Hotels in the Rue Cler area of Paris

Check out the apartments rented out by the Relais Bosquet. My friend and I rented the one bedroom apartment and loved it. The living room also had a bed, I think it might have been sort of like a murphy bed, or it may have been a sleeper sofa, I really can't remember. It had a small kitchen and a washer and dryer in the bathroom. We were there in February and it was 139 euro per night so it was cheaper than two hotel rooms.

http://www.apartmentparishotel.com/appart42.html here is a link to the apartment. It does have a murphy bed. and I didn't mention the terrace. we did use it since we were there in February

Check out the Hotel Londres Eiffel. It is where we stayed when on a Rick Steves' guided tour of Paris a few years ago, and we found it very pleasant. Small hotel a block or two from Rue Cler and also a very easy walk to the Eiffel Tower. It is on a very quiet street, not much traffic and hardly any noise whatsoever. English speaking front desk, private baths, breakfast included, also internet in lobby. Rooms are small, but charming and very clean. You can check out user reviews on www.tripadvisor.com (and also see photos posted by people who stayed there), and you can also check out the hotel's web site.

The Grande Hotel Leveque on rue Cler may suit you. Ask for two TWINS for two rooms with twin beds. If you can't get two twins, the granddaughters may not mind sharing a double. For a first visit to Paris, I think the Leveque is a very good choice. It is on a pedestrian street with lots of shops and a Metro stop a 5-minute walk away.

We've stayed at the Hotel Beaugency and at the Leveque and we liked the Beaugency much better. The service was better, the room was better and there were a lot less rules to worry about.

James, Any of the Hotels in the Rue Cler neighborhood will satisfy your criteria for easy access to the Metro (Ecole Militaire station) and easy walking distance to the Eiffel Tower and other sights in that area. The Hotel listings are revised a bit every year, but presumably the list will be much the same in 2013. Some of the Hotels in that area that you might consider: > Grand Hotel Leveque: It's an older Hotel but has been renovated on a regular basis and the rooms are very comfortable (at least in my experience). There are two ATM's right across the street, numerous restaurants in the vicinity and it's only about a five minute walk to the Metro. > Hotel Duquesne Eiffel: Not directly on Rue Cler and more of an "upscale" Hotel. The rooms are very comfortable and some provide a great view of the Eiffel Tower. > Hotel Muguet: Again a very convenient location but also more "upscale". > Hotel du Champs de Mars: I've never stayed in the Hotel but did have a look at it on my last visit to Paris and spoke with the staff. Although it has had some "mixed" reviews, I might consider it for future visits. Check the websites for each of these Hotels as well as the Trip Advisor ratings. I'd suggest building some flexibility into your budget, as costs will certainly increase before 2013. Depending on how the current financial problems are resolved in the Euro zone, the exchange rates will have a bearing on your costs as well. Happy travels!

For those who want to bring "take-out" food to their hotel, I recommend staying at the Hotel du Turenne near rue Cler. Not the hotel by the same name in the Marais. The hotel has a large, convenient ground-level room that is used for breakfasts; it is available throughout the day for guests to use for eating, socializing, reading, checking e-mail, etc. Some of the other rue Cler area hotels have no common area for "picniking," and forbid eating in the rooms. Another advantage of this hotel is that there is a Taxi stand, a laundromat, and a BNP Paribas at the corner just a few feet away. Rue cler is a 5-minute walk, and the Metro is probably 3-minutes.

We stayed at the Hotel de La Motte Picquet at the very end of Rue Cler (not a very long street). We paid 160-180 Euros/night. It was a small, quaint hotel. Everything was nice and new looking with the exception of the carpet. It looked horribly dirty. I don't know if that's a Paris thing? Some friends stayed in a lesser - 2 star hotel in the 7th and also said the carpet was very dirty. The bedding, drapes, wallpaper, was all very nice and new. Bathroom, was small, but perfectly fine.
http://www.hotellamottepicquet.com/

April, dirty hotel carpet is not a Paris thing. You can find that anywhere. I've stayed in hotels in the UK, Germany, and California with carpets so dirty I wouldn't walk barefoot on them. The worst was Days Inn at Disneyland.

James,
The recommendations in the book are full a long way out so book now if you can. Cancellation is far easier that booking a room on short notice. I don't think you can go wrong with most of the recommended hotels and use the restaurant s as well.

We stayed at Hotel du Champ de Mars and were very pleased with it. Our twin room was bright and clean and the staff very friendly. Can't remember the cost.

April,, really,, who would say that? Anyone who travels ,, has seen dirty carpeting in hotels. "maybe its a Paris thing" yikes,, two hotels and you can paint a city of millions.. amazing.
I will add that some hotels in Paris are small, often family owned or run, and definately older,, so yes, perhaps if one expects a shiny new hotel one may find the older buildings to have some "character". Personally in every hotel I have ever stayed at ,, from the Sheretons in Hawaii to the mom and pops in Europe, I always remove the bedspreads, and leave my shoes on mostly in the rooms. Hotel rooms are used constantly by strangers and no maid can really clean them well when the turn over is mere hours

Can't you have cooties in apparently clean carpet as well?

James, if you are styaing 4 days or more, why don't you look into renting an apt? When we are in the EU we have had great success renting from VRBO and Homelidays.com. When we were in Paris we rented a great little one bedroom apt, at the top of the 15th, two blocks from a Metro stop, and within walking distance of the Rue Clair/ Eiffel tower, for only $90 EU/nite.

Pat,
I was not "painting a city of millions". We loved Paris. It was amazing. I have no complaints. I wasn't even complaining about the hotel. It was an older place because I don't go to Paris to stay in cookie-cutter hotels that could be anywhere in the world. I have also traveled quite extensively and seen some carpets that were not extremely clean, but this was a whole new level. They were the dirtiest ever. Like I said we were completely happy with every other aspect of the hotel. I was just setting the expectation if they chose that hotel. I just thought it was strange that our friends who went just before us had a similar experience in Paris. I would stay there again and that's why I recommended the hotel here.