canadian_turtle wrote:Guys, I need your help finding cheap yet decent accommodation in Central Paris!
I initially planned to book a hostel room for my nights there but my mum is joining me for the journey so obviously this isn't an option anymore. However often a hotel can be booked nearly just as cheap as the price will be per room, not per person.
Requirements:
- Either close to Gare du Nord or within walking distance of a metro station that's on a direct line to Gare du Nord
- Close to a metro station that's on a direct line to Disneyland in Marne La Vallee
- Close (preferably walking distance) to Seine and some of the sights (Eiffel Tower etc). We only have 1 full day in Paris itself and want to make the most of taking in the atmosphere without having to travel far
- Elevators (don't remember what it's like in Paris but in London it can be a pain finding a hotel with an elevator and I don't want to force my mum to walk up endless flights of stairs)
- Free wifi for my laptop
- Free breakfast
- Cheap!
Any personal recommendations from past journeys? Is there a budget chain hotel like Travelodge in the UK?
Many thanks guys
It would help if you put in your price budget in either EUR or GBP as your idea of cheap might not be somebody else's idea of cheap.
Also I think you will need to be abit more realistic in your requirements if you are looking for cheap i.e. Travelodge prices. Alot of what you've mentioned are things that I pa*d for £159 per night in Rome in a 4* hotel with all the above was included (plus extras!). Of course, Paris isn't Rome but it is still a major tourist attraction and I would think prices would be somewhat similar.
Here is one I see alot of people rave about and one I would consider if visiting Paris but even at 3*, it's not the cheapest:
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Revi ... rance.html (it's not got free breakfast either from what I can see although there is complimentary tea and coffee, depends what you need for breakfast and whether taking cereal or something from here can be something to consider to lower your costs).
One of the things I tend to do is go through tripadvisor, select either top 100 B&B's OR hotels etc in the city I'm visiting and then work my way down based on reviews. You can narrow it down to your price range and from there onwards look top down from best reviews to lowest. That's how I came to my decision for my hotel in Rome and I did not regret it. It will normally mention if there are offers of wifi / breakfast. Also visit booking.com and put your requirements in there. They're very good at narrowing down by requirements and tend to have alot of free breakfast/wifi offers. Cross reference any reviews on tripadvisor though, I found the people reviewing on booking.com tend to be abit too lenient for my liking.
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2) Picturehouse Greenwich
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