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Hotels in Paris:
For Friends | Parents
| Vocabulary
General Information
· Cheapest double rooms approximately €50
· Hotels are ranked with the star system—1 star is the lowest,
4 is the highest. Stars denote the quality of the hotel (i.e.,
hotel must have elevator to be 3 stars, so you can find a 3
star quality hotel without an elevator for a 2 star price)
· Prices are loosely related to the star system but also take
in factors like location—stay away from the major tourist areas
for better prices without loosing quality
Hotels often have rooms with and without private baths (without
will be cheaper)
-- specify when you make a reservation
Hostel vs. Hotel
Hostel:
- curfew, hall bathrooms, singles and doubles are expensive
+ kitchens allow for cooking so you can save money, meet other
travellers, cheapest option for one person or large group
Hotel:
- often more expensive, no cooking option
+ no curfew, often private bath, higher quality options
Hotel Recommendations for other students
(our premise: the cheaper the better!)
Tiquetonne Hotel*
6 rue Tiquetonne 75002
#01 42 36 94 58
M° Etienne Marcel
Double 45€ with bath, nice rooms, breakfast extra, no TV, rooms
with and without bath.
Location: near Les Halles, center of Paris, easy travelling,
walking, but near sketchy rue St. Denis
Lux Hotel **
74, blvd du Picpus 75012
#01 43 43 08 46
M° Picpus
www.parisluxhotel.com
Double 55€ with bath, really nice rooms with TV and minibar,
breakfast extra, metro is audible
Location: in 12th, so must take metro
Hotel de Roubaix**
6, rue de Grenata, 75002
#01 42 72 89 91
M° Reamur Sebastopol
Double about 65€ with bath and breakfast, nice rooms, TV, all
private baths
Location: near Les Halles, center of Paris, easy travelling,
walking, but near sketchy rue St. Denis
Hotel Darcet
4 rue darcet
75017
PARIS
Clean rooms, no curfew, rooms with TV, bathroom w/shower around
55€. Right near Place de Clichy, but not sketchy at night.
Hotel Stella
41 rue Monsieur le Prince, 6th
Clean rooms, minimal services, but not too bad. Not at all sketchy,
in the Latin Quarter and all that that means. 5 mins from St
Michel and Odeon. No credit cards.
Le
Montclair Montmartre
Good quality, clean hostel with full bathroom in each room.
Pretty good location.
Metro: Jules-Joffrin (line 12)
Hotel Recommendations for Parents
*Lifeline Tip! If possible, find a hotel for your parents near
your French apartment or near Skidmore. This makes it easier
to meet up with them during their visit, especially if they
don’t know their way around! Also, renting an apartment for
a week can be a good option.
Some suggestions:
Renting a studio or small apartment in the maison
zen (half-way between Gare de Lyon and the Bastille) has
worked out well. It's between 60-80€ per night, it smells of
incense, and you have to take take your shoes off to go up to
you room, but besides that, it's a good and cheap option. Well
located.
Rent an apartment (1 week minimum). This
site has great locations, and some of the apartments are
owned by a Skidmore faculty member.
Vocabulary:
make a reservation: faire une reservation
single: une chambre pour une personne
double : une chambre pour deux
double bed : un grand lit
with a bathroom : avec WC et une douche / un bain
with breakfast : avec petit dejeuner
* Lifeline tip : if you don’t have to get breakfast, don’t.
It will inevitably be cheaper to buy food at Monoprix or a bakery.
* Lifeline tip: The Let’s Go guide is our bible! Use it to find
other good, inexpensive hotels in Paris.
- Diana Sanders, Laura Roberts
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