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France away 18 November 2009 - accommodation
Post any info on accommodation in Paris here. I'll keep a summary of links and what have you in this post.
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Flights
Charter travel (incl tour operator bookings, charter buses, taxis, etc)
The game (match tickets, kick off time, directions to the ground, etc)
Places (towns, internal travel, reccies, etc)
Pubs (including meet ups)
General (things to do, other chat)
Hotels
Hotel de L'ocean
Holiday Inn
Vintage Hostel
Hotel Saint Quentin
Hotel Jarry
Hotel Little Regina
Hotel Modernest
Hotel Kuntz
Accor Hotels
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Hostels in France; any recommendations? Hotels are pricey, think as our gang is on a budget I need to look at the cheapest options in the best location possible ie. near metro etc.
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Originally Posted by
ptegan
It's probably been 4 years since I last posted here but I'm still living in Paris and am also mod of Travel forum over @ boards.ie so if anyone has any questions about hotels or pubs then I'll do my best to answer.
Hi ptegan, one of the lads has provisionally booked us in the Eden Opera on the Pigalle (http://www.booking.com/hotel/fr/eden...out=2009-11-19). Any idea what it's like? Cheap and cheerful is fine, just want to make sure it's clean and safe. Thanks!
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I remember ptegan from the 2004 trip ....very helpful
A group of 20+ booked into the Hotel de L'Ocean (Opera District) which appears ok
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There's a large group of us booked into this Hotel.....48 euro pppn....looks a good hotel in a good location
http://www.paris-hotel-ocean.com/
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Got this Holiday Inn for €90 per room near the Moulin Rouge https://secure.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d...DPSLogout=true
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Originally Posted by
Sligo Hornet
thanks for the warning SH:)
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Originally Posted by
ptegan
It's probably been 4 years since I last posted here but I'm still living in Paris and am also mod of Travel forum over @ boards.ie so if anyone has any questions about hotels or pubs then I'll do my best to answer.
Hi ptegan. We're staying at the Roma Sacré-Coeur which I've been told is in a decent part of the city. Are there many good pubs around there which won't rip you off with prices? From what I recall, Paris is one of those cities where you have to be careful in some bars as you can be charged the likes of €15 for a beer.
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Stuttgart88
Guys, ptegan was invaluable to foot.ie posters last time we played there. Great guy.
Cheers! It was pretty amazing to be honest. I bought www.travellinggreens.com, created a very basic site with a few pages and the next thing I knew I was on the phone to the FAI and was mentioned in the Evening Hearld !
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Originally Posted by
eaststand85
Clean, safe, basic and budget. Not a place to take your wife for a romantic weekend but fine for a couple of days in Paris for the match. You'll have no need to move out of the Pigalle area for food/drink and 9 stops on the metro to the stadium (about 15 minutes).
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Originally Posted by
Sligo Hornet
I remember ptegan from the 2004 trip ....very helpful
A group of 20+ booked into the Hotel de L'Ocean (Opera District) which appears ok
Another "ok" hotel. Nothing much to worry about once you book a 3-star hotel and it's in a reasonable area. You're a 10 minute walk to the Gare d'Nord where it's only 1 stop to the Stade on the RER B (suburban train).
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Paulie
Hi ptegan. We're staying at the Roma Sacré-Coeur which I've been told is in a decent part of the city. Are there many good pubs around there which won't rip you off with prices? From what I recall, Paris is one of those cities where you have to be careful in some bars as you can be charged the likes of €15 for a beer.
Nice hotel in a very nice area. In Paris the pubs set their own prices so it can be €7 in one place and €3 next door. Basically you're paying the €4 difference will be due to the ambiance, music, beautiful people who drink there... If you're with a bunch of people then you can make even the cheapest place seem great !
If you want to drink in an Irish pub then be prepared to pay €7 for a pint of Guinness. If you're willing to drink anything than it'll be €4 in a French-type cafe/bar.
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Originally Posted by
Newryrep
thanks for the warning SH:)
You are most welcome to join us Newry.......after all, it must be your round!;)
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Originally Posted by
Sligo Hornet
You are most welcome to join us Newry.......after all, it must be your round!;)
Get into CDG 12.10 on the Tues and we will certainly be joining you all at some stage as its your round.
Booked into the Latin Quarter same place as me and Mrs Newryrep stayed last year. Nice and handy.
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http://www.vintage-hostel.com/
Good clean spot 2 minutes from Gare Du Nord - about 35 a head per night
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blobbyblob
Just checked that 25 per night not bad as long as u were with other fans.
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blobbyblob
3 more booked into the same spot
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This place, Hotel St. Quentin is beside Gare Du Nord (Eurostar). We got rooms with a double bed and a single bed for €80 p.n.
http://www.booking.com/hotel/fr/hote...038b556384054a
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Originally Posted by
Mullin
3 more booked into the same spot
Im going solo here hopefully it will be mostly irish fans.
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TIP : Use the Google Streetview feature to see what you hotel looks like before you turn up in Paris.
1. http://maps.google.com/
2. Type in your hotel address (27, Rue de Saint-Quentin, 75010 for the Hotel St. Quentin)
3. Drag and Drop the streetview icon onto the map to see what the area looks like.
http://www.mercurytide.co.uk/media/r..._view_icon.png
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Originally Posted by
eaststand85
Great site, very useful thanks very much. Considered staying in Pigalle area but as you point out (and as I remember it) it's a bit seedy so considering the Bastille area. You're prob sick of being asked questions at this stage but if you could answer a couple more I'd be very grateful!
- Is it easy to get from Bastille area to CDG Airport as we have an early flight on Thur morning?
- Can you recommend one or two budget hotels in the Bastille area? Cheap and cheerful once clean and safe is what we're after.
Bastille hotels here.
http://www.booking.com/searchresults...=price_for_two
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Originally Posted by
Mullin
3 more booked into the same spot
We have 6 shacking up here so keep the noise down right, I need me beauty sleep. :D
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blobbyblob
We have 6 shacking up here so keep the noise down right, I need me beauty sleep. :D
Im going on my own so i hope the 6 of ye will provide me with security.
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Lads and lassies, im not staying here this time but ive stayed here before and stayed there for hte last paris trip, but anyone in the know hotel etap and Formule 1 for these sorta stays are ideal and seriouslly cheap. Ive booked with other lads this time so didnt stay there.
You can get a room to fit 3 for about 40 euro with a private bathroom. THe one closest st denis is around porte de st ouen, which is a few stops up the metro from place de glichy (boulevard do glichy ) and its well worth it on a budget. Its also only about 10 euro in a taxi from the same place.
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blobbyblob
Hi Blobby, whats up with the site.. Says something about 7 nights min stay, and four to a room.. Myself and my friend want to book it but cant with only 2?
Also is it near the stadium? CDG Airport? Main tourist attractions?
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Originally Posted by
M@ttitude
Hi Blobby, whats up with the site.. Says something about 7 nights min stay, and four to a room.. Myself and my friend want to book it but cant with only 2?
Also is it near the stadium? CDG Airport? Main tourist attractions?
What dates? No problem for the 17th and 18th in a 4-bed mixed dorm.
The hostel is next door to the Gare de Nord (10 minute train from Stadium).
IT's not near any tourist attractions but nothing is near anything in Paris and taking the metro to go to the pub is what the rest of us do :) There'll be plenty of bars around there but it isn't a tourist centre like Chatelet or Bastille.
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Originally Posted by
ptegan
What dates? No problem for the 17th and 18th in a 4-bed mixed dorm.
The hostel is next door to the Gare de Nord (10 minute train from Stadium).
IT's not near any tourist attractions but nothing is near anything in Paris and taking the metro to go to the pub is what the rest of us do :) There'll be plenty of bars around there but it isn't a tourist centre like Chatelet or Bastille.
Cheers Ptegan, where would you recommend? Budget €30 per night, And going with a friend who wants to see the landmarks (dont worry the pubs will be seen to).. It said in the newspaper that the moulin rouge area is the best for Irish fans..?
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There is really no "best place for Irish fans" as such. It's true that The Moulin Rouge area (aka Pigalle) has about 4 Irish pubs, 2 English bars and a lot of other smaller French places. It's also the red light district and is just plain sleezy. Best avoided is going with kids or even the wife. Pigalle is the place where people report nightmare stories of finding themselves in an underground club forced to buy €250 bottles of Champagne for strippers :D
But like any city if you keep your wits about you you'll be fine :)
The Vintage may be worth it as there seems to be a LOT of folks from this site staying there. Any place in Paris can be made to be cool to stay/drink in once you have a crowd of people. And at €60 a night (double-room) then the Vintage is perfect for you.
Basically it doesn't really matter where you're hotel is. Paris is a very walkable city and all you need is to pick up a 10-pack of tickets [a carnet] for about €11:50 and you can go anywhere you want.
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I booked Eden Opera hotel, still some rooms left 78 euro a room per night ...
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Originally Posted by
Sligo Hornet
Have a spare bed in a twin room in this hotel lads if anyone's looking, booked for Tues 17th and Wednesday 18th. It's €62 pppn, pm me if interested. Also have a 1 cent flight to Paris from Shannon available for name change (Dep 17th Back 19th) if anyone's interested.
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Ptegan just wondering what sort of area the Hotel Alma
32, rue de l'exposition Paris, 75007
is in. is it far from the airport, city centre and the main pubs etc where irish fans will meet up.
Thanks for your help
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> is it far from the airport, city centre and the main pubs etc where irish fans will meet up.
Everywhere in Paris is far from the airport :)
15 metro from centre where most of the fans will be. Very nice area but not great if you're looking for Irish pubs on your doorstep.
To be honest it's a big city and most people won't have Irish pubs on their doorstep. It's normal to have to take the metro to get to the heart of town (unless you have the € to stay in the centre :)
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we found taxis fierce cheap in fairness to to go anywhere, its small paris nothing like london lads in fairness.
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Originally Posted by
blobbyblob
Booked here myself. Stayed there before during the summer. Decent place. It is clean and cheap. It is only about 5 minutes walk away from the Gare du Nord. As my actions demonstrate, it is a place that I would go back to.
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Originally Posted by
theleprechaun
Booked here myself. Stayed there before during the summer. Decent place. It is clean and cheap. It is only about 5 minutes walk away from the Gare du Nord. As my actions demonstrate, it is a place that I would go back to.
Keep the noise down:)
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Google Earth is great for locations lads.. Im staying in the Vintage Hostels too, and I reckon its the place to be, beside everything.. heres a screen shot of its location..Attachment 1439
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Originally Posted by
M@ttitude
Google Earth is great for locations lads.. Im staying in the Vintage Hostels too, and I reckon its the place to be, beside everything.. heres a screen shot of its location..
Attachment 1439
yep - no more than a few centimetres from everything:D
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According to that map we've only gone a couple of inches already :D
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Booked this hotel Via www.accorhotels.com only 2 kil from Stade de Franc.
Room can take up to three people for €56.00
Etap Hotel Paris Porte d'Aubervilliers, cheap and cheerful!!
There are cheaper ones also but not sure how close they are.
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ya accor own etap and formule 1 and novotel(the slightly more upmarket etap).
THe etap and formule1 even mroe so are always really cheap for a reason, they are generally in industrail places or way out of the city off main roads. still though i do find htem great if a group as can all plough in and hten a taxi ends up being cheap enough.
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paul_oshea
ya accor own etap and formule 1 and novotel(the slightly more upmarket etap).
THe etap and formule1 even mroe so are always really cheap for a reason, they are generally in industrail places or way out of the city off main roads. still though i do find htem great if a group as can all plough in and hten a taxi ends up being cheap enough.
Once there's a bar near by Paul, that'll do for me:D
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Originally Posted by
ccfcgirl
I booked Eden Opera hotel, still some rooms left 78 euro a room per night ...
6 of us in there too, getting in to CDG on Tuesday at 17.45 so hopefully be there around 7pm. Was going to say see you at the bar but there doesn't appear to be one, am off to have a word with the lad who booked it! :mad:
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