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Another one of Paris's classic belle époque hotels, the Hôtel Bellevue et du Chariot d'Or provides basic, simply furnished two-star accommodations along the rue de Turbigo, a central Marais location.
This is a hotel from a different era, when tourists were "travelers," and visited cities for weeks at a time. It will appeal to visiting romantics more than would-be VIPs. Period furniture and old-fashioned details characterize the lower lobby, sitting room, and café. The small lobby bar, like most of the ground floor, seems as if it was pulled straight from Hemingway's Paris.
Upstairs, hallways are a bit dark and moody. The 59 rooms are modestly sized and pale in comparison to the charm downstairs. They have basic bedding and décor in a palette of either yellow or pink. Televisions, as you might expect, are a bit small and have clearly seen their fair share of use over the years. Tiny bathrooms have wall-to-wall white tiles and little else for decoration. You get the point: rooms are neither fancy, nor terribly interesting.
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