Cascade Hotel, Saint-Gilles

Advantages: great cheese
Disadvantages: reminds me of hard times

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Advantages: Location, breakfasts
Disadvantages: Poor rooms

...I recently went on a cultural girlie trip with a friend to Paris. I was left to do all the booking. I was looking for a reasonable hotel, near a metro stop, which included breakfast. I came across the Hotel International on various travel sites and it seemed fairly highly rated so I booked us in for three nights. LOCATION: The hotel is located 6 Rue Auguste Barbier in the 11th Arrondissement. The nearest Metro stop is Garcourt which was a two minute walk away and it was a five minute walk to Republique which gives good links to other lines. It's not really central enough to avoid the Metro and walk to the attractions but it was located so close to a stop that it seemed ideal. PRICE: Prices vary depending on size of room and season. There are singles, doubles and triples available. We paid Euro254 for the whole time... Read review

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Advantages: Good value
Disadvantages: ??

...This hotel in Brussels is situated about a five minute walk from the Grande Place where most of the restaurants, bars and souvenir shops are situated for tourists. The metro is just outside the door which means that you don't have to stay around the tourist area.Where the hotel is there are seven or eight restaurants - most of them selling seafood of some description - and of course ' moules et frites'. The hotel itself is part of a chain with hotels in France and London and other European cities. I went with a college group as part of a trip to the European Parliament Buildings and NATO so we had a reduced group booking which was very reasonable. The room I shared had a double bed in one room, and a sofa bed which converted into two beds in the sitting room. The rooms were fully equipped with television, kitchen area, sheets, phone... Read review

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