Hotel in Paris?
Maud
metro link, with private bathrooms, good price?
thanks in advance for any help
Maud
Gummo
"Maud" <offcrap...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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pantagruel
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popular hotel, the Hotel Langlois that is not as ideally located but on the
web looks interesting and seems reasonable enough. See www.tripadvisor.com
for reviews of the latter.
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alain K.
http://www.hotelarcdetriompheetoile.com/index.htm
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J J MIO
We arrived at CDG around 1:30pm and located the information booth for
travelers. Just feet from the booth I was approached by a man asking if we
wanted a ride into Paris. He had delivered a passenger and was looking for a
return fare. We agreed to a €45 ride to our hotel ($55). His name was
Jacques Misery and he chatted with us on the 50 minute ride into town. He also
stopped at a money exchange for Gordie and John where they obtained exchange
rates considerably lower than offered at the airport. The difference in rates
was enough to pay for the ride.
Our hotel was the Hotel Royal Phare, 40, Avenue de la Motte-Picquet 75007
Paris, www.hotel-...@wanadoo.fr. We paid for one night, €99 ($120),
and were shown to our room. Only two people could take the elevator at the
same time. The room was not what was expected. Two singles and a fold up and I
had specifically requested 3 singles. There was little room to move when all
three beds were open. So we left our bags in the room and began searching for
another hotel. The first was on the same street but had no triples. The
second, La Serre, on the street rue Cler, asked €130 but had a bad aroma of
old smoke. The third, La Grand Leveque asked €116 for a very nice room (for
a rtriple) looking down on the market street. I continued to look for the
hotel Rick Steves calls "his favorite", the Hotel Champ du Mars, and eventually
found it to learn they had no triples. We stopped for beer at the corner
café, watched the Parisians stroll the street and unanimously voted for the
Grand Hotel Leveque, 29 rue Cler, 75007 Paris Tel: 01 47 05 49 15
in...@hotel-leveque.com www.hotel-leveque.com
We bought some wine and cheese from merchants on the street and returned to
the Royal Phare.
Sun 11/9 We rose late and walked around the corner to rue Cler for a
breakfast of an omelet with toast and small powerful cups of coffee before
moving to our new hotel. The room was not ready so we stored our suitcases
behind the receptionist area and walked several blocks to the Rodin Museum. We
saw all the "biggies"- the Thinker, the Kiss, the Gates of Hell, the Burghers
of Calais and many other works of art. Great indoor and outdoor collection.
From Rodin we walked to the nearby Hotel de Invalides and Englise du Dome and
stopped in their cafeteria.
It took a turn or two to locate the entrance that allowed us to look down on
the tomb of Napoleon - a massive structure of 7 coffins, one inside the other.
Surrounding his memorial were those to Napoleon II and III and other great
generals of France. We ended the visit with a trip to a huge armory and a
memorial to the Jews deported and killed in WWII.
When we returned to the hotel we bundled up our dirty clothing and walked to
the laundromat around the corner. We waited for a large machine (10km) and
paid €6.20 for the wash cycle. Gordie headed to the internet café, I went
for a shower and John watched the clothes. When I returned John and I enlisted
the help of a young Irish woman on correctly using the dryer.
That night we ate at the Auberge du Champ de Mars, by coincident it was the
same restaurant Mary, Megan and I enjoyed in 1999. I had red wine, escargot,
delicious duck and ice cream desert. Gordie had beer, salad, Dover sole, and
cream broulee. John had beer, salad, salmon and cream broulee. John said the
cream broulee was the best he ever tasted.
Mon 11/10 I was awakened at an early hour by merchants opening their
stores on the street below our room. Then I looked at my watch and realized it
was 7:30-not early at all. Our first stop was the bank across the street to
pick up €80 before going to the metro at Ecole Militare where we purchased a
"dix" of tickets. A dix is a group of ten tickets.
Tues 11/11 We ate our first breakfast in the hotel this morning and were
pleasantly surprised. Big pot of American coffee. Went again to Ecole
Militaire where we asked three women for directions to the Louvre. Once at the
Louvre we purchased tickets for €9, made plans to meet for lunch at the
second floor cafeteria and took off in different directions. I saw several of
the sculptures and paintings I enjoyed on my 1999 visit. I learned from the
cassette that the three huge paintings by David were commissioned by Napoleon
for public relation reasons. One showed him visiting ill soldiers in the
hospital. He wanted to combat the story that he was executing soldiers with
the plague. Another showed him victorious after a Russian battle. This to
answer the criticism of loosing so many soldiers. And the last was his
coronation where he had his mother painted into the picture even though she
refused to attend.
Dinner that evening was at a local "fixe pris" restaurant which was smaller
and more intimate than, but not as tasty, as last night. Upon leaving we
looked up and saw the Eiffel Tower and walked to the base and, on an impulse,
purchase tickets (10 Euro) for a trip to the top at night. It was spectacular,
"The City of Lights". At 11pm the lights flashed on and off similar to the
millennium celebration. It was wonderful. We became separated so I walked
home by myself. Felt smug locating the back way without getting lost.
Wed 11/12 We caught our Metro to the Place de la Concorde and the
Luxor obelisk before crossing the river to the Musee d'Orsay. We arrived a few
minutes before they opened and were soon inside where we rented cassettes and I
left my coat at the cloakroom. It is a huge museum and John and I went
immediately to the top floor and the display of Impressionist and
Post-Impressionist paintings. One wonderful room after another. The most
enjoyable museums I've visited, the highlight of my trip. Lunch in the
cafeteria. The museum cafeterias all seem to be tops in cleanliness and
offerings.
Once finished with the top floor John and I walked down to the first floor and
looked for Monet's "Olympia". Magnificent. Corbot's huge painting, Burial at
Ornon, was in the entrance hall. It was one of the earliest influences on the
impressionist painters and showed the common man. It was a divergence from the
practice of painting for rich patrons. We also spent a pleasurable time
selecting a book, from many, to remember the museum.
Jack (California)
Susan Wachob
place, central location, quiet, the fascinating view from the window of
our room was of street vendors and not tourists and other hotels, our
room even had a partial view of the Eiffel Tower.
Can't recommend it highly enough.
Susan
Hoyt Weathers
You may get a hundred answers. I suggest the Hotel Du Mont Blanc at
28, rue de la Huchette, Paris 5th . It is just around the corner from the Seine and
about 200 meters from Notre Dame de Paris. Metro is Saint Michel 50 meters away. It
is in a very colorful neighborhood and is often a little noisy at night especially on
weekends. There are ample places to eat nearby and a tiny "Super Market" one block
away. No air conditioning, but the in-room bathrooms are newish and modern. Get a
room high up facing the street. From those, one can see the upper part of the Eiffel
Tower. If for more than one person, I suggest twin beds rather than a double. The
doubles are a bit narrow for me. They have a quite adequate breakfast one short
flight down from reception with orange juice, breads, jams, butter, yogurts
(unsweetened), tea and coffee.
Here is one URL for it:
http://www.france-hotel-guide.com/h75005montblanc2.htm
It is said that Ernest Hemmingway stayed there when he did not have enough money to
stay at the Ritz, or wherever. There is a painting of Hemmingway behind the reception
desk, but you will have to ask them about it because the painting is not described
thereon as to who it is.
I have stayed there several times beginning in 1973 and will always return.
Hoyt W.
Andrea
inexpensive hotels
There are also a lot of other hotel reviews on the site. For some
articles you need to have premium access but it seems as if the
articles on the bottom of the following page can be read without
having a premium account with Bonjour Paris
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)
Maud wrote:
Depends upon what you call "good price". I'm rather fond of the
Bastille Speria, on rue de la Bastille just a half-block from the Place.
It's certainly near to the Metro and SOME tourist attractions. It's
three star, spotlessly clean, and with fair-sized rooms (as hotel rooms
in Paris go). the web address is: http://www.hotel-bastille-speria.com/
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Kristian
Maud wrote:
Can anyone suggest a clean basic hotel in Paris, good for
sight-seeing, good
metro link, with private bathrooms, good price?
thanks in advance for any help
Maud
This site seems to be great for a hotel search in Paris ( and a few
other larger european cities). Many recommendations and "user
feedback" for the different hotels:
http://www.eurocheapo.com/paris/default.asp
Kristian
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)
Kristian wrote:
> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evg...@earthlink.net> wrote:
Actually, she didn't - "Maud" did. (Watch your attributions - things
get confused enough around ehre without attributing comments to the
wrong poster!)