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  • 2 RUE BOULARD
     Paris, France 75014
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Nice Location

  • November 27, 2006
  • Rated 3 of 5 by a traveler from Travelocity.com
This is not a 4 star hotel, but it is nice. The rooms are small and lacking electrical outlets. But they are clean. The location was convenient near a metro stop, but quite a way out of the center.
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Villa Montparnasse

  • March 27, 2006
  • Rated 5 of 5 by eviet from Brooklyn, New York
Villa Montparnasse

I can’t say I was distraught when my mother upgraded our hotel, offering to cover the extra expense. The accommodation in the $580 package not exuding the most comfortable aura, the four-star Villa Montparnasse, with rave Web reviews, seemed like a Godsend for only $200 more per person. I whistled a sweet tune on arrival upon noticing that the lowest going rate was 260 Euro per night, per room. Not only that, but a sumptuous breakfast buffet was included in our package, a usual extra 20 Euro per person a day. When I looked around at my fellow hotelmates in the quaint breakfast room, I could only think, “Suckers!”

But if I had the money, I would certainly choose the Villa Montparnasse over a four-star abode closer to the city center. A major Métro stop, Denfert-Rochereau, 2 blocks away made transportation simple, and the RER, the train from Charles de Gaulle International Airport, was a mere 1 block farther. Speaking of the Parisian trains, let me wistfully daydream for a moment: If only the New York subway ran like the Métro, without delays, “momentary” sudden stops, or whole line cancellations. Bliss…

Upon entering Montparnasse, we were greeted by a soft-speaking woman, who then pleasantly switched to English upon learning from our fumbling, like at Chez Papa, that we were definitely lost. Check-in was simple and fast, even though we had arrived almost 2 hours earlier than the appointed 1pm arrival time. Thankfully, there was a fairly spacious elevator to carry my ginormous half-empty suitcase, in preparation for future purchases, to the fourth floor.

As European hotels have a reputation for tiny rooms, I was expecting practically miniscule surroundings. Yet, the two single beds pushed together, corner desk, dresser/minibar, and closet fit comfortably, and I nearly dropped my bags in excitement when I saw the narrow floor-to-ceiling window with a baby “balcony.” I immediately threw open the elongated glass panes and stretched my body halfway out, peering to the right at the Montparnasse Cemetery and to the left down a quiet side street. Since only one foot could fit onto the balcony and I felt like a voyeur watching the older Frenchwoman across the way, I pulled myself back in.

My sister and I had to pull in the maid across the hall to explain, with hand gestures, how to turn on the bathroom lights. (You have to turn on the main switch and then flip the switch for either the bathroom or toilet.) Notice I said “bathroom” and “toilet” as if they were two separate entities, because they were. This was particularly useful when rooming with my sister, known for her hour-long bathroom takeovers.

As I spent the next morning leisurely enjoying eggs, bread with prosciutto, and fresh fruit in an upscale residential arrondissement, I had no qualms that I (and by I, I mean my parents) shelled out $200 more for a peaceful stay among a courteous, attentive staff.

From journal The Grand Dame of France

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