Pretty please?
Which would you choose for my husband and me?
* $775 for 5 nights. 1 bedroom in Marais near Place des Vosges (rue des Francs Bourgeois), no washer/dryer but in a super cool neighborhood with lots of activity. Less recent renovation than the other, less nice bath/kitchen, but quite a bit bigger at 55sqm.
$903 for 5 nights. Studio in Marais (near Ile St. Louis on rue Charlemagne). Has washer/dryer and nice view. Very recently renovated (%26quot;crisp%26quot;) with modern decor but is relatively small at 30 sqm.
Both of these come with %26quot;concierge%26quot; service and optional chauffeur meeting our plane for 55Euros.
Having a tough time deciding!
Thanks!
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30sq m is small (about the size of a decent hotel room), but you won%26#39;t spend too much time there. Both are good locations.
My deciding factor - other than space - would be the floor the apartment is on and whether it has an elevator. And do remember to add one floor to the french floor quoted.
Why is a washer/dryer importatnt if you are only going for 5 nights?
I%26#39;d take the space over the W/D for 5 nights - as long as it%26#39;s not a 5th floor walk-up!
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That is a hard choice!
If it were me I would take the one in Ile St. Louis ... I do love that area.
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Thanks for your input!
The first one is %26quot;an easy one flight up.%26quot;
The second one is not actually ON Ile St. Louis, rather down the street (and the view is of that street leading to it). This one%26#39;s on the 4th floor with an elevator.
We will have been in the Toulouse/Carcassonne area for a week before our Paris stay (at a wedding). We will probably want to do some laundry once (if a laundromat) or twice (if en suite).
What about the %26#39;right there%26#39; neighborhoods? (in terms of a bakery, cafe, bar that we can call %26#39;our own%26#39;)... is there a difference?
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Hi Discover,
Rue Charlemagne is not on Ile St Louis it%26#39;s sort of between Rue de Rivoli and Village St Paul - it%26#39;s a pretty non-descript street - very quiet - no cafes, shops etc - though they are very close by.
Francs Bourgeois is quite lively and if they want %26#39;Paris%26#39; outside their door, would be the better choice. Though either would be good really.
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European W/D%26#39;s are very differnet to US ones. They are ususlly an %26#39;all in one%26#39; unit - you put stuff in to wash and then the same machine goes through the %26#39;dry%26#39; cycle. It can take literally hours and hours to wash/dry just a few pairs of socks - you are much better off at a laundermat.
As said above, rue Charlemagne has no commerce to speak of, but Rue de Rivoli with all it%26#39;s cafes, bakeries, supermarkets is a block or two away. Francs Bourgeois has this stuff outside your door.
Charlemagne will be much quieter - there%26#39;s hardly any foot traffic on that street. Francs Bourgeois much livelier and therefore a bit noisier - you have to decide what is best for you.
Neither will be a bad choice.
%26quot;We will have been in the Toulouse/Carcassonne area for a week before our Paris stay (at a wedding). We will probably want to do some laundry once (if a laundromat) or twice (if en suite).%26quot;
What about the %26#39;right there%26#39; neighborhoods? (in terms of a bakery, cafe, bar that we can call %26#39;our own%26#39;)... is there a difference?
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Jslatch,
If you go here:
http://www.pagesjaunes.fr/pj.cgi?lang=en
and select Paris in the right hand box, where it says %26#39;photos of cities%26#39; you can actually type in the address (or just street) and view pics of the buildings on the street. (make sure you disable pop-up blockers)
It might help your decision to view the neighbourhood.
Have fun!
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We stayed in an apartment on rue des Francs Bourgeois and loved it. I%26#39;d go back in a heartbeat.
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Thank you! I was just in the process of doing that : )
I am really leaning toward the larger, but less recently renovated one near the Place des Vosges. The liveliness is very appealing, since the room is removed from the noise by a courtyard.
Thanks so much for your help. The owner - when I asked - said that he likes the other one better, as he just personally renovated it. It%26#39;s confusing me!
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I was about to say the same thing as Jane about European %26quot;in apartment%26quot; washer/dryers. In Rome, we did a load of jeans in a washer in our flat, then had to hang them out on the balcony to dry. It must have taken 6 hours (no joke) for the washer to wash. Then trying to get things to dry in February outside.....ha ha ha.
In Paris at a flat we had the combined Washer/dryer. Unbelievable. It literally washed/dried a teeny-tiny load for 8-10 hours. When it was all done we stared at them and wondered %26quot;Are they any cleaner??!%26quot; I would agree that running into a laundromat is a much quicker affair. (2 jeans are about the max you can put in a Parisian apt. sized w/d).
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Jslatch: %26quot;We will have been in the Toulouse/Carcassonne area for a week before our Paris stay (at a wedding). %26quot;
You are so lucky.... we have been to that area several times! I love Carrcassonne we went there for the Bastille Day Fireworks display! It was most beautiful! You will have a great time! So much to see ...far different from the Big City of Paris.
We found that doing and having our laundry done in smaller towns was much cheaper.... some of the big huge gorcery stores have laundromats that were pretty reasonable priced too.
I too have read that it takes a long time to dry in the combo washer dryer that are in apartments. My French cousins hang their still to dry! (Cost of energy usage is so high they say and they want to use their hot tub more!)
Glad the last poster had more info on the location.
I think it is still a hard choice! Place des Vosges is very nice too!
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