grandparent/grandchild hotel

I would recommend the opposite. I think your 16 year old would enjoy a more Parisian style hotel and neighborhood. I typically stay in small, family owned properties and have always been able to get advice and suggestions for sightseeing. There are Parisian hotels that offer breakfast, not always complimentary, but its available as well as wonderful patisseries.

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Please stay in a Parisian hotel. They often have breakfast. They often have excellent concierges (the word is French!) - who might actually speak excellent English. And your granddaughter will likely love the atmosphere. It’s an opportunity not to be missed, to stay in a hotel characteristic of the country you are in. :-)

You might want to consider booking the RS Best of Paris in 7 Days tour, as it will handle all of this for you:
https://www.ricksteves.com/tours/france/paris
Most people stay a few extra days on either end of the tour to see what's not included (e.g., Eiffel Tower, Giverny, Orangerie, Catacombs, Les Invalides, etc etc etc).

Most hotels offer breakfast, and it's good. Rick strongly recommends you go to a nearby cafe, but it's hard to beat the convenience of rolling out of bed, stumbling downstairs to eat, and stumbling back upstairs to dress.

You might check the experience of the Youtube vloggers Les Frenchies who stayed at the Paris Opera Hilton and what they thought of an "American" breakfast.

Another thing to keep in mind, whether you or your GD get up first, they can always go out and sightsee for an hour or two and then come back and pick up the couche-tard party.

Very few places "offer" breakfast.
But if you want American style, still go French with a place like Pullman Montparnasse.

We loved Hotel des Grandes Ecoles, in the 5th Arr, relatively far from the Seine (15 minute walk), near the Pantheon and the Sorbonne (5 minute walks), and very near Rue Mouffetard (2 minutes). https://www.hoteldesgrandesecoles.com

Breakfast (last week) was an extra 16 Euros. You could mix and match. Eat in some days; walk down towards Blvd St. Germain and eat out on others.

The hotel was an oasis, walled-off from the street with a lovely, quiet garden courtyard. Attentive front desk staff with good English. They were very helpful with directions for getting Navigo cards. We had well-developed plans, so I can’t speak to concierge services.

My suggestion is to stay in a smaller French hotel, with or without breakfast. You can always go to a bakery and a coffee shop for breakfast. Unless you are staying in a higher end hotel, I wouldn't expect much in the way of concierge service. Recruit your granddaughter to help plan your excursions, complete with transportation and food options, so that she is a real participant instead of just the guest on a trip. As far as where to stay, Paris is a big city so regardless where you stay, you will need to figure out transportation to some of the sites. When in France, do like the French, and take the metro.

I have stayed in smaller hotels, and I have stayed in a Holiday Inn in Paris. I think the smaller local hotel may have some charm, but some "French" hotels in Paris are just basic rooms, with little character and a breakfast not much better. The Holiday Inn was actually nice, well located, and the breakfast buffet pretty extensive and very good. For me it was included due to the business reservation, but I would not have paid 25€ or whatever they were asking. I do prefer a cafe, a coffee and a croissant is fine for me, even if I have to wait until 9 or 10. If you do not need something immediately upon waking, or a big breakfast, then get up, walk for a while and see the sights, then stop for something when the cafes open. Most of the museums and sights do not open until 9 or later anyway.

Not related to a specific hotel, but are you going to share one hotel room? They can be pretty cramped, and you'd need to find a triple bed situation or a family room. With a teenager some more space might be required. You might consider an aparthotel chain like Citdines which offers apartments in good locations. Some of the apartments offer pull out sofas and I believe many also offer breakfast (though if you got an apartment you could self cater breakfast). I'm not sure but they do have a 24 hour staffed desk. I considered the Saint-Germain-des-Prés location but ultimately decided on a different hotel.

We typically stay in smaller, moderately priced, modest hotels in Paris (elsewhere in Europe, too). Most often, when we arrive, we'll get a map and then the hotel employee will circle places and provide personal suggestions, and nice walking routes. They'll often have a few restaurant suggestions, and if they don't they'll have ideas if we ask. Daily, we'll be asked where we are off to and have opportunity to get any directions for public transportation. Sometimes, we'll get offers to make restaurant reservations.

For me, its about the gorgeous buildings with iron railings and flowers. One place we stayed had a juliette balcony that we captured some beautiful photos from.

My friend and I stayed at a lovely hotel Bonsoir Madame next to the Jardin du Luxembourg. I think you and your granddaughter would love it. Very personal, very French and a warm welcome. They spoke French, English and German and probably others.

We took our granddaughter 2 years ago when she was 15. We stayed at Hotel Lorette Astotel in the apartment room. This worked out perfect. This room gave both of us space when needed - trust me you will need it! LOL

https://en.astotel.com/hotel/lorette-opera-en/overview?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=110386345&gbraid=0AAAAADs4Heek5aGUOl8eQ3R1BaTMnMwL3&gclid=Cj0KCQjwl5jHBhDHARIsAB0YqjwtocILVGMKyPa1iE-ikn0QnMDdYgd_loNWLKLx8o_EotWKSXSzXBwaAro7EALw_wcB

It is less than 5min. walk to metro. You can choose to add breakfast. They also offer free snacks and drinks in the lobby. You can also stop by their other properties for a quick free snack or use the restroom when you are out.

Some of the things we did:
1. Ballet at Palais Garnier
2. Fashion Show Galeries Layfayette
3. Macaron Baking Class Galeries Layfayette
4. Photo shoot booked with Airbnb experiences ( Julia is amazing - I have used her several times)
5. Picnic at Eiffel Tower booked with Airbnb Experiences ( nice to have it all ready when you arrive and they clean up)
6. Concert at Accor Arena ~ Ed Sheeran
7. Louvre Muesum in the evening ~on the night it was open late~
8. Disneyland
9. LV Dream Exhibit (free) - need reservations, LV cafe ($$$), at the Dream store you can buy chocolates that are good and very reasonable (comes in LV box and packaging ~ if she is into designer)
10. Dior Museum
11. Sacre-Coeur
12. Seine River Cruise at night.
13. Pink Mammas Restaurant- need reservations ( request upstairs if she wants good IG photos LOL)
14. Arc de Triomphe - booked tickets direct online
15. Musée d'Orsay

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sherryjb, I think you're not getting much in the way of the type of concierge services you're asking for as the vast majority of us on this forum make our own advance reservations and book our own tickets/tours. I would think that any hotel which offers last-minute tickets and would create plans for day trips would be VERY expensive/high-end indeed, and I wouldn't be sure even they could get day-of tickets to the most-visited attractions.

My 15 yr old daughter and I loved our RS best of Paris plus we added 5 days beforehand all at hotel Londres Eiffel . Breakfast was great. They are very friendly.

Hi, sherry, I recently took two grandchildren to Paris in early April (ages 12 and 15), and they loved the hotel we stayed at, which was an authentic Parisian hotel in St. Germain (6th arr). We got a Superior room, which had room for 3 people, breakfast was not complimentary but was very reasonably priced and very good. That said, sometimes we skipped the hotel breakfast and picked up some pain au chocolat and drinks in the neighborhood. They loved doing that!

Here is a link to the hotel we stayed at: https://www.hotelleftbank.com/en/ The location was wonderful. The streets were lined with trees and flowers, and people were sitting in cafes, walking around and riding bikes. It was a very colorful scene. The hotel was very nice with a vintage vibe to it. It had a life, and the rooms were large, very clean, with two single beds placed side by side (you can request a double instead), and another single in a more secluded area of the room. This was nice as it gave my grandson some privacy. And it had A/C. The weather was nice at that time, but it did get a bit warm in the room, so it was great having that A/C option.

The location was outstanding. I loved this area, and it was so convenient to sights, cafes, boulangeries, and pastry shops. It was also a quick walk to the Pont Neuf, Notre Dame and was a block away from the Odeon Metro. Luxembourg Gardens was a block away, and the grandkids loved going there. Whether you choose this hotel or another, the area is great for sightseeing. We had already planned our itinerary, but the hotel staff was more than happy to help us with any questions or suggestions for sightseeing.

You might want to consider booking the RS Best of Paris in 7 Days tour, as it will handle all of this for you:
https://www.ricksteves.com/tours/france/paris

Not to denigrate the tours because I know they are a good value, but booking a tour for 3 people will be so MUCH more expensive than just figuring it out on your own (or even using a travel agent). But honestly, it's easy to figure out. Once you have booked your hotel, come back here and there are loads of folks who will be happy to share their expertise about Paris.