Hi. I'm married and have just had a baby boy, so am on maternity leave. I have two cats who i adore....
Hi. I'm married and have just had a baby boy, so am on maternity leave. I have two cats who i adore. I enjoy being with my husband and baby, eating out, reading, spending time with friends and my cats!
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This week we had a 2 night break to Paris; we stayed in the Hotel Residence Monge.
I found the hotel on the internet through Parishotels.com. I then used various review sites to find out what others thought.
Area The hotel is situated in the 5th arrondissement, walking distance to Notre Dame. It was a nice area to walk around in; plenty of lovely restaurants, bars and shops only 5 minutes walk away. 2 metro stops are nearby, Luxembourg and Place Monge.
We ate out both evenings. Both meals were lovely and reasonably priced, but I can't remember names of restaurants.
Hotel The hotel is fairly basic. It's a 2*. We choose it as a base for somewhere to sleep. You walk into reception, which has a couple of settee's in front. It is quite a dark reception. Next to reception is a small breakfast room. More on breakfast later.
There are 3 floors and a lift is available, but it is very small. There are 36 rooms; we had room 12 on the 1st floor. We had a road facing room, with a king sized bed and a single bed, a bath, with a shower over, TV, telephone and mini bar. And the great bonus - air con! We didn't use the mini bar, but it was good to have somewhere to keep our drinks bought when out, cool.
The bed was comfortable, but the pillows were a little hard. I'm 6 months pregnant and like to have pillows under my bump and behind me. They were happy to supply plenty.
Price We paid 96 Euros per room, per night. Which I think was very reasonable.
Breakfast WE had breakfast on one morning. It was served between 7-10am. You pay an extra 6.50 Euros per person. It was a traditional continental breakfast. First we were offered coffee/tea/hot chocolate. We both had Hot Chocolate and you got enough for 2 large cups each. Then you got a basket of pastries. There were a couple of croissants, bread rolls, pain au chocolate and Danish. There was plenty of jam and butter available on the table. Finally, there were yogurts available on each table. It was certainly worth the money and the service was prompt. Everything was fresh.
Staff A lady called Julie works on reception and is extremely helpful. She speaks great English and can recommend where to eat and what to do. I think she must own the hotel because she was there all day, every day.
Finally I would recommend this hotel to anyone who wants to visit Paris and stay in a budget hotel. It was clean and provided all our needs for two days. I would use this hotel again if i was to visit Paris
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