Hotel des Grands Boulevards

Hotel des Grands Boulevards

Hotel des Grands Boulevards sits inside four floors and fifty rooms, a few minutes' walk from Opera Garnier and the doors of Galeries Lafayette Haussmann, on the boulevard that gives the hotel its name. This suits someone who wants a compact, walkable base close to the city center rather than a sprawling property with endless corridors, and who plans to spend the day on foot rather than in a shuttle. It will not suit someone who needs an on-site pool or a conference centre; the meeting space here is a single Conference Hall, and parking is nearby rather than on the property. Room sizes vary more than the room names suggest: the Small rooms run around 140 square feet, the Superior rooms move up to about 183, and the Superior Deluxe King and Double rooms reach 248, with a few offering their own balcony. Families can ask for connecting rooms, and babysitting can be arranged, though buffet breakfast is billed separately at 22 euros per person unless the rate states otherwise. What sets this hotel apart from most 50-room addresses in the neighbourhood is its Sun Deck, a rooftop-style space that gives guests somewhere to sit outside above the street rather than only in the bar or the restaurant downstairs. Staff switch between English, French and Spanish, there's a doctor on call, and the front desk handles express check-in from 2pm and check-out by noon. Pets are not permitted. For a traveller who wants to be within walking distance of Opera Garnier and Galeries Lafayette Haussmann rather than staying further out, the location does most of the deciding on its own. Fifty rooms near Opera Garnier and Galeries Lafayette Haussmann, with a rooftop Sun Deck rare for the size. Rooms run from about 140 to 248 square feet, and breakfast is 22 euros extra unless included.