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 Our room at the GHF by Rixie
It's in the 11me arrondissement, near Metro stop Nation. I liked the fact that it was in a neighborhood, rather than in the city center. It was restful to come "home" to a street uncluttered with crowds of noisy tourists.
Our 3rd floor room (4th floor to us Americans) had six-foot double windows that opened onto a side street with a little park.
The GHF was running an August summer special: 80 Euros/night.
The personal attention we received here was remarkable.
2002: The young man who managed the front desk, M. Ouali (like "Wally" with a French accent), was delightful. He fielded all of our tourist questions, explained the difference between a carnet and a Paris Visite card, and was very encouraging about my pidgin French.
He made return train reservations for us, and when I asked about a church for Sunday Mass, he recommended the 8:00 Mass at Notre Dame. That turned out to be the high point of our Paris visit, and I was so grateful for his guidance.
Mille fois merci, Ouali! We'll be back to see you someday!
Postscript 2004: We did come back! Ouali has been promoted and now manages two hotels in the chain. It was such a pleasure to see him again, and as before, he was so friendly and kind. On this trip we made the acquaintance of Mlle. Blandine, the lovely concierge, and she was always willing to help us, making phone calls for us when our French failed, and mapping out routes to restaurants. We will definitely return. Theme: HotelPrice: US$40-80 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averagePhone: 33 1 43 71 27 57Directions: Near the Nation metro stopWebsite: www.grand-hotel-Francais.fr Other Contact: Grand-Hotel-Francais@wanadoo.fr
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| Grand Hotel Francais: A friendly hotel well located in Paris
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 The sign of the hotel,
can be easily spotted by guilbruno,
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It is one of those beautiful buildings that you can find in the area with moulded ceilings and balconies at the windows that make up the charm and elegance of Paris.
This attractive building harmoniously combines the intimate and the functionnal beauty and modernity.
The lobby and the bar recently totally renovated to represent the charm and the elegance of the French tradition.
It offers a non-ending list of service such as Wifi, restauration, excursion and satellite table.
My favourite will of course be in the breakfast room, where I am allowed to rediscover the finest of French traditions : pains au chocolat, brioches, croissants and of course, the famous baguette !
No doubt one of the best croissant that I've ever eaten in my whole life (yeah.. if you compared to koln's croissant lol)
charming, elegant, family business, france free wifi, paris center, strategic, three stars hotel, well located, friendly, antique, Theme: HotelPrice: US$120-180 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averagePhone: 33 1 43 71 27 57Directions: Located at place de la Nation, one of Paris'major crossroads. 5 minutes away from Bastille, the Marais and the Saint-Paul districts. (Metro stop-Rue des Boulets or Nation) Public transport options (buses, metro lines 1,2,6 and 9, RER line A)Website: http://grand-hotel-francais-charme-marais-bastille.com/ Other Contact: http://www.grand-hotel-francais.
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