Hotel APPIA LA FAYETTE

RUE DES DEUX GARES, 13, 75010 PARIS, FRANCE

This is a 3 star hotel considered as a superior tourist property. The staff is friendly and helpfully and the hotel is very centric located.

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Stephen, 09/03/2007: This is a clean cheap and cheerful place within easy walking distance of Eurostar and a main Metro line.

LOCATION
5 mins walk from Gare du Nord - so excellent transport links (Mainly Eurostar & Metro, but also RER & SNCF if you need it!) Including walking and buying tickets I think a Metro journey (direct) to a station in the centre would be about 30 mins total. Minimal walking - my partner had no trouble and she was 26 weeks pregnant!
Not a lot in the immediate vicinity that you would to eat at or whatever, but there are some half decent cafes outside Gare du Nord and really not an issue for us.

BREAKFAST
Hotel was fine. Big plus was the breakfast - only continental but that included loads of stuff (cereal, yoghurt, bread, ham, cheese etc and even boiled eggs) not just a croissant and coffee!

ROOM
The room was clean but SMALL. it was the first thing that hit each of us as we arrived. However I think this had ittle or no impact on our stay as we were literally there for 8 hours for a sleep and a quick change in the eve.

OTHER STUFF
It didn't affect us but the walls may be very thin, but can't say for sure. The reception staff were okay (better during the day) though I think their facilities are fairly limited. Free and easy baggage storage which allowed us to enjoy the remander of our day on a boat cruise and simply pick up our bags and trundle back to Gare du Nord.

This was one of the cheaper deals I could find and was very happy with the location and fairly happy with the value