ETap porte De Orleans

I ll be in Paris with my wife for 4 days in November. Arriving at CDG adn leaving from ORLY to Venice.

I have chosen ETap Porte de orleans as it appears I can take teh RE B line to Denfert Rocherue and then on wards by Taxi

On the way Back I can take a Taxi directly to ORLY.

Is this an OK Plan

plus i Have heard that the area is a little shady, is it treu, How far from teh port orleans metro is ETAP

Kindly help

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If you%26#39;re planning to use the RER %26#39;B%26#39; ligne transfer to ORLY, then you might just as well continue past Denfret-Rocherou to ANTHONY and take the ORLYVAL shuttle bus (included in the 9,05 € RER fare) the rest of the way to your ORLY departure terminal.

RER%26#39;B%26#39;/ORLYVAL--

aeroportsdeparis.fr/ADP/en-GB/Passagers/Acce…

RATP--

parisvisite.com/en/Transports_Aeroports_orly…

As for the location of the ETAP-Porte d%26#39;Orleans Hôtel, have you consulted the LOCATION map provided on the hote%26#39;s web site? at--

etaphotel.com/etaphotel/…fiche_hotel.shtml

The hotel is only technically located in %26#39;..Paris..%26#39;, and is hard up against the outside of the Périphérique. I%26#39;m not sure that the neighborhood is so much %26#39;..seedy..%26#39; as simply highly %26#39;..commercial..%26#39;....and relatively %26#39;..abandoned..%26#39; at night after the local businesses/offices close for the day.

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Thank you for the detailed reply.

My other option is Bercy then (ETAP again). I have also checked some Shuttle services which come to 17Euro per person. not too much of a premium for landing at the hotel doorstep i suppose.

Any idea about Bercy Locality and Accessibility.

Regards

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Pharock, Bercy is definitely nicer, at least it%26#39;s in town and well connected by two metro lines. That said, hotels have a tendency to glorify themselves with certain neighborhood names when actually they are only on the edge of it. Could you please give us the actual address of the hotel, so that we can check?

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Etap hotels are clean and very cheap, but never %26quot;central located%26quot;.

Both hotelsare situated on %26quot;peripherique%26quot; (Paris ring highway), with a lot of motorways, industries...

Etap Bercy is near a big mall, %26quot;Bercy 2%26quot;, useful for millions of parisians, but no a touristic destination...

Perhaps you can find other hotels near the touristic points with better transport connexions, saving the money of taxis.

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Your plan to use RER-B is a good one, and you can get closer to Orly using RER-B, or you can take the Orly bus that drops off/picks up at Denfert Rochereau.

While the ETAP is on the peripherique, which would be very busy traffic and not %26#39;scenic%26#39; Paris, you could instead stay in a hotel just north of the area and have a lovely neighborhood experience (with all the same conveniences in your transportation plans).

Here are some suggestions:

%26lt;%26gt; Hotel Jardins d%26#39; Alesia 55-75 €

http://www.alesia-paris-hotel.com/

%26lt;%26gt; Hotel Blois 53-57 € (w/ shower %26amp; toilet)

http://www.hoteldeblois.com/

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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;My other option is Bercy then (ETAP again). I have also checked some Shuttle services which come to 17Euro per person. not too much of a premium for landing at the hotel doorstep i suppose. Any idea about Bercy Locality and Accessibility.%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;

Is there some particular reason you are selecting hotels beyond the fringes of Paris? Either of your choices are good IF you main priority is a hotel with quick and easy access to the Périphérique or easy tour bus parking. The ETAP Porte de Bercy would probably be a good choice if you were driving to Paris overnight on business, for a conference or coming for a concert or sproting event. There is Metro service out here

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thank you all for the guidance

Based on your inputs I have looked for some new places. Hotel Jardin D alesia looks fine. But i have found one hotel Du Lion close to denfert.

any Idea about this hotel. The website shows that its is very close to the Denfert RER station and OrlyBUS departure point. is it really that close.

Do i need a taxi from RER station to this place, considering I have a single large trolley bag.

Hotel Du Lion 1, avenue du Gal-Leclerc - place Denfert Rochereau - 75014 Paris

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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;Do i need a taxi from RER station to this place, considering I have a single large trolley bag. Hotel Du Lion 1, avenue du Gal-Leclerc - place Denfert Rochereau - 75014 Paris%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;

NO..the hotel--- http://hotel-lion.com/ --will be located just on the other side of the Place Denfret-Rochereau from the RER exit--- http://www5.mappy.com/sidZLpuiZ/NqN7Mn21w/Z?

It might be useful for planning purposes if you went out and bought yourself a good Paris strretmap to assist you with finding the relative locations of places that interest you. You might also acquaint yourself with the mapping functions of the PagesJaunes web site-- http://www.pagesjaunes.fr/pj.cgi?lang=en

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I omitted mentioning Hotel du Lion because the room rate was more like 80+ euro and I was thinking you might have chosed Etap due to budget constraint. Do be aware that the reception in Hotel du Lion is up a flight of stairs. You can ask them if they have an elevator from the ground floor, but I didn%26#39;t think so. (I went in just to ask for a brochure). Also, the hotel is situated over a brasserie and overlooking a busy traffic circle so might be noisy. The Jardins d%26#39;Alesia in on a bit more quiet street - I haven%26#39;t seen the rooms in either of these, just what you see online or in a brochure.

Tripadv. doesn%26#39;t have any comments about Hotel du Lion, and you have to look for the comments about J. d%26#39;Alesia:

tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187147-d1…

There is yet another hotel, facing the RER, called Hotel du Midi. It was supposedly upgraded within the past couple of years, and seems nice (again, I%26#39;ve only been in the lobby).

http://www.midi-hotel-paris.com { 88-108€ }