HOTELYEAR BUILT 1993ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION A FEW MIN DRIVE FROM COMPIEGNE ... more
CENTRE. 43 KM FROM ROISSY CDG AIRPORT. AIR CONDITIONED AND SOUNDPROOFED ROOMS INCL.3 FOR DISABLED GUESTS. SATELLITE TV, DIRECT DIAL PHONE, HAIRDRYER AND TOILET...
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HOTELYEAR BUILT 1993ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION A FEW MIN DRIVE FROM COMPIEGNE ... more
CENTRE. 43 KM FROM ROISSY CDG AIRPORT. AIR CONDITIONED AND SOUNDPROOFED ROOMS INCL.3 FOR DISABLED GUESTS. SATELLITE TV, DIRECT DIAL PHONE, HAIRDRYER AND TOILET...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: Well researched historical fiction about Louis XV's court. Disadvantages: Use of some French phrases without English translation.
The Road to Compiegne is the second book of Jean Plaidy's French Revolution trilogy. The previous book, Louis the Well-Beloved, is about the first half of Louis XV's life. This book finishes his life story.
Expenditure on maintaining a lavish court, with new buildings for himself and mistresses, plus costly wars leaves the ordinary people unable to afford the high prices of basic food. Not surprising, they are sickened by this, and the book tells us in the first chapter that Louis has a road built around Paris to his palace at Compiegne. This by-pass is to avoid travelling through the city where he has become extremely unpopular. He only wants to enter Paris when duty makes it unavoidable.
*** The Whores ***
Louis continues to have a lot of mistresses, two of whom, in this book, become much more than just ...
Advantages: Very close to Tate Modern, and Southwark tube station Disadvantages: Located on the other side of the river from the likes of Oxford Street
I stayed at the London Mercure London City last weekend as part of a birthday treat from my boyfriend (I believe he booked it as part of a deal with rail tickets/show tickets/hotel, so am unable to tell you how much the hotel costs separately!). We stayed there for one night (a Saturday) after spending the day shopping in Oxford Street and the evening watching Phantom of the Opera at the London Palladium.
We were able to check-in from 2 o'clock onwards, and we arrived at approximately 5pm. We were greeted at reception by a member of staff and a trainee, and were offered a smoking or non-smoking room. We opted for a non-smoking room and were given room 502 on the 5th floor.
Room 502 is just a few steps away from the lift, and is forwards facing so you can see straight out into Southwark Street. It is a two-person room with a decent ...
I stayed at the Mercure in December 2005. It was a bit of last minute booking - booked it on the Friday and then travelled on the Monday. Due to this it was the literally the only place in central London available for the week and prior to this I had never even heard of the hotel!
Location - It is literally just behind the Tate Modern and Millenium Bridge. It is about 10mins walk from the hotel to the nearest tube at London Bridge so it is relatively easy to get about.
Rooms - Rooms are basic. Similar to staying in an Ibis or Travellodge. They do have everything you need though - TV, tea and coffee facilities etc. And they seemed clean.
Facilities - The hotel has a small gym. In has a restaurant and bar but I never ate or drink so can't comment on this. Staff all seemed relatively friendly.
Price - It was between £60 ...
