In the heart of one of the liveliest districts in Paris, this charming hotel is is within ... more
close proximity to the Opera Garnier and Place de la Madeleine.Strategically located in Paris, you can easily reach the major business centres and tourist areas o...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Housed within a late 19th century building, the Timhotel Saint Georges is located in the ... more
lively Pigalle district of Paris, France. The Pigalle underground station offers convenient transportation 25 meters from the hotel, and the famous Moulin Rouge is...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Housed within a late 19th century building, the Timhotel Saint Georges is located in the ... more
lively Pigalle district of Paris, France. The Pigalle underground station offers convenient transportation 25 meters from the hotel, and the famous Moulin Rouge is...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: Cheap (by Parisian standards), location not bad, quiet and safe area Disadvantages: Tiny room, bed a bit worn out, cold bathroom
Goal
Our goal for a hotel in Paris this time was to find a decent hotel at a low price and centrally located. There are thousands of hotels in Paris and it is not easy to know which site to use to book a hotel and which area to stay in. I'm not sure how we narrowed it down to Tim hotel Tour Eiffel but our checking included reading some reviews at TripAdvisor and it looked like it fit our profile. We booked through the hotel's homepage directly and we paid an average of 86 ? per night for the room (a total of 608 ?) for the week.
The hotel
It was very easy to find the hotel when we came to Paris. We arrived at the metro station Dupleix and the hotel entrance was located just a minute walk around the corner. Check in was fast and we got room 41 on the 4th floor. The reception was typical for a small hotel in a European city ...
If you go to Paris and only see one thing, make sure its this. You will not be disappointed. It is quite simply stunning.
HISTORY:
Those of you who have read some of my other reviews might have guessed that I am slightly obsessed with all things historical! So i'll try to keep this section to the point!!
Sainte Chapelle was built in the 13th Century by Louis IX (later Saint Louis) to house some of the relics of the Passion of Christ, including the Crown of Thorns. Louis wanted what basically amounted to a huge reliquary to be built inside the royal palace, Palais de la Cite. This chapel was the envy of Europe and probably copied in England and the Holy Roman Empire, to house their own relics. The chapel was meant to symbolise the close relationship between the French King and God, therefore the chapel is decorated with Fleur ...
Advantages: You can find nealry anything here. Disadvantages: not in a nice area.
he biggest of Paris' three main flea markets, St-Ouen sprawls between Porte de St-Ouen and Porte de Clignancourt and is open on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. It sells a little bit of everything from second-hand to new clothes, from any bit of junk the sellers can find to antiques, old tin baths, and office chairs or old radios - anything you think you might want or need can be found here.
How to get there
The market is at the northern edge of the 18th arrondissement, on the outer side of the Périphérique Nord. If you get off at the métro Porte de St-Ouen and head north you will find yourself walking through the unofficial stalls that line the streets. These sell normal things that you can find in any market, such as hair trinkets, clothes and household goods; the real treasures are up ahead, once you have passed under the overpass ...
