Hotel Gallieni

Let me start with saying that we are not lazy people and walking is not a problem for us. But.. To get to hotel from airport takes 1.5-2 hours, need to take train, metro and the bus. Between the metro and bus, we paid us 10 euro each person, One way. The biggest issue is the bus. We arrived to Paris in PM hours, buses to hotel from metro come maybe once an hour. We got to hotel, checked in and wanted to go to city, it was 9:20 PM. We went to bus stop, stood there in cold and wind for one hour, there were no buses. We realized how risky it would be even later at night to get back to hotel if at 9 PM buses don't get there, so we went back to hotel and spent a night. I did see the bus finally get to the bus stop at 10:40 PM. Same problem was in the morning. We stood at the stop from 6:05 AM until 7 until bus finally came. So.. if you are going to Paris to stand at a bus stop, which I am sure you not.. I know in review before mine, people are saying that you can walk to metro. And when I read that review, I said - great, we can do that -10 minute walk, not a problem. We asked the hotel staff twice to let us know how to walk to metro, and they told us that we should go to bus stop instead because the road to metro is not easy to find, especially since it was already dark when we got there. The hotel is in a bad, unsafe area. Buildings around it look destroyed. Room itself wasn't terrible, bathroom was not clean. I know it's cheap, but you are going to waste your time and money going back and forth. Because it is in totally other direction, away from all the things you want to see in Paris. We ended up not being able to see anything because we only had one night and stupidly stayed in this hotel. I really hope I talked you out of staying there. or and to add.. there are no restaurants around hotel, the closest one is 1 km away. There is a restaurant in hotel, but it is closed during weekends. so, we went hungry too.. Find another hotel that may cost you a bit more, but if you add up the Euros you'll spend getting from this hotel somewhere and back and the cold you'd get from standing on the rain and the wind on the bus stop (which I am still fighting), trust me, it is worth paying a bit more and staying closer to center.

This hotel is about a 10 min ride on the RER to the Eiffel Tower, a 10 min walk to the train station, is easy to find if you can read a map! It's not a tourist area but we had the best meal locally than we did anywhere in central paris, its a cafe on the corner of a junction you go through on your way to the train station. We found the rooms to be basic but clean. Although we did have everything we wanted in a room, it was cleaned everyday, fresh towels and beds changed, hairdryer included in the rooms (which I always love), tea and coffee facilities and a tv with Canal Plus. The staff were very helpful and friendly. Much cheaper than any other hotel I looked at.

this hotel was extremely difficult to find even with sat nav when we finally got there it was in a very run down area with no restaurants or bars .we had to get the bus to the metro the hotel itself wasnt very clean the rooms were dark and we even had cobwebs on the ceiling.an experience never to be repeated and the pictures on the hotel website are not accurate there is a very noisy recycling plant behind the hotel