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                <title>Hotel de Blois</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[<br><br>Pretty good deal for Paris, and the location is also good. Just a couple of minutes from the center of the lively Montparnasse district, but the hotel is in a quiet little street. It’s a charming little boutique hotel run by a friendly bunch. Excellent value.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Budget hotel tip in Paris</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[In a good location, in the Latin Quarter near Rue Mouffetard, Grand Hotel Jeanne D'Arc is a great option. It is pretty simple, but rooms are well kept and clean, perfectly adequate if you don't want something fancy. We've spent most of our time out roaming the city, but it was always good to come back to our room and unwind.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Color Design Hotel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[<br>A modern designer hotel in the youthful and vibrant Bastille area of Paris, the Color Design Hotel reflects well the atmosphere of the neighbourhood and is true to its name with its contemporary, trendy and colourful design. The location is fantastic, the hotel is absolutely fabulous, the staff were OK - really nice but a bit disorganized. If you want to see the real face of Paris and are after a memorable experience, Color Design Hotel is a great option. ]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotel Meslay Republique</title>
                
                <link>http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33338</link>
                
                <description><![CDATA[This is not a fancy hotel, but it is more than adequate. I stayed there for 3 nights. My room was clean, the bed was comfortable. The staff were all pleasant and helpful. I was here on business and didn't choose the hotel (the company I was working for booked it) but I was satisfied with it. There are 2 nearby Metro stations (Republique and Temple, Republique connecting to more lines and making it very convenient to get to and from the area), many shops and restaurants in nearby walking distance. The breakfast was basic, but good. ]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotel Esmeralda</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[How to say this: you don’t find these hotels anymore and Hotel Esmeralda will undoubtedly sooner or later fall into the hands of savvy promoters who will turn this most authentic and simple 12 bedroom hotel, all with views over Notre Dame into a boutique hotel with stratospheric prices. However, for the time being, just enjoy it: rush to this gem of a hotel with its cats and wallpapers coming out of a bygone era. Share this secret address with everyone you love. As with all great passions, it won’t last, so savour every moment of your stay.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hôtel des Grandes Ecoles</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[You won’t have to pass an exam to get a room at Hôtel des Grandes Ecoles, just make sure to book in advance. This hotel, ensconced in an impasse with a garden, right in the heart of the Latin quarter, opposite where Hemingway lived in the Twenties, has affordable and lovely hotel rooms, some with Toile de Jouy wallpaper which will no doubt colour your dreams. Room from 118€. It is not cheap but worth the investment!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hidden Hotel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[It's a hotel based on natural, artisanal and handmade furnitures. The atmosphere in the hotel was really peaceful, with linen curtains and sheets, natural coconut fibers bed and wooden parquet flooring. The breakfast was amazing, full of organic products and very tasty.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Five Hotel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A very romantic hotel with starry lights in the room,very friendly and helpfull staff, I recommend it for lovers. This design boutique hotel is very famous in Paris.You can even choose the fragrance of the room and the color of the lights.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Château of Villiers-le-Mahieu</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The famous romantic castles in France are not as distant and prohibitive as they may seem: only 40 minutes by train from Paris and you reach the Château of Villiers-le-Mahieu in the middle of the beautiful French countryside. This place can make anyone feel romantic: walking in the castle gardens, over small bridges and along the ducks and beavers swimming in the moat, sitting under the moon lit statues in the courtyard. The castle has a superb spa with a heated swimming pool with a jacuzzi, a sauna and a Turkish bath, a solarium with plenty of free tea and dried fruit, and a gym. There are also massages available, but the prices are pretty high. And just to make it even more romantic, don’t forget to book the dinner table by the fire place. <br>One night for two people cost 179 Euros, including breakfast and entrance to the spa.]]></description>
                
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                <title>La Manufacture Hotel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[An absolute pleasure! If you are looking for affordable/mid-range accomodation in Paris, Le Manufacture certainly is that. After sitting on the internet for ages trying to find suitable accomodation in Paris, I found La Manufacture - it looked greated and I couldnt believe the price (80 euro for a double room). It was also just outside of the main tourist hub, so it was quieter and cheaper. Friendly and helpful staff, immaculate room, fantastically located. Don't bother staying anywhere else!]]></description>
                
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                <title>La Tour d'Auvergne Hotel</title>
                
                <link>http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/23194</link>
                
                <description><![CDATA[This hotel is very convenient and very friendly. I stayed there when I went to Paris for a concert and wanted to stay near the venue. The hotel is near La Cigale and the Elysée Montmartre concert venues and a few steps aways from main Paris attractive sites.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotel de Batignolles</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[My tip is not to book this hotel. On the website it looks quite charming and the area near Place de Clichy metro is great and lively with lots of brasseries. But the hotel had ropey-worn carpets, tatty old furniture, noisy water pipes when the room upstairs flushed the loo and the hallway stank of stale tobacco. The beds were comfy and clean though, and it was only €90 for a triple room, so maybe I shouldn't complain and ask myself “what did I expect?”]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotel de la Tour d'Auvergne</title>
                
                <link>http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20797</link>
                
                <description><![CDATA[This hotel is located in the northern region of Paris, near all the concert venues and the famous Montmartre.<br>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.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Gavarni Hotel - A green hotel in Paris</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Hotel Gavarni is an old-fashioned-style hotel in the chic 16th arrondissement in Paris.<br><br>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...]]></description>
                
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                <title>Four Seasons George V</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The Four Seasons George V not only holds a commanding position steps from the Champs-Elysées, but many of the rooms have their own private terraces, which means you can unwind with views out over the city.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Petit Moulin</title>
                
                <link>http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19849</link>
                
                <description><![CDATA[Forget the big stuffy international hotels and book yourself into the Christian Lacroix designed Petit Moulin in the Mariais. It is a charming little hotel in a 17th century building that used to be a boulangerie and still has the old signage. There is wireless internet in all the rooms, and you are right in the heart of a very trendy district full of design shops and art galleries – getting into town isn’t difficult and the extra minutes spent traveling are well worth it for staying in such an original place, with none of the hollow impersonality of larger hotels.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Stay just off the tourist spots for better deals</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Hotel prices in Paris aren't cheap. In fact, they are surprisingly expensive. My recommendation would be to check in to smaller boutique hotels which may be just away from the main tourist attractions/streets. Take the hotel Vernet as an example. Just a few steps away from the Champs Elysee but benefits from great interiors and a equally great location.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotel des Academies et des Arts</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Hotel des Academies et des Arts is a three-star hotel in the heart of Paris. Usually whenever you're looking for art in general, you would go to a museum or an exhibition - in this case you just need to go to a hotel!<br><br>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!]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Terrass Hotel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The Terrass Hotel in Montmatre is a fantastic hotel - service, food and staff are all superb in this beautiful region of this most romantic city. <br><br>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. <br><br>On a relaxed &amp; warm summers evening, there's nothing better!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotel Quartier Latin</title>
                
                <link>http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15806</link>
                
                <description><![CDATA[Check out a fabulous, chic boutique hotel on the leftbank, called Hotel Quartier Latin. <br><br>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.]]></description>
                
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