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Euro Family Vacation Hotels?

We will be traveling to Europe in July. And I would like to get 4 to 5 star, family friendly hotel recommendations for each city. We would like to have 2 joined rooms, as we have 3 adults and 3 children. The places we will be visiting are London, Cardiff, Paris and Geneva.

i suggest a travel agent.

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Has anybody been to Paris?

Me and a friend are planning to go to Paris in January 2009 and we want to pick a hotel for 4 nights that is fairly cheap (we can sleep in the same double bed as we’re only students) that is close to the city centre/clubs and is in a safe area. Also, if anyone can recommend any good tourist places to visit/clubs and restaurants to go to then please do. Remember, we’re students and cheap is best =D Thanks!

Hotels in Paris are very expensive in general, and at the cheapest for a double room, you’ll be looking at at least €70-€100 per night. Youth hostel on the other hand would be cheaper, and do read on reviews on them first before heading because some can be, errm, better with a bit more cleaning, some can be better in terms of location, and some can be better in terms of crowd (e.g. 3Ducks Hostel, famous as they claim to be, has a bar downstairs so it’s not going to be very quiet, plus everytime a metro passes underneath, you’ll feel it. I’m not kidding)

There is a youth hostel near Bastille that you can consider (http://www.aijparis.com/framea.htm ). Alternatively, as advised by another answerer, Hostel World (http://www.hostelworld.com/hostels/Paris ) is a good site to look for accommodation. I would say try to avoid Montmartre area and thereabouts (so postcodes 75018, 75019, 75020) even though the hostels there would be cheaper. It’s the red district area so at night it may not be the safest to wonder around in. If you can find something near Marais (75004), Latin Quarter (75005) and St Germain (75006) they would be very central (and safe).

If you really don’t want to stay at hostels, here’s a B&B guide for places under €100 per night that I read recently. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/oct/08/hotels.paris?page=all )

If you have a look at this Q&A (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApbKFcDqtSwufvVNTjOj86Lty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081212072952AAAc3ZC&show=7#profile-info-kVxJ40ybaa ) I’ve recently given a rather long list of places where you can eat in Paris without breaking the bank, along with a couple of other tips including buying museum pass and metro tickets in carnet.

As for tourist places, there are plenty to recommend but if you get the museum pass, you’ll have access to pretty much all the main sights in Paris EXCEPT the Eiffel Tower. There’s definitely plenty to do! Some of the main sights are:

1) Notre Dame Cathedral – spot the stone gargoyles
2) Louvre – where you can find Mona Lisa
3) Arc de Triomphe – the famous arch on Champs Elysees
4) Musee d’Orsay – impressive collection of Impressionist works
5) Sacre Coeur Basilica – on the hill of Montmartre
6) Luxembourg Garden – one of the many parks in the city
7) Pantheon – wonderfully built mausoleum
Pont Alexandre – the beautifully ornated bridge of Paris
9) Saint Chapelle – gorgeous Gothic chapel with amazing stained glasses
10) Pompidou Centre – quirky “inside out” building housing modern arts

If you have any other more specific question, don’t hesitate to ask and I’ll try my best to give you the answer (if I know it). Bon voyage!

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I am taking my wife to paris as part of our honeymoon. Any recommendations on nice hotels in the city centre?

I don t know what Yahoo Travel suggested there…. and I d be very interested who did that rating…(Best Western etc..)

I d suggest you the world famous “George V” in the Avenue George V.
It s about 150m from the Champs- Elysées (to the Metro station George V it s about the same distance), the famous Luis Vuitton shop which looks like a suitcase is in the same road (corner Champs Elysées/Ave George V).
It s got all the pomp many people expect from a hotel in Paris and is without a doubt one of the nicest hotels in France. By the way, the restaurant “Le Cinq” was rated with three stars by the reputed Guide Michelin.

Or 2nd alternative:
“Le Prince de Galles”, which also is in the Avenue George V, just next to the hotel mentioned before. It s a lot smaller than the George V, doesn t have such an impressive hall but I think it s got its charms. There s less pomp going on but the rooms (at least those I ve had…been there 6 times) are really nicely arranged- the whole hotel is art-déco style.

But what is even nicer than the hotels themselves is where they are located, you can reach quite every nice – or let s say: famous-spot by just walking there. The “Place de la Concorde” is like a 7-10 mins walk away, right after that, you already are by the Seine and you can walk past all the famous bridges to the “Ile de la Cité” (30mins)… if it s the Louvre, la Place Vendôme etc etc everything is quite close and you won t have to take the Metro (which I hate because it s too crowded and often it simply stinks).

Option 3- the Ritz at the Place Vendôme
Also a lot of pomp, good location but well, don t know… would prefer the George V…

Option 4- The Westin Paris, just vis-à-vis du Louvre

The prices for the George V, the Ritz and the Westin should be around 500-750Eur , the Prince de Galles and the Westin (which should be slightly cheaper than the Prince de Galles) are around 350Eur…anyway, they re all very expensive…

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Could I live in Paris?…?

I am done highschool soon, I went to paris last summer and now I want to move there…or at least stay as long as I can…
Say for example I went with $5000 CAD, how long could I go before I needed to get a job (also how necessary is a work VISA, would many places (i.e. resturants) hire me to work “under the table”.

I am afraid not. The times when young people could pack their bags and fly to Europe surviving on a shoestring and eking out a salary washing up in hotels or on temporary small jobs is over since the Schengen treaty was signed between EU countries to limit immigration into Europe on the American model.

This is going to be very disappointing for you, but the basic facts are that you would only be allowed into France and the Schengen area for a maximum of three months during which you would be entirely forbidden to take any kind of paid work and you would then have to leave and would not be allowed to come back until another three months had passed. Only citizens of the EU are free to move and take employment in another EU country. It is illegal to employ any foreigner from outside the EU without them having a work permit and, in these times of recession and high unemployment, these are now only given to people who have absolutely fantastic qualifications and whose visa request is supported by an organisation already established in the Schengen zone. It must be applied for from the French Embassy in your country before you undertake the journey and, if it is refused, you just cannot go. Otherwise residence permits are only given to people who are very wealthy and can survive on their own income for a considerable time. $5000 CAD would not keep you going for very long even if you came on a tourist visa, particularly in Paris where the cost of living is very high, and you must have a return ticket , insurance, and produce various proofs of bookings and funds when you go through immigration checks, giving the reasons for your journey.
You could try to find a job as an Au Pair whilst you are still at home, going through an agency that would guide you through the paperwork and formalities, but the maximum time you would be allowed to stay would be a year. At least it would give you time to reconsider your options for the future.

You can check facts on the official government website:

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/entering-france_2045/index.html

PS. Here are some Au Pair agencies but you will find others in Canada if you look for yourself on the net from where you are.

http://www.aupair-options.com/?menu=agency_list&lang=en

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Dou you know any cheap hotel in Paris center?

I will go to Paris at August for 6 days. I look at a 2 o3 stars hotel or apart. At most 100 Euro, 2 adults and our daughter, 11 years old. I want to be in center of city. e.g. near Sein River .

For apartment, you can try with citadines, but it’s more expensive than you can spend :

http://www.citadines.com/fr/index.html

You can also try this website :

http://www.accorhotels.com/accorhotels/index.html

It’s a good chain and in some of these hotels, children don’t pay, but Novotel and Mercure are probably also too expensive.

Or try with Ibis hotel which belong to the same chain but not so expensive :

http://www.ibishotel.com/fr/home/index.shtml

There are also some websites with promotional prices :

http://www.france-hotel-guide.com/france/75budget2.html

If you hesitates about the place, send me a private message, I will tell you the best.

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