Guest User
February 17, 2024
I have stayed here for years; it's my come to place in Paris. A beautiful, historical, magical place in the middle of the City of Light. A welcoming staff, reasonable prices, unique back story and architecture right in the middle of (I mean THE MIDDLE) of Paris. Rather than drone on, here's the story of one of my favorite weekends in my life: train from Frankfurt to Gare de L'Est, walk off train with my backpack and stroll 40 minutes through the middle of Paris to the Jeu de Paume. Drop off backpack, walk for an hour to meet a friend for dinner. Spend next two days roaming around the Cité. Flaneuring up to Sacre Coeur, down rue Mouffetard, wherever. listening to conversations in more than a dozen languages. Monday morning go get breakfast (though the hotel's, except for the coffee, is quite fine), then grab my backpack and stroll back to catch my return train. Try having that experience in the USA. If you stay at the Jeu de Paume, Paris will open up all around you like a blooming rose. Just don't take my room!