my stay at the grand hotel de turin was grandPosted: Sat, May 24 2008Location:
5Rooms:
3.8Service:
2.7As with other reviews, the ones I read for this hotel contradicted each other. I found the good reviews to be on the mark. The hotel was clean, the staff friendly, requests were filled (some reviews said just the opposite - they must have been on another planet). The hotel is moderately priced, the continental breakfast worth while, considering you can't eat easily breakfast in Paris until about 9a; their dining room was open at 7a. The hotel is 5 minutes from the Metro, at a stop no more than half an hour from anywhere you would want to go. There are lots of moderate restaurants and brasseries in the immediate area, and cozy little squares to hang out in if you just want to have a sandwich and soda from a boulangerie. The water in the shower was hot, the bed comfortable and the hotel quiet, and I don't know what else to add except if you like sex shops there are a ton just around the corner on the boul' clichy (I don't), but two bookstores, one great, one good, if you are are nerd like me.