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paigey121
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MIJE

  • August 24, 2007
  • Rated 5 of 5 by paigey121 from Los Altos, California
MIJE - Maubisson.

This hostel is part of a group of three under the MIJE name (Maubisson, Fourcy, and Fauconnier) all in the Marais district. We reserved online for four nights for 28 euros per person in a quad, and had to pay a 2.50 euro membership fee. They only take reservations 45 days in advance, so I planned to reserve on the first day possible. After reserving online, I sent MIJE an email with my preference of hostel choices 1, 2, and 3. They reserve the right to switch you to another of the three hostels if they so desire. But they are all relatively close.

The Maubisson is literally a 5 minute walk from Hotel de Ville and 7 minute walk to Notre Dame. It was so central that it was in the 1st arrondisement. There are a lot of cheap hotels in Paris, but none are for this price or on the Internet search engines (Orbitz, Expedia, Kayak, etc.). Again, this was in such a prime location. And I prefer to see Paris on foot, not subway.

The staff spoke perfect English and were friendly. I had to call the day of arrival since I was arriving after noon, 12pm. We had an included breakfast that was bread and coffee and jam. (See other reviews about breakfast)

The hostel was clean and just what we needed. The toilet was in the hall and the shower was in the quad room. I did not use a locker, but I believe there were some outside of the room. The Internet was 1 euro for 10 minutes and there were phones downstairs as well. The hostel does host school groups, so there could be younger children around.

I would stay there again but maybe pay a little extra for a private room. Even though our roommates were very kind solo backpackers.

E-mail: info@mije.com
www.mije.com/paris_individuels_uk.html

3 MIJE locations:
-FOURCY : 6 rue de Fourcy, 75004 Paris
(metro Saint-Paul, line 1 or Pont-Marie, line 7)

-FAUCONNIER : 11 rue du Fauconnier, 75004 Paris
(metro Saint-Paul, line 1 or Pont-Marie, line 7)

-MAUBUISSON : 12 rue des Barres, 75004 Paris
(metro Hôtel-de-Ville, lines 1 and 11)

From journal France: Paris and Normandy

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