Holiday Inn Garden Court Paris Elysees, Paris

Advantages: Lots to see and do, the metro,
Disadvantages: Eating out can be expensive, everyone else is there too (everyone loves Paris)

...are all familiar with the book The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown :-) The movie screens from mid-May 2006 so there has been and is a lot of talk about it. At 10 am one morning we made our way to Place Vendôme to the meeting point in front of the Ritz hotel. This is where Robert Langdon (the main character in the book) stays and where the action starts. We paid 20 € each to our guide and off we went together with about 15 others. We walked from the starting point to Jardin des Tuileries (the garden outside Louvre) and from there on we walked into the inverted pyramid inside the Louvre. Our guide was not just telling us about Paris, the book etc. She also tried to involve us by asking questions and trying to get people to get to know each other a little bit. After the chance of buying a drink and going to the bathroom at the Louvre we continued... Read review

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Advantages: Quality Hotel
Disadvantages: Not the 'Magical' experience you would get at the Disney Hotels

...My wife and I stayed at the Hotel Elysees, val d'europe, Paris in Sept 2007. Due to not having any children with us during our 5 day visit to Disneyland, it was not important to us to stay in one of the Disney Themed hotels. The Elysees is situated a 5 minute drive from the Disney park, in a nice area, mostly made up of businesses and shops. Directly opposite the hotel, is an enormous shopping centre, complete with on outside designer shopping outlet. The hotel itself in clean and tidy, pretty modern, with a nice bar and restaurant, although not ideal for children, more of a business hotel than a holiday hotel. Very close by is a railway station, from where you can get a train to and from Disneyland for 1 euro each way. The trains also go into the heart of Paris, if you want to see the sights. To summarise. Much cheaper than... Read review

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Advantages: Location, Room Size
Disadvantages: Facilities offered were minimal.

...on the corner we had everything that we could ask for. Local Attractions * Opera Garnier: 10 mns, Bus 66, metro line 3 * Montmartre: 20 mns, Bus 30, metro line 2 * Arc de Triomphe / Champs Elysées: 10/12 mns, Bus 30, metro line 2 * Musée Cernushi / Asian arts: 15 mns walking distance * Public Garden "Parc Monceau": 10 mns walking distance * Madeleine Church / Concord circus: 20 mns, metro line 13, Bus 94 * Jardin des Plantes: 35 mns, metro line 2/connection line 4 * St Germain des Prés: 35/40 mns, metro line 2/4, Bus 95 * Moulin Rouge: 10 mns walking distance,metro line 2 * Tour Eiffel: 20/25 mns, Bus 30, metro lines 2/6 Taken from http://www.lastminute.com/site/find/World/Europe/France/Paris/LMN-Hotel-214 409-0-2-EXT:136369$v1v$.html Reception/Lounge/Bar Area The reception room, as with any hotel is the first room... Read review

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