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Active Retirees first trip to Paris for 8 nights--where to stay?

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I have tried to find something here fitting us but as a city I am finding Paris a little overwhelming. We are 2 couples and arrive by train from Barcelona in early May. Anxious and leery of picking a hotel or apartment after ur trip to London landed us in a not so nice, not transport accessible spot. Do not want a repeat of that.

We'd like to stay under $250/night per couple, close to transport and cafes and restraurnts and perhaps even some sights. We jsut don't know where to begin. Some hotels display which arrondissements they are in, while others say the name such as Latin Quarter. We just don't know where we belong and time is getting short to book.

We did have a hotel booked near Opera but we've added more nights and they are booked--as well as another coupe chose it--not for location but for price. they didnt know anymore than we did.

Thank you to anyone who can offer some guidance. I bought Rick's Paris book, but alas unexpectedly traveled and left it home.

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We like the Latin Quarter. I don't think we'd like staying near the Opera House. We always stay in Hotel Familia. It is the characteristic Paris building with the iron balconies, etc. It is not fancy, but it is small, clean and the staff is nice. We find that location to be close to most of what we like to do. There is a restaurant close that we like, St. Victor, about a minute walk. It is a quick walk to the Notre Dame and the hotel is close to the edge of St. Germain.

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Honestly? I think time is very short to book for eight nights in May, and especially for two rooms. I'd go to Booking.com and put in your filters, whatever they are. You can filter by budget, arrondissement and many others. Identify two or three that have availability and then come back here for opinions.

Anything in the 6th would be perfect, IMO. But there are lots of other areas that would be great too, but start with the 6th and see if anything appeals.

Posted by
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You are wise to be cautious -- popular areas like the Latin Quarter are attached to the names of places that stretch the borders of the areas. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with staying near Opera -- it can be bustling and noisy over there but it does have excellent transit connections and a number of well priced hotels such as for example Hotel St Petersbourg, which depending on what days you are going in May could be within or close to your budget. The closer you get to June, the higher the prices are. For the Latin, a colleague recently stayed at Hotel Claude Bernard Saint Germain and really liked the hotel, especially its location which is apparently a bout a 5-minute walk from two metro stations and about a 10-minute walk to Notre Dame.

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