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A Warm Welcome at the Hotel MinerveParis Hotels are Noted for their Hospitality: Not Least this one
Éric and Sylvie run Éric's second hotel (he also owns the Familia next door) with their characteristic energy and eagerness to please: that friendly touch is here too.
About the HotelThe street outside this hotel buzzes with stimulating university life. Inside the hotel, the newly red-carpeted, creamy-walled corridors lead to rooms that often use the classic cunning bed alcove for storage space to make up for limited size. The higher you are in the hotel the longer the view to Notre Dame and the Seine (on the street side of course) – the hotel’s top-floor rooms have some wild and wonderful timbers over their quirky shapes and some rich red, gold and ivory colour schemes. The walls in the hotel have been redecorated with those excellent sepia murals of French monuments, all different. The hotel’s décor varies from brightly contemporary to soothingly ancient, there are damask and satin, timber and tile, some nice old pieces of furniture and gilt-framed mirrors, all new beds, some recent built-in cupboards, decent bathrooms that, again, vary in size. The hotel lobby and sitting areas are generously big, light and airy with pleasant repro furniture, tapestries and bookcases. This is a deserving neighbour to the Familia with its long-standing reputation for value and warm-heartedness. A quality equalled by the Hotel Minerve. Did You Know?Ancient seats of learning: In 1305, the cleric Cardinal Lemoine founded a Collége… In 1332, a priest from Arras opened a school for poor children in... Rue d'Arras. Hotel InformationThe hotel has 54 rooms. Prices range from €60 – 120 ($93 – 187/£46 – 92) for singles, doubles, triple and quadruples. A continental breakfast in the hotel costs €6 ($9/£5), however meals are not available. Parking is available nearby at Lagrange. The hotel has an elevator, and modem connections are available. Hotel Minerve 13 rue des Ecoles, 75005 Paris Tel: (0)1 43 26 26 04 Fax: (0)1 44 07 01 96 Getting to the HotelThe hotel is located in the Latin Quarter of Paris. From Gard du Nord walk to Gard de l’Est and take Metro route number 7 to Jussieu. On the RER take route B and get off at Cluny La Sorbonne. The hotel is served by bus route numbers 47, 63, 67, 86 and 87. Attractions Near the HotelLocated deep in the traditionally intellectual district of Paris, the Hotel Minerve is ideal base from which to explore the Quartier Latin atmosphere with its lime trees, fountains, cafes and book-toting students. You can also visit the Musée National du Moyen Age and marvel at the exquisitely executed late fifteenth-century tapestry series known as the Lady with the Unicorn.
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