire metro stop is right out the front door, the Eiffel Tower is a 5 minute walk and the Rue Cler market street is one block away. Staff is very friendly and most speak English.

Hi

Hotels in Paris by group, category, arondissement :

http://www.the-languedoc-page.com/to...n-paris-75.htm

Bonne chance

Peter