Your favorite Paris hotel and neighborhood?
Feb 15th, 2005, 10:19 AM
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Your favorite Paris hotel and neighborhood?
I'd love to hear descriptions of everyone's favorite small- to medium-sized hotel in Paris. Where is it located? What is it like? Why did you like it? Would you recommend it to a first-time visitor to Paris? Thanks!
Feb 15th, 2005, 10:34 AM
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favorite of the ones I know:
D'Aubusson, rue Dauphine, 6th, 4-star rating (from gov't):
Medium size hotel, all services and amentities like bathrobes and fine toiletries, pretty and charming decor, 'superior room' was a good size including seating area, a/c,elevator, very convenient location, Paris museum pass sold at no mark up, very good, if pricey breakfast. It has been a few years since I last stayed there, but I rarely read anything negative about it.
More budget minded, stayed there last month:
Hotel Delavigne, rue Casimir Delavigne, 6th, 3-star. Metro Odeon.
Small rooms (there's a lot of variation, so I recommend asking for a twin if you want a double, the beds are pushed together anyway but the room is a bit larger); charming and fresh decor, staff professional, helpful, friendly; bathroom excellent and modernized and reasonable size, tub with good shower and shower curtain, built-in hairdryer; excellent quality and size cont'al breakfast with fresh juice for 10 euro (worth it if like me you want coffee and food before you venture out);
breakfast can be delivered to room upon advance request. Elevator. Last month our twin was 120 euro. No a/c, so rates decrease in July and Aug. Many rooms have balconies, I don't know if all do.
D'Aubusson, rue Dauphine, 6th, 4-star rating (from gov't):
Medium size hotel, all services and amentities like bathrobes and fine toiletries, pretty and charming decor, 'superior room' was a good size including seating area, a/c,elevator, very convenient location, Paris museum pass sold at no mark up, very good, if pricey breakfast. It has been a few years since I last stayed there, but I rarely read anything negative about it.
More budget minded, stayed there last month:
Hotel Delavigne, rue Casimir Delavigne, 6th, 3-star. Metro Odeon.
Small rooms (there's a lot of variation, so I recommend asking for a twin if you want a double, the beds are pushed together anyway but the room is a bit larger); charming and fresh decor, staff professional, helpful, friendly; bathroom excellent and modernized and reasonable size, tub with good shower and shower curtain, built-in hairdryer; excellent quality and size cont'al breakfast with fresh juice for 10 euro (worth it if like me you want coffee and food before you venture out);
breakfast can be delivered to room upon advance request. Elevator. Last month our twin was 120 euro. No a/c, so rates decrease in July and Aug. Many rooms have balconies, I don't know if all do.
Feb 15th, 2005, 10:46 AM
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Rue Cler is my favorite neighborhood. It's a pedestrian-only zone wedged between the Eiffel Tower and Invalides. Handy to 2 metro stops. Lots of good 2-star hotels well under $100/night to choose from (and a few perfectly fine 1-stars for even less).
Feb 15th, 2005, 12:55 PM
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Since you ask specific, my favorite hotel (so far) is the Hotel Relais du Louvre in the 1st. I chose a hotel in the first as I wanted to be in the center of things. As the arrondissements spiral out from 1st, I figured that'll be pretty darned central! Small 3* hotel; great service; and I could afford it.
I love that out the door and to my left was the Louvre; across the street is the church of the Kings, St. Germain des Auxerois (my french spelling stinks, I'm aware of that). At the end of the street is a pastry shop, next door to that a chocolatier; at the end of Admiral Coligny Blvd. is the Seine.
I love the neighborhood.
I love that out the door and to my left was the Louvre; across the street is the church of the Kings, St. Germain des Auxerois (my french spelling stinks, I'm aware of that). At the end of the street is a pastry shop, next door to that a chocolatier; at the end of Admiral Coligny Blvd. is the Seine.
I love the neighborhood.
Feb 15th, 2005, 01:07 PM
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I've stayed in the 6th almost annually since the early 80s and it's my all time favorite area.I focus on area, not hotel so much while in Paris.In the late 70s I stayed in different area to experiment. As for hotels,all of them I've stayed in are about the same...nothing special. I don't really concentrate on hotels in Paris...I concentrate on hotels when vacationing in Bangkok(and other parts of Southeast Asia)...which has extraordinary hotels at incredibly low rates. As for Paris, I just expect not to get too much for my money of about 125 Euros a night. Happy Travels!
Feb 15th, 2005, 01:17 PM
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My favorite hotel (so far) is the Hotel de Banville in the 17th, near Place Periere, but my favorite neighborhood is the area around Abbesses in the 18th.
I probably wouldn't recommend either for a first time vistor, though (although you may enjoy spending a day in Montmartre). I personally think the area around the Hotel Bonaparte in the 6eme is ideal for a first timer.
