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Hotel Jardin de L'Odeon
3 star Paris hotel
A charming hotel, a special quarter in the very centre of Paris.
The Odeon, the Luxembourg gardens, the Left Bank of the Seine…It's the very living and famous Latin Quarter.
As soon as you enter the hotel lobby, be environed by an array of ochre and sand-coloured tints and refined Modern Art decoration.
Walk into the peaceful patio surrounded by climbing jasmine which becomes a delicious trysting place for summer breakfasts.
The Hotel
A charming hotel in a special quarter…The Odeon, the Luxembourg gardens, the banks of the Seine…It's the very living and famous Latin Quarter.
As soon as you enter the hall, be environed by an array of ochre and sand-coloured tints and refined Modern Art decoration.
Walk into the peaceful patio surrounded by climbing jasmine which becomes a delicious trysting place for summer breakfasts.
The Rooms
We intentionally saved the spirit of Modern style for the furniture and our 41 rooms : Makintosh chairs, Art deco drapes and bed covers assorted.
The modern equipment will fit your needs : fax and computer plugs in each room, satellite TV…
Prepare well for a stroll
Once you have settled down in your comfortable hotel room and are getting ready to take your first stroll, take some time to dress appropriately.
First, put on a really good pair of walking shoes to feel comfortable in the Parisian streets. Walking in Paris means stopping often to look at amazing details and buildings. This constant stop-and-go will wear you down if you aren't comfy in your shoes.
Visiting the Eiffel Tower means waiting often over 30 minutes to gain access to the ticket booth, then waiting some more for the elevator on the way up, and waiting some more for the elevator on the way down. So to your feet, a pair of good shoes will make a big difference!
Parisian weather is fickle in springtime and during fall: what starts out as a great clear day can turn rainy and chilly in the afternoon. Pack a sweater and a rain breaker if you are visiting during these seasons. Summer is usually fine (70-85°F), August is generally hotter (80-95°F). Winter is rainy and cold, almost as cold as in NYC.
In any case, take your umbrella along, it may become your best friend -- especially if you intend to take pictures of everything. Rain and camera lenses don't like each other.
Street-savvy tips
Now that you're dressed and all ready to venture outside, here are a couple of useful tips:
Avoid taking a taxi during the day, and notably in the morning until 11:00, and in the late afternoon from 4:00 to 8:00. Streets are jam-packed during those periods, and seeing the meter run while you're a sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic is a disheartening experience.
Taxi fares: taxi meters show your fare and one of three letters: A, B, or C. If you are within Paris and on the ring outside Paris (the peripheral boulevard), the A rate applies from 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM, and the B rate turns on from 8:00 PM till 6:00 AM. When you leave Paris intra-muros, the driver will turn on the B rate during the day and the C rate from 8:00 PM. If you are far from Paris, the C rate always applies. You will pay extra for every luggage you load in the trunk and if you take the cab from an airport. Don't try to hail a cab in the street too close to a train station: taxi drivers can't load passengers within a 100-meter radius from the train stations. Go to the station taxi head instead, or further away from the station.
French people do lunch between 12:00 and 1:30 PM, and dinner between 7:30 and 10:00 PM. If you wish to avoid the crowd, lunch at 12:00 tops and dine out from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. Restaurants rarely serve between 2:00 and 6:00 PM.
Having a drink at the terasse of a sidewalk cafe is a necessary experience in Paris (skip it between November and March though,except if weather permits). However, terasse drinks are often charged premium prices.
Although they are saddled with a reputation, cafe waiters are not necessarily rude: they're just in a hurry. So don't take offense if they are impatient with you. Smile and show them what you want on the menu. They won't return the smile, but you will get your order quickly.
Hôtel Jardin de l’Odéon
7 rue Casimir Delavigne
75006 PARIS
Tel : 33(0)1 46 34 23 90
Fax : 33(0)1 43 25 28 12
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