Amy Adejokun
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This is a friendly unpretentious 3-star hotel, boasting a 'French old-style' elegance. The decor in the classic rooms is just that: traditional, sober and pleasant, but far from the standards provided by the trendy decor popping up in many hotels at the moment.
5.5/10
The hotel stands in a street close to the Montparnasse neighbourhood, in the 14th arrondissement. The Montparnasse tower is a ten minute walk away, and constitutes one of the very few interesting tourist attractions in the arrondissement. However, the location is very convenient for those who are arriving from the West of France, since Montparnasse station is very close to the hotel. The avenue de l'Observatoire is not too far on foot, and from there you can continue towards the Jardin du Luxembourg, a nice expanse of greenery in the centre of Paris. At the far end of the arrondissement, Parc Montsouris also provides a nice setting for a stroll. The closest underground station is Gaîté, and there are 2 Vélib' stations not far from the hotel.
The hotel has two triple rooms, and the rest of the rooms are doubles. The double rooms are quite small, but there is enough room for couples to add a cot if they wish. The originality of this hotel resides in the fact that all the rooms are different. The decor is the same in all of them, but there are some details, such as the furniture and the colour schemes, that make each one unique. For example, some boast red wall-to-wall carpeting, others green, the curtains framing the windows sometimes feature red stripes, and other times simpler, beige tones, and the furniture is very light coloured in one room, but more traditional in the next... Suffice it to say that the hotel has a 'French old-style' personality; slightly old-fashioned, slightly chic, but quite sober, refined and elegant at the same time, with no fuss.
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