Le Senat Hotel, Paris

Advantages: spotlessly clean, luxury hotel.
Disadvantages: costs

...It was my wife’s 40th birthday, so what could I do that was a little special? What about a trip in a hot air balloon? That was out as she doesn’t like heights. What about a weekend in Blackpool? Not an option as it isn’t her favourite place. So I choose Paris. It would be our first time out of the country together and as a couple with no children! And where better than the romantic capital of the world? So I booked the short stay at my local Thomas cook, and we decided on Le meridian hotel in Montparnasse – Paris. The hotel was built in 1974 and has 25 floors, with eight lifts (elevators) and 953 rooms. The hotel offers a range of ‘extras’ including, 24 hour room service and reception and concierge desk: Fax machine, interconnecting rooms, e-mail facilities, Currency exchange, Laundry/dry cleaning service, Safe deposit... Read review

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

...and Disneyland Paris. It is also in walking distance of Montmartre and Le Galleries Lafayette. I felt that our hotel was in a prime location making it easy for us to get around the city. Paris itself is a very noisy city; being the capital of France this should be expected. There is always a lot of noise around including during the evenings and at night time. The fact that our hotel was situated in such an area did not make it any better; this was clearly visible with our balcony doors open. However, the hotel offers soundproofed rooms, as standard to combat this noise, of which I will go into more detail later. Overall for the location I would give it a 9/10, we never struggled to find anything that we were looking for, apart from the hotel itself in the first instance. Everything is easily accessible, and with a Patisserie and small shop... Read review

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Advantages: So Central! Cheap, clean
Disadvantages: In a hospital, so you can see some interesting sights!!

...I came across this hotel while searching for somewhere to stay for my trip to Paris in November. As it was mainly a sightseeing/shopping trip, I wanted somewhere central, cheap and clean. As most of the cheaper end hotels in Paris are stuck on top of the Montmatre hill, this central hotel appeared to be quite a find! I made enquiries through their website (http://www.hotel-hospitel.com/ang/accueil.htm) and got a helpful reply stating that they had a room for 110 Euros per night, and all I had to was give my credit card details to secure the room. On arrival at Charles De Gaulle we headed for the RER line B and caught the train to St Michel Notre Dame (cost around 7-8 euros). We arrived and to our surprise the hospital which contains the hotel was literally yards from Notre Dame. We knew it would be close, but not that close... Read review

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