Note: The hotel is currently open while undergoing renovations. Work isn’t performed at night, but the hotel may be loud and awkward during daytime hours.
The Hotel Cluny Square sits like a proud peacock at the busy corner of Boulevard St. Germain and Boulevard St Michel.
The Cluny Square's 30 guestrooms are outfitted in standard bright red and yellow colors, and offer beautiful neighborhood views (request a high floor). Rooms are outfitted with modern amenities, including flat-screen TVs, double-glazed windows, and air-conditioning. The bathrooms sport polished tiles and are clean and functional.
When we visited in early 2010, we visited a few of the Cluny Square’s swanky new “boutique hotel”-style rooms on the top floor. Dressed up in cotton-candy pinks, flat-screen TVs, and with the best views in the house, these rooms are meant to pamper – at a price. Meanwhile, the hotel continues to rent out its standard (and older) rooms and lower rates.
» Tom Meyers
Note: This hotel was visited by a EuroCheapo editor and is recommended based on cleanliness, location, price and overall quality. EuroCheapo did not charge this hotel to be listed.
About the Cluny Square neighborhood
The student district of Paris since the 13th century, the Latin Quarter is located in the Left Bank's 5th arrondissement, and includes the Ile de la Cité in the center of the Seine. It's home to the Sorbonne University, the vast Jardin des Plantes on its eastern end, the Place St-Michel, the Panthéon on the Ste-Geneviève hilltop, and Notre Dame Cathedral on the Ile de la Cité. It's a lively area of Paris completely overrun with students and tourists and the cheap shops and eateries that cater to both constituencies.
After dark, the masses congregate in the pubs around the Place de la Contrescarpe and the clubs off the winding Rue de la Huchette. Many of the buildings in the Latin Quarter date back to the 1600s, something to keep in mind when choosing a hotel where ancient wooden beams and exposed stone walls come with winding, uneven stairs and tiny rooms.
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