Considering staying at a hotel at or near CDG for next day flight. Recommendations? In RS Paris book, free shuttles are mentioned, but on websites I'm seeing fees and required booking through links. Also, may be arriving late past shuttle times. Could just take taxi?Appreciate if anyone has any recent experience and advice.
Posted by
Vancouver, BC
515 posts
Last year we used credit card points to stay at the Sheraton in Terminal 2. We are doing it again this coming trip. It is very convenient.
Posted by
la la land...
855 posts
What "websites" are mentioning shuttle fees and required booking? Are these hotel websites?
This question about where to stay gets asked a lot. Consensus is to stay at a hotel within the terminal...that is what I have done and will do again.
Relying on shuttles from nearby / outside the airport grounds is a mixed bag...I did it once, it was a bad experience, never did it again.
Posted by
Pacific Northwest
2624 posts
We regularly use the Sheraton at the airport for our flight home. It’s just so convenient.
Posted by
Paris
6903 posts
If the Sheraton is over budget (it is really expensive for what it is...), you have plenty of cheaper hotels at "Roissypole-Terminal 3", linked by free rail shuttle to the airport terminals. Citizen M, Pullman, Ibis, Ibis Styles, Novotel to name a few.
Plus a couple more at the "Parc Pr" Shuttle station, such as a Holiday Inn Express.
Hotels in Roissy-en-France, the village near the airport, rely on bus shuttles and are best avoided if you can due to the inconvenience.
Posted by
Chicago
8063 posts
Don't stay NEAR the airport; stay AT the airport. There are hotels for all budgets. You never want to rely on an airport shuttle that services the hotels not AT the airport. They fill up. they may skip your hotel because full. they are not terribly reliable. Stay AT the airport where you can access the CDGVAL transfer tram.
We use the Novotel at Roissypole which is right at the RER stop AND the CDGVAL stop -- so easy for a hop into the city (or coming from the city to check in) and easy to hop on the tram to the airport terminal. We have also stayed at the Hilton where we had the worst meal we have had in Europe and expensive (we expected expensive; we didn't expect dried out and nearly inedible). The Novotel is quiet, relatively economical and the breakfast is diverse and good. There are many other hotels in this area at different prices.
Posted by
Paris
9589 posts
You don't have to stay in the terminal - in fact,.only the Sheraton (what is it now?) is in the terminal-- except for Yotel which I seem to remember is being security.
You just need to stay at one of the hotels accessible from CDGVAL.
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We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express near the airport. Easy 5 minute walk to the train to the terminal. There are several other hotels in the same area but no restaurants. We purchased the makings for a picnic in Paris and had a relaxing meal in our room.