Hotel
Location of Hotel was Perfect litrally 2 Minutes to Métro Maubert-Mutualité and Easy access to most of Paris attractions if you have a map and like walking, It was about 20 Minutes to Louvre 30 to Eifel Tower, But the Metro is cheap and easy to use a 24 Hour travel card is just under €7 so really affordable unlike the rest of Paris.
The rooms In the Hotel are very small but Modern and comfortable and are kept scrupulously clean., Furnishings are in good condition and look new with a bright and stylish bathroom that offers good qaulity complimentry toiletries and big fluffy towels, also a very small but free Safe in the wall,
The only slight negative was that as the rooms were so small they got very Hot even in Feburary and we had to open the large window which then made the room noisy.
I wouldn't recconmend taking large Luggage as the lift was tiny but we just used the stairs.
The Hotel also offeres free WIFI but we didn't use that service so can't comment.
The Reception staff were all really friendly and helpful at all times.
Paris on the otherhand
Paris wasn't what I expected it to be, It is very dirty, the streets are litered in rubbish and Dog mess everywhere so be careful where you walk, and the Beggers really get on your nerves, they are very pushy at demanding money, they even hound you on the metro, also some of the metro stations are lived in by several homeless people which the authorities do nothing about and especilly of a night this can be very intimidating waiting for the Metro.
Around some of the attractions people hand you a piece of green "Lucky Cotton" that if you take they then demand €5 Euros from you, and if you try and give it back they get very abusive, we didn't get caught out like this but several people did
Last point is Paris is not Cheap, I was expecting similar to London but not even close the average price of a Continental Breakfast comprising of Glass of OJ, Coffee and Croissante is 9€, average price of a small glass of Wine or small Beer is 5€, a Bottle of wine in a street Cafe was at least 30€ the same wine in Crrafour was less than 2€ so a hugh mark up. so be warned you will need plenty of money just for a couple of days.
All in all Loved the little hotel, and seeinmg all the sites but don't think I'll return to Paris.
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- Agora Saint Germain Hotel
