Hi! planning a city break with my husband and 2 year old baby beginning of October. We ll be travelling by Eurostar from London to Gare du Nord- so somewhere not too far from the station and quite close to the main attractions. We are looking for a 3* hotel. Anyone any hotel they want to recommend? thanks
I don’t know much about hotels name as I am usually rent a short term vacation rental while in vacation to Paris. But you can try to get some recommendation of hotels from http://tripadvisor.com you can find lot of reviews about 3 stars hotels there from recent users. Another option is to visit well known tourist website such as priceline, expedia, venere, etc.
You also can consider to stay at short term vacation rental like I did before, you can visit this link
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Including a plane ride for four or five,a very nice hotel thats kid-friendly (with at least 3 beds) and tour guides,eating out eevery night. Just an estimate please for about 2 weeks.
Since we have no idea where you live and are flying from, we have no idea about this cost.
Cost of very good hotel, food, entertainment, figure about $300 – $400 per day.
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!
Has anyone stayed in a hotel at La Defense in Paris?
Is it worth staying at a hotel there, being cheaper than the Paris ones?
The simple answer is no its not.
By staying in La Defense you remove yourself from easy walking access to most major tourist sights and place yourself in a rather dreary and souless suburban area from which you will have to commute into the center city.
Nor is your initial premise correct. There re many reasonably price hotels in the Paris city center.
I will be travelling with a group of 3 other adults and a 2 year old child to Disneyland Paris in mid March.
We are staying at the Hotel Santa Fe for 4 days. Has anyone stayed in this hotel recently and have any advice/tips etc?
Do you need to bring your own towels/hairdryer or is this in the room? Also is there internet access in the room and is it free and if not do you know how expensive is it?
I have tried to contact Disney about this but haven’t heard anything back from them.
We are travelling into Charles de Gaulle airport, what is the best way to get to disneyland? Disney bus or train? We would like to just get off the plane and get on our way to disneyland without much waiting about.
Any tips/advice is greatly appreciated!
Do you have to bring your own shampoo/shower gel etc?
The hotel has towels but no hair dryer, and you can pay for internet in the hotel which was a euro for 15 min i think, its just upstairs by the restaurant. But no internet access in the room. This is a website for a bus that stops right outside http://www.vea-shuttle.co.uk/ takes approx 40 min and drops straight outside the hotel. You can book on website early or pay cash when get there. You can get the train but i think travelling with luggage and a small child it will be difficult.
I always stay at this hotel and have stayed there 3 times, also you have to pay a deposit for a kettle so i suggest taking a small travel kettle if you like a brew. There is also a small shop just outside Santa Fe which comes in handy. enjoy your stay
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Pont Alexandre – the beautifully ornated bridge of Paris