Stay at Hilton in Paris
March 2007
I
stayed at Hilton near the Eiffel tower on a business trip to Paris from
March 27th to March 29th. I booked this using my
travel agent and the price was 500€ for two nights. You can read more
about the hotel on their homepage
http://www.hilton-paris.com/paris/ or check out the reviews on
TripAdvisor.com . We took a taxi from Charles De Gaulle airport to
the hotel as we arrived late at night but if you want to use the metro
the nearest station is Bir Hakeim which is located just 350 meters away.
Check-in was pretty fast and I got room 607 while my colleague
who has a Hilton HHonors card got upgraded to a better room on the 9th
floor.
The room
The
room was pretty good at least compared to other hotels that I have
stayed at in Paris. The room size was also comfortable (again compared
to the other hotels). At the entrance there was a wardrobe with about 10
hangers which was good as I had to hang up my shirts and suits. The
wardrobe also contained an ironing board and an iron. There was also an
in room safe and a small fridge that seemed stocked up with soft drinks
and different alcoholic drinks. I only had Perrier and I think that was
6€ per can. There was also a water boiler with coffee and tea. The TV
had an impressive collection of channels. There were lots of French
channels of course but also English, German, Spanish, Italian etc. There
were even channels in Japanese and Russian
J.
I
finally got to use the desk in a hotel room. I had to set up my laptop
to do some last minute work and it was pretty easy to get on the net
using a wireless network. But it didn’t come cheap of course…the rate
was 27€ for 24 hours. The bed was a bit too hard for my likings but it
is better that it is hard compared to totally worn out like you find at
some hotels. I got a room at the front of the hotel and there is just a
football field located there…hence you get a pretty open view of Paris
which was nice. There was also a small balcony where I got a wonderful
view of the Eiffel tower.
The
bathroom was tiled in brownish marble and included a bathtub (with
shower curtain), a sink, toilet and bide. There were of course some
small complimentary bottles of shampoo, conditioner, shower soap and
moisturizing cream. I’m not a huge fan of shower curtains as they seemed
to stick to the body when taking a shower. But what was far worse was
the fact that I had no hot water the first morning at the hotel. And
since I was going to a meeting I didn’t have any time to complain about
it so I had to take a cold shower
L.
This is not good for a 4 star hotel where the room cost 250€ per night.
My
room was located right next to the elevator by the way and the room was
not very soundproof. I could hear water running in pipes, the elevator
etc. I didn’t try out the restaurant as we could go to the Executive
lounge on the 10th floor to eat breakfast there. I think
breakfast was about 9€ in the main restaurant. The breakfast in the
executive lounge was ok and there was an option of different kind of
cereal, breads, yogurts, fruits, coffee, boiled eggs etc. The orange
juice that they had was very nice. We also stopped by the lounge a
couple of times in the afternoon to have a glass of red wine and the
view was the same as from my room…in other words pretty nice.
Conclusion
The
location of the hotel is very good. It is only a few minutes to walk to
the Eiffel tower (about 300 meters) and a few minutes to the Bir Hakeim
metro station (about 350 meter). We also walked over to Avenue George V
at that was only a bit over 1 km (less than a mile). The room was pretty
nice and the size was pretty big compared to other hotels that I have
stayed at in Paris. But I don't think that it was worth 250€ per night.
But I would not hesitate recommending this hotel to others but be sure
to checkaround to get the best price. What I will remember best from the
hotel is the nice view of the Eiffel tower from the balcony in my
room…and the cold shower that I had to take the first morning of my
stay.
If
you want more general Paris information check out my
Paris trip report
with pictures and links. My wife and I went there during Easter of 2006.
You can also see the location of the Hilton in Paris on
this interactive
Google map that I have made. The hotels I have stayed at is marked
with yellow pins. Note that the map also contains information about
location of attractions and restaurants in Paris and you can click on
the markers to get more information. Get in touch on
gardkarlsen@hotmail.com if
you have any questions or comments.