lick on the map below to find out about accommodations, book and confirm
through my website online and
Venere booking service or the Residences in Paris - ParisBy.Com booking service.
No
extra fees are added to your cost.
When
looking for a hotel, be sure to visit these two
hotel booking services.
With Venere, you
can choose your area by clicking on the map. Click
on the individual arrondissement to view over 750 accommodations: hotels,
bed & breakfasts, residences and apartments.
If you know the
name of a hotel and want to find out more information about it, the
location, prices, etc., click anywhere on the map. When the new page
appears, scroll down to "Search by name" in the left column.
Click
on the Venere map to the left or use
this search box below to find a hotel in Paris
The
benefit of this booking service is that you are linked
directly to the hotel for reservations.
No
extra fees are added to the price of the hotel rooms or apartments. If you
run into any problems with booking, please let me know.
The website provides an overview of the hotel,
rooms and prices, a photo gallery and users ratings. Some of the hotels listed
on
Colleen's Paris are not associated with this booking service.
You
pay directly at the hotel property.
Please try it. As always I am personally visiting every hotel listed on this
site because I want them close to my
neighborhood walks.
The
prices are the same as the hotel offers. You can take care of your
reservations directly from my website.
I am still going to
visit individual hotels along my walks to give my approval comments.
The number of
apartments or hotels available will depend on the dates of
your stay.
The
Venere website is a great way to choose among a large quantity of apartments in
different locations in Paris. You can see the list immediately of all the
properties with an accompanying photo. Plug in your dates and check on the
availability.
You will be given
a good description of the property, photos, and rates. Reserve on line at
the same time.
HINT:
Remember that twin beds usually means a larger room. A double is a double
bed and smaller room.
HINT: Pay for a three-bed/triple hotel room and it usually
means a sofa bed for the possible third person and that means a larger room and a
place to sit instead of your bed!
The hotels in the 7th arrondissement
are in close proximity to the
Eiffel tower, Invalides, Boulevard Saint Germain, Musée d'Orsay. One area of
the 7th is especially charming because of its village feel in the vicinity
of rue Cler.
The hotel is
completely air conditioned. The closest metro stop is École Militaire.
For more information about the area read about Splendid Hotel Tour
Eiffel since it is in the same neighborhood.
I have found
the perfect hotel where you can lie in bed and look out your window at
the Eiffel tower. Don't tell anyone!
I went
looking for spring flowers near the Eiffel Tower, got off the bus one
stop too early and found a treasure
instead. How often can you lie in bed and look out through the French
doors that lead to a 2 foot by 6 foot balcony at the Eiffel Tower?
The hotel
describes itself as being in one of the most beautiful areas of the
capital; two steps away from the Eiffel Tower, the Invalides Napolean's
grave, Rodin museum, Orsay, etc.
This hotel has 48
rooms including junior suites; each is equipped with satellite television, mini bar,
safe, telephone, hair dryer, and supplementary WiFi. Four rooms have a
direct view. The side rooms have an Eiffel Tower view if you step out onto
the small “balcony” (about 2 feet x 4 feet) as well as either an
Invalides
view or view of the military school .
Room sizes vary and the one with the best view is the largest (large by
normal Paris hotel standards). Three people can stay in this particular room
which has a double bed and a sofa bed. Since there is no charge for the
third person and if you are lucky enough to have a reservation sufficiently
made in advance, this junior suite is a good bet.
Room 607 is a junior suite (up to three people) that looks out at the Eiffel
Tower and is roof top level (mansardée). Room 507 is a junior suite,
is the largest room and has the best view. Rooms 307 and 207 also have a
direct view and are called double superior.
If you have seen the Flat Iron building in New York you know that the sides
wedge out. That is what happens with the Hotel Splendid. This affords every
room in the hotel with an indirect view. The best side view is the Invalides
side that lights up magnificently at night.
In speaking with one of the hotel representatives, she asked that requests
for upgrades and better rooms be made at the time of booking.
High season is considered to be May, June, September and October. Low season
is July, August, January and February. The others are a toss up.
In the vicinity is
a grocery store, a couple of banks, the post office, at least three
brasseries, metro (Ecole Militaire, line 8) and two buses.
You may
see this hotel on other websites, but
click on my link for up to date, renovated interiors.
As always reserve and book through my link to
Splendid Hotel and I will receive a small commission. You are charged
the normal hotel rates.
This website provides information about the Marais. Their
subheadings are: Hotels & Apartments, Expat services, Property
search, Shopping Guide, Visit le Marais,
etc.
Please mention
Colleen's Paris on your application when you reserve an
apartment with Parismarais® -- I thank you very much!
New York Habitat has been successful in providing
furnished rental apartments in
New York, Paris, London and the French Riviera since 1989.
A passenger told me about her experience and was very enthusiastic. The
apartment was sublet to the family of four during their Paris stay. The
owner met them with the keys; the apartment was tastefully decorated in
the Art Nouveau style and in a great location along the Boulevard
Saint-Germain.
Visit their
website for information about renting a 60 m² apartment in the heart of
Paris. The apartment is near to Notre-Dame. Photos are available on their
website.
Read my "Restaurant"
page about their restaurant, Au Vieux Paris.
I went over to the
local Citadines residence hotel in the Bastille and looked at the studio and
1 bedroom apartments. They have 16 locations within Paris (and others around
Europe and China).
Once you choose
your location and put in your dates on their
website, you will be quoted rates.
This is the way to
go (I have not looked at other companies yet) if you are staying for several
days or longer. A hotel restricts you to one room, the one-bedroom gives you
the option of taking a nap while the other member(s) of your party watch TV
or make tea in the kitchenette. Wait until you see the photos.
This is an
economical way to stay in Paris (with the money you save you can go out to
eat at a nice restaurant!).
Brochures are
available with prices, locations and photos upon request. Their theme
is "faites comme chez vous" (...make yourself at home), it's easy to
see why.
"Located
in the heart of historical Paris", the hotel is the former house of the
De Rohan Duke; has air conditioning, ADSL and WiFi connection, etc. Some
rooms have a private balcony.
Hotel Intercontinental
We loved our hotel:
the Hotel
Intercontinental on Boulevard des Capucines (rue Scribe) by l'Opera --
Paula 2006
Grand Hotel de Champagne
Peter and Jane stayed in
Grand Hôtel de Champagne and loved the location and hotel.
You are a block and a half away from Quai de la Mégisserie (gardening strip
along the Seine) between Pont au Change (Châtelet and) Pont Neuf.
It is
a three-star hotel expecting its fourth star with air conditioning. The
rooms are beautiful and charming (wood beam ceilings, luxurious bed
coverings, small) and the rooms are very quiet.
I
looked at a standard (#304) with double bed and tub and a double superior
(#307) twin beds and shower. All rooms have extra pillows. Their sale months
are July, August and February.
Currently a standard is 162 euros in season and double superior is 195
euros.
The
building dates back to 1562, their brochure contains the history of the
building and the street -- Colleen
Address
17,
rue Jean-Lantier (1st arrondissement)
33
(0)1 42 36 60 00 Fax 33 (0)1 45 08 43 33
Hotel
Muguet
Debby recommends the
Hotel Muguet as
"the cutest two star, beautiful, clean, really nice people at the front
desk. They had a view of the Eiffel Tower with a little balcony and flowers.
Their large double room had two beds, an extra bed and a full bath."
See my page on charming 7th
arrondissement hotels.
The following hotels are along or very close to my walks (see "Neighborhoods"
on the home page).
All hotels have modern amenities. Prices are always for one or two persons.
They vary according to the number of beds (big bed/grand lit or two twins (deux
lits) and whether you prefer a shower/douche or bath/bain.
Always check the hotel websites for promotions - especially August!
Hôtel
Marais Bastille
Click on photo
for more photos
and amenity
information
Walk no. 3
(Passages in the 11th)
Hôtel Marais Bastille 36, boulevard Richard-Lenoir
75011
Tel: 33 1 48 05 75 00
Mº Bréguet-Sabin, close to
Bastille and Place des Vosges
Contemporary --
Mº Bastille
close to Place des Vosges -
Rooms 30 and 22 have two queen-size beds, are large and excellent rooms,
on the little courtyard and you see the top portion of the Opéra
Bastille. Room 30 has two sinks, room 22 has one. All rooms are air
conditioned.
I highly recommend this hotel as good price-quality ratio -- Colleen
I have found a
great little pocket book on cute hotels in Paris.
This book
"Jolis hôtels de Paris à petits prix" is published by Parigramme and
describes many hotels, They do not hesitate to share
their favorites with the reader. It is, however, written in French.
Reading French
with a limited knowledge
With a French
dictionary you are off to a good start when you obtain “Jolis hôtels”.
The first word or
phrase of every hotel description is highlighted and already provides an instant
summary of the place.
The rest of the paragraph provides the detailed description
and suggests what to expect from the hotels, as well as their personalities.
The
editors have looked at romantic, déco design, authentique,
homey, rustic style, bourgeois (although when translated the word means
middle-class, the descriptions are much more colorful and dressy than Americans would
interpret middle-class), and cultes (following certain trends, i.e. oriental
theme, in a hospital, former house of prostitution, the 70s, etc.).
Their dream hotel?
An establishment of modest size, situated in a calm
environment, with a warm reception, a garden where you can have breakfast and
rooms with personalized decoration and internationally accepted standards is
their dream focus.
In fact, they want
all of this for
less than 100€ a night and a double room.
About four of the
hotels jump their dream limit. Otherwise,
the 2003 prices range from about 45€ to 125€
per night.
Themes
The book
includes a lot of additional information, with additional themes still
in the development stages:
The themes
of the current edition (2003) are:
1. The
cutest
hotels of Paris (in their opinion)
-- right bank, left bank and at the
entries to Paris
2.
Alternative
ways to spend the night in Paris, other than traditional hotels:
--hostels, bed and breakfast Parisian style (developing B&Bs for
anglophiles), family pensions, apartment-hotels, renting apartments
3. Clever
methods for
finding
a room in Paris
--reservation centers, some hints to avoid mistakes
4. How to
make use of or
exploit
the
palaces
and the fashionable hotels in Paris (even if you
don't reside there)
--where
to have breakfast in luxury, drinks, gourmet snacking
Remember vital statistics for these hotels
can be found on the Paris Tourist Office website.
Vital
information about the book
Jolis hôtel de Paris à petits prix
(cute hotels in Paris at a good price)
My sisters and I are coming to Paris in the autumn. I was wondering if you are
familiar with this hotel and could offer us any advise about hotel
accommodations in Paris. (She suggested a couple of hotels, I found the others).
Response:
Hotel l'Ile Saint-Louis (three stars) in the heart of the island, close to
Notre-Dame - small hotel anticipate very small rooms (one room for three people
with a folding bed - more for an infant).
I
came across this hotel while walking the neighborhood.
They
have one room for three people (no. 4) with double bed and one single inside
room. The window looks into the small courtyard. Shower, hair dryer, big room,
closet space.
Trianon Rive Gauche Hotel(three stars) - quiet street that leads to
Luxembourg Gardens - near Sorbonne - seven rooms for three people - nice entry.
The Trianon Rive Gauche has a very
comfortable reception area -- newspapers available on the highboy with the
Tiffany lamp.
Well, I came back at
the time designated but no luck seeing a room; the receptionist was all alone
and had her hands full!
Good news though,
right across the street they are installing the bike station (Velib') -- you
will read about in my June issue -- first 1/2 hour free.
Also, they are
installing WiFi in their hotel rooms and the city of Paris has begun installing
free WiFi hotspots in all of the parks, city halls and libraries (during their
opening times) -- more about that on my Internet page in June.
This hotel is very
close to Luxembourg Gardens (for WiFi) and on the same street as the Sorbonne
courtyard.
The Trianon is part of
charming hotels and the others listed on their brochure (3 stars as well) are:
Remember, the trade
fairs are taking many hotels in September and October -- since you are thinking
of the autumn for a trip.
The
Saint Jacques is a two-star next door but has no air conditioning. Cute interior
- belle époque murals; I saw three rooms.
Autumn: Sept/Oct is high season due to so many trade fairs and conventions
(salons) in town -- that is why finding a hotel will be more expensive and
require early booking.
A
reader asked:
Do you know of any apartments in Paris that can be rented on a daily basis that
can accommodate 5 people? We found such a place in Brussels for a very
reasonable price, but we are having a hard time finding such a place in Paris.
Response:
Be sure to put in your
dates on my hotel page put in link or use the Venere ad found on each page.
The search box so you can find out what will be available for you and I hope
you are able to book through my website.
Here is some
information (they are staying with dates in July/Aug).
I found four hotels
that can accommodate five people.
This first one is in
the 14th (very near to the Saint-Germain area).
The property is
located in the center of the famous Rive Gauche triangle: Latin Quarter, Saint
Germain des Prés and Montparnasse.The 17 Duplex
and Apartment suites are equipped with kitchenette with microwave oven, direct
dial telephone, individually controlled air-conditioning, freezer and mini bar,
satellite and pay TV, iron, safe, Wi-Fi Internet connection and modem plug.
-- information from the website
May 2008
