Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile REVIEW - MASTER THREAD
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That probably depends on the ages, you're likely going to be taking the metro to/from, be prepared for longer walks to/hrough the metro, the RER-C station is more convenient, when we went the construction affected some of the metro entrances and required a little more walking. We just went with our 8 year olds and absolutely no issues with them. The suites aren't huge but worked out fine. There's a little playground, and some other stuff to mess around with on the greenbelt along Blvd Pereire a couple blocks up
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FYI, it may seem further than it is - it's two metro stops away from the Arc de Triomphe - and a then a beautiful walk down the Champs-lyses to the Tuileries and the Louvre. Further, that Metro line will take you to many sites you may want to visit (or close to them) including, Arc de Triomphe, Tuileries and the Louvre (if you choose not to walk), Les Halles, Notre Dame and the Bastille. If you plan on taking the Metro around the city, I don't think you'll find it cumbersome at all, as pretty much everything else will be one change of train maximum.
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FYI, it may seem further than it is - it's two metro stops away from the Arc de Triomphe - and a then a beautiful walk down the Champs-lyses to the Tuileries and the Louvre. Further, that Metro line will take you to many sites you may want to visit (or close to them) including, Arc de Triomphe, Tuileries and the Louvre (if you choose not to walk), Les Halles, Notre Dame and the Bastille. If you plan on taking the Metro around the city, I don't think you'll find it cumbersome at all, as pretty much everything else will be one change of train maximum.
There is a lot of construction around the hotel. I was just there and if the OP has a lot of luggage, I recommend he take a taxi. The Parisian subway system is horribly outdated and needs to be modernized. It's a pain in the ... to carry luggage around.
As for the hotel, the entry-level rooms are very small. I think for the OP, a suite is a bare minimum for comfort.
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I'm pretty bad with foreign names, but I think Les Halles is connected to the Westfield Shopping Center.
There is a lot of construction around the hotel. I was just there and if the OP has a lot of luggage, I recommend he take a taxi. The Parisian subway system is horribly outdated and needs to be modernized. It's a pain in the ... to carry luggage around.
As for the hotel, the entry-level rooms are very small. I think for the OP, a suite is a bare minimum for comfort.
There is a lot of construction around the hotel. I was just there and if the OP has a lot of luggage, I recommend he take a taxi. The Parisian subway system is horribly outdated and needs to be modernized. It's a pain in the ... to carry luggage around.
As for the hotel, the entry-level rooms are very small. I think for the OP, a suite is a bare minimum for comfort.
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It is more of a pain getting to/from an airport (particularly Orly) than if you were staying centrally. But IMO either you're going to hire a car either way, or you're going to have to deal with a mass transit system. And if you're complaining about mass transit to HR Etoile, then you'll have a hard time with mass transit to any other hotel as well.
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I concur. The fact that you're literally on top of a subway station makes it very convenient to get around the city as a tourist doing touristy stuff. You are going to want to use the metro (you can walk into the city from there, and we did a couple times), but I absolutely agree that while you're there it's incredibly convenient to get nearly anywhere in the city.
It is more of a pain getting to/from an airport (particularly Orly) than if you were staying centrally. But IMO either you're going to hire a car either way, or you're going to have to deal with a mass transit system. And if you're complaining about mass transit to HR Etoile, then you'll have a hard time with mass transit to any other hotel as well.
It is more of a pain getting to/from an airport (particularly Orly) than if you were staying centrally. But IMO either you're going to hire a car either way, or you're going to have to deal with a mass transit system. And if you're complaining about mass transit to HR Etoile, then you'll have a hard time with mass transit to any other hotel as well.
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On my last trip I used RERB then the metro to the hotel. No problem with luggage on the RER, it was a bit awkward on the metro. From the hotel I used a taxi to Opera then the Roissybus. No problem with luggage on the bus. However if there are 4 of you it’s probably best to take a taxi to and from the hotel and the airport.
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Thanks for all the responses. Children are young, 1 and 4 years old, main concern would be lugging strollers around the metro if that would be a big inconvenience, if being more "central" affords us the ability to just walk around without metro. From the airport I'm not thinking about, I will likely just hire transportation to take us, we aren't going to deal with metro/luggage/kids. We would get a suite at this hotel, which is the main pro in my mind, otherwise if we were to stay somewhere more central would probably be in a base room somewhere.
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Thanks for all the responses. Children are young, 1 and 4 years old, main concern would be lugging strollers around the metro if that would be a big inconvenience, if being more "central" affords us the ability to just walk around without metro. From the airport I'm not thinking about, I will likely just hire transportation to take us, we aren't going to deal with metro/luggage/kids. We would get a suite at this hotel, which is the main pro in my mind, otherwise if we were to stay somewhere more central would probably be in a base room somewhere.
The cost of the room was like 220 euros, a fraction of the rest of the Hyatt properties in Paris. We put that savings (which for our dates was in the hundreds! next closest hotel was almost triple in price for a room that could accommodate all of us) into taxis when we got tired. You aren't going to get that "Oh my god" moment (which one of my kids actually did say!) opening the door and seeing the view out of any other Hyatt Paris hotel.
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Are you sure? Because every Paris movie and TV show I've ever seen has the Eiffel Tower view right outside the window!