Mercure Paris La Defense Parc - Nanterre, France 

Overall the property is decent - nothing more, nothing less. The location is in the middle of the business district and there really isn't much else to offer the non- business traveler. There are very few dinning options outside of the hotel restaurant, which was just so-so in menu choices and quality of food. The rooms are small and compact but everything worked. The RER runs underneath the property and the noise was quite noticeable from our room. It was nice to have the transportation readily accessible, but I would rather have to walk a block and have a quieter room. I would only recommend this place to individuals who are traveling to Nanterre for business, not as an option for a vacation trip to Paris. There's certainly no "Parisian" charm to the location or the property.

We spent two nights here as part of a tour, it would not have been a first choice hotel because of the location but as we spent so little time in the hotel it was adequite. It is in the middle of the business district and as we arrived late Friday evening and left Sunday morning the area was very quiet. I was very aware of the rumble from RER running under the hotel, though others in our group took no notice of it.. The room was a nice size for Paris with airconditioning, a seperate WC and bathroom. We never ate an evening meal in the hotel but breakfast was a continental buffet breakfast and as there was a few other tour groups and company seminara here it got a bit chaotic around the buffet area. There appeared to be a seperate breakfast area for independent guest at which it seemed a cooked breakfast was available. Although we never used the RER to get into the centre of Paris it would appear to very easy and quick, although getting back to the area late at night would have been worrying. The staff were very helpfull and always greeted you with a smile. If you're not worried about being in the centre of Paris this hotel is more that adequite for a couple of nights.