Am I really in Paris?
Written: Aug 08 '01
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Pros: Luxery, full service, English spoken.
Cons: Expensive, it's all Americans.
The Bottom Line: Luxerious and full service, plus centrally located, however, filled with Americans and in a stuffy and touristy part of town.
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| Angellcatt's Full Review: Inter-Continental Paris |
The Hotel Intercontinental is very luxerious. It offers every amenity. Every single one of the 400 rooms is filled with an American.
There is a ritzy entryway and an elegant lobby with waiting area. The reception and concierge desks are separate, so you rarely have to wait for attention. The staff speaks every language under the sun. In the lobby there are two restaurants: a beautiful interior courtyard patio with a center fountain for casual dining and drinks, and a formal diningroom inside. There are four spacious elevators, and there always seemed to be one right there when you pressed the button -- no wait.
The rooms are lovely. The beds are firm and comfortable. The maids come twice a day -- once to clean and again to turn down the beds. Over the course of our one week stay we received complimentary chocolates, fruit basket, and bottle of wine. The rooms have ample closet and drawer space (including enough hangers!). The television has regular cable in several languages, pay-per-view movies and adult viewing, and pay-per-access internet and video games. The bathrooms are marble, well equipt with towels of varying sizes, soaps, and robes. There are three shower options: overhead, handheld, and tub.
Some of the rooms look out over the street in this ritzy and touristy neighborhood, while others look out over the interior courtyard. One set are quietery, one have a more interesting view. Those that look over the street have a small terrace, but those that look over the courtyard are larger. Take your pick. (I had much opportunity to compare because my group had five rooms altogether.)
They offer every amenity, but be careful because the cost can really start to add up. The frigo bar charges you automatically even if you just pull something out to read the ingredients and end up putting it back. The internet is $18/hr and the pay-per-view films are $14 each. To have a dress pressed is $18, and the craziest thing of all -- laundry starts with a pair of underwear at $6 and goes up from there. We reserved our rooms while they had a special deal, so we paid $440 for half of our rooms and $220 for the other half. Each room had two people in it, and they offered our choice of one large bed or two smaller.
My only complaint, really, aside from the price, was that the place was so filled with Americans that it hardly felt like being in Paris at all. But then again, that's why you don't spend much time in your hotel while seeing a foreign city, I suppose.
Enjoy!
Recommended:
Yes
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