In France in 3 weeks

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H has been no help in planning our trip and puts everything off to the last minute. We're T-3 weeks and don't have a single place to stay booked and only a rough itinerary figured out and I'm having to plod along on it on my own so I'm looking to you all for help!

We're going to be in Paris about 3 days at the beginning of our trip and then 2.5 days at the end of our trip. We'd like to stay in two different arondissements. Besides wanting to be be close to a Metro stop (I have a bum hip right now and can't do TONS of walking) and within the first 20, I'm not sure what I should be looking at. The Latin quarter is traditional and where I've stayed on my previous visits, but we wouldn't mind hitting up somewhere different, I'm just not sure where to start.

I'll probably be popping back in to this thread as I have new questions so that I don't annoy you with a million threads.

[loira]

I stayed in a hostel close to Bastille, but that was 12 years ago. I've stayed in Montmartre with my mum, and liked it. H and I stayed somewhere close to the Place Vendôme, and it was convenient but not my favourite, though we were there for a wedding, so it didn't really matter. By far my favourite in Paris has been Le Marais. My sister and I stayed here and loved it: www.hotelhautmarais.com The price was good, everything was lovely, the room was surprisingly large, and they had great recommendations for nearby restaurants. I almost never remember mid-price hotels in Europe because I find them all the same (clean, comfortable, not amazing), but this one was really nice.

[dulcemariamar]

I stayed here last weekend and it was really lovely.

About 10 minutes walking from Notre Dame

www.hotelgeorgette.com/mobile/index.php?lang=uk

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Thanks ladies I just noticed I posted this in IL instead of Travel, oops!

[mrsukyankee]

@ksta, we typically stay near the Latin Quarter as well, but we did try out the Royal Magda Etoile which is near the Arch de Triomphe.   We enjoyed the location and it was a decent place to stay which wasn't super expensive.

[anna7602]

I don't have hotel recos as I usually stay with friends or at AirBnbs in Paris, but I'm definitely a Left Bank kind of gal, so my preference is to stay in the 5th, 6th or 7th. With your bum hip, however, I would encourage you to pick up a bus map when you arrive or download one on your phone. There are so many Parisian bus routes that go direct between point A and point B v. having to take the subway and switch lines. You absolutely don't want to have to switch subway lines with a bum hip given how many stairs you typically have to go up and down to get to another line. Trust me, I had to do it all this summer with a stroller and much prefer relying on buses.