Hotel le Clement....6,rue Clement...6th district...a room on an upper floor, facing the street...which is on a quiet,residential square. Happy Travels!

In more than 70 trips to Paris I've almost always stayed at either the Hôtel Duquesne-Eiffel (with A/C) or the Hôtel de France-Invalides (no A/C), both in the 7th. Love them both. Love the 7th.

I am going to Paris in June and have booked the Citadine Les Halles I was told its near the Louvre and reccommended by the travel agent . Anyone know of this hotel? Appreciate any reviews.

amwosu,

I have been eyeing that little apartment on VRBO as well. It looks great. Does it look as nice in person? Dis you have enought room to move around? If I stay there, it will be me and my husband. Love to hear more of your thoughts on the place.

Sandi- Plenty of room to move about- especially in comparison to the hotel room I stayed in for 3 nights prior to the apt.

Nice to have a tub and W/D but no AC and the bed is not huge although none are in Paris. It is very cute but I stayed there in 04 so I don't know the current condition of the furnishings. They were very nice at the time and Henri had two small vases of flowers in the apt when I was there. Nice touch.

I see that Henri has another studio in the same building that looks like its been updated more recently. There is also a 1 bdrm apt. in the building.

I love that area of Paris for an old fashioned feel. Narrow cobblestone street that dates back to the time of the Romans that is mostly for pedestrian traffic and a few motorbikes. Market street with many shops and inexpensive restaurants.

When my 14 yr old was tired of sightseeing he felt perfectly comfortable hopping on the metro alone and returning to the apt- usually stopping by the crepe stand just outside the courtyard.

My wife and I stayed at the Hotel Londres-Eiffel with a tour group visiting Paris. It is in the 7th arrondisement. It is on Rue Augereau, if I remember correctly. Very close to the Eiffel Tower. The rooms are somewhat small, but we were very happy there. I believe they have a website of their own. You might want to go to yahoo, google, or some other search engine to check out their rooms.

I stayed in the 10th Arrondisment at Hotel Altona and Hotel Maurberg. The Altona hotel was definately unique in it's 1 star rating. A bit shabby, but clean...I just did not care for the tiny stairwell...sort of hard to maneuver. They could use new carpets for sure. I stayed in a double my first night, and then got switched to the Hotel Maurberg (Altona hotel misplaced my sta reservation and didn't have anymore single rooms---just doubles). The hotel Maurberg was very clean, tons of hot water, a nice amount of space for a single...though I get the feeling the bed was really a double....the only thing was that my window didn't lock properly and once when returning to my room I found it open...which was a little scarey cause the window opens onto a little sort of terrace where all of the other hotel guests windows also open onto.

Aside from that, I felt that even the 1 and 2 star hotels in Paris were better than the 1 star hotels in London (mainly due to size). Also, though a bit shabby, the 1 star hotels are still better than the hotels one can find on skid row in larger US cities.

Hi fun_4_us_2:

I stayed at the Citadines Les Halles for 2 months back in 2001 (I was making a job transition so this is where my employer put me up). It is fine-they are all quite standard. If you go to their website you can see a representative photo. I assume you may know they are set up with little kitchenettes, and if you have a studio size room-you will have a pull out sleeper bed (it is a high quality one-so not too bad as far as comfort). Les Halles is really convenient,because it sits above the RER and metro station. The people at the hotel are nice and professional and they also have a coin operated laundry facility.

All that said, I must admit that it is not my favorite place to stay-it is very "vanilla", so none of the charm of the more rustic Paris hotels of the kind that are listed here. Also, Les Halles is kind of seedy at night-it has a lot of MacDonalds and KFC type restaurants, so is kind of a hangout for kids at night-and the homeless. I had to step over a homeless person sleeping in the doorway of the Citadine every night I came home late (say 10PM) while I was living there.

If what you want is the studio/kichen arrangement there are nicer Citadines in the 6th and also one nearer the Louvre.


http://citadines.com/serviced_apartm...otel_paris.htm

Anyway that is my 2 cents.

jpie

Thanks to jpie for the reply to my question . I have already made the reservation but now I am a bit worried I am travelling with a 14 year old grandson . We are looking forward to seeing the usual tourist attractions and I hope no problems.

Jpie doesn't paint a pretty picture of Les Halles, which I'm not disputing but it's not the whole picture. When I went to Paris for the first time a year ago September, I was on a very tight budget and wanted charm. I stayed in St. Germaine, The Marais and Montmartre, but my favorite hotel was Hotel Tiquetonne at 6 rue Tiquetonne in Les Halles, ph. 01-42-36-94-58. It's on a very charming, quiet, cobbled street that as I remember doesn't allow cars. My room was in the front, sweet as can be and cost me 28 Euros or something. The building is lovely, with high ceilings and a sweeping staircase. The staff, nice and competent, brought me breakfast in bed. This place gets consistently great reviews. The only drawback is that there is a curfew of midnight I think, so it won't work if you are planning to seriously party.

Hotel College du France in the Latin Quarter. We stayed there on two different trips and liked it very much. Good value for money, good location, air conditioning...would stay there again if we went back to Paris.

Crazy4Travel: I booked a room for Sept at the Hotel College du France. Good to know you have had good experience with them. Any words from the wise?

imlweb...I really enjoy the Latin Quarter. I would avoid the touristy strip of Greek restaurants in the neighborhood. It is fun to break plates but the food is mostly mediocre. We found a gem of a restaurant Les Fetes Galantes on a small street about 2 blocks up hill from the Maubert/Mutualite Metro station. You will need to make a reservation in advance...the Hotel front desk can likely help you place it.

Hi fun_4_us_2:

I am sorry if I worried you. I certainly didn't mean to. As JennyG mentioned there are really charming areas around Les Halles-rue Tiqutonne is not right in Les Halles exactly, but across from the shopping area and cuts across the lovely market street of Montorgueil which runs right up to the Les Halles area as well. And the shopping center in Les Halles itself has lots of great things for a 14 year old to enjoy-great shops and there is a very large movie complex that shows lots of the latest US films in English. There is even a city swimming pool you can use for a few euros. And as I said, the location is really convenient-so it will be easy to get to everywhere in Paris. The hotel itself is really nice-clean, etc. If you are really concerned you can look at other Citadines-but I am sure you will be fine there-all big cities have areas similar or much worse to Les Halles and since you want to be somewhere that has good access to metro and the tourist sites, this area definitely does.

In 2000 We stayed at 4 of the Holiday Inns around Paris.

Why?...because my neice was with us and she works for Holiday Inn and we got our rooms for 24 euro per night. We had 3 girls to the room so that was only 8 euros each....that is why....But I would never, ever do that again...not even if it was free.. The trek into the city center took up valuable time and the metro we had to take to get to the last bus that would take us to our hotel ment that we had to leave the city way too early for me.

I went again in 2001 with hubby and we stayed near the center somewhere, the name escapes me just now but it was very nice and had a great breakfast included. I had to boil my own eggs in this thing that looked like a converted toaster...weird...

I am going back again in September but will only be in Paris for one night but we are staying near the Louvre at
the Hotel Relais du Louvre

http://www.parisby.com/relaisdulouvre/index.html

I will let the board know how it worked out.

Mine is probably well below your budget, but I stayed in the Woodstock Hostel. Decent enough, not that expensive (for Paris), semi-clean, no A/C & it was somewhat warm in the rooms even in April, near Montmartre.

Thanks everyone - great information and exactly what I was looking for

My wife and I have been there 4 times and have stayed evenly in two hotels both of which we like very much.
1. Hotel Pas des Calais- steps from blvd Sainte Germaine- A/C very nice. Nice Parisian rooms. Very helpful desk. Nice breakfast.
2. Le Sainte Beauve- botique hotel- steps from Metro. Very helpful desk. Nice breakfast.

I prefer the Latin Quarter and St. Germain areas. On my last two trips I stayed at the Hotel St. Jacques and the College du France in the Latin Quarter. Loved both of them!!!! I go back in October and I rented a 2 bdrm apartment for the month on Rue Mazarine through Parisstay.com. I love that area as well!

Hi jpie Thanks for the reassurance . I was told it is a good location and you agree on this so I will just go with it.