http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20899 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20899 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20797 Despite the fact it's in a very lively area, the street the hotel is in is very quiet and you will be able to fall asleep after attending a concert.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20797 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20069
The owner is green and he wants his hotel to be the same. That's why organic food is served for breakfast, the water from the showers is recycled, the staff is trained to save detergent and water and so on...]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20069 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20028
The calligraphy signs are the proof of what the mankind has become, our ability to share and to connect to each others. From the ground floor to the top floor of the hotel, you go through the different eras of calligraphy and mankind until reaching the paradise (Add three letters to Paris, it makes Paradise).

They call themselves the first Poem Hotel. The basis of their thinking was the track man leaves by his intellectual work since the birth of the conscience of humanity.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20028 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19851 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19851 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19849 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19849 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19844 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19844 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19216
The French street-art artist Jerome Mesnager made this place his and had carte blanche to paint his 'white bodies' all over the hotel. Same thing with Sophie de Watrigant and two video artists. It is worth a look!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19216 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15817
Take the lift up to the 7th floor and onto the roof terrace in the evening and watch the Tour Eiffel light up in the evening surrounded by stunning panoramic views of the Parisian skyline.

On a relaxed & warm summers evening, there's nothing better!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15817 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15806
Slap bang on Rue des Ecoles, and within walking distance of Notre Dame and the wonderful restaurants of the Latin Quarter, it has old-school elegance behind a townhouse facade.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15806 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15804
Turn left for Rive Gauche chic, right for Rive Droite grandeur. It contains the Hôtel Henri IV, squeezed, tall and thin, into a row of cafés and galleries.

Irregular, sometimes retro, but always clean rooms (some sharing showers, others en suite) stretch up a creaky spiral staircase from the friendly breakfast room.

Four can sleep in characterful simplicity for less than €60.

Perfectly placed for a dawn stroll to Notre Dame then breakfast on the Île St Louis.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15804 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15801
Stéphane and Jean’s elegant home is stuffed with antiques and paintings, and the generous breakfast is a delight, but it is the warmth of their welcome that impresses the most.

By the time you leave, you will be firm friends, and your experience of Paris will be all the richer for it.

Le Lys is on Rue Quincampoix, w, and the telephone number is +33 (0)6 7741 2913/(0)1 4704 2880]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15801 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15795 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15795 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15745 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15745 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15742
It's also only five minutes walk from Notre Dame. Good buffet breakfast (12 Euros) and friendly staff.

Rates 150 to 165 Euros for a standard twin/double room, reasonable for ther centre of Paris.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15742 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15732
Don't miss the cosy creperies, which offer a warm retreat in the crisp hilly area of Montmarte. And as an added bonus you will not struggle to find a hotel room.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15732 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15613 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15613 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15545
This means you have to go out and have breakfast, and as my husband and I found recently, this added to the experience of the trip. We stayed at a really nice hotel just off the Champs Elycees and went out to get breakfast on the Champs Elycees and sit outside and watch the world go by.

It was relaxed and the coffee was great. For those on a really tight budget, MacDonalds serves a vareity of breakfasts and again, the hot drinks are better than you get in the UK.

We found this way we got to experience a bit of the smart hotel scene but it got us out and there was a lot of choice available over breakfasts!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15545 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15387 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15387 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15382 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15382