I would hope the breakfast charges are optional - I think in France they usually are. I would think

I d originally thought I might go with a site such as Priceline or Hotwire but have ruled that out because I decided that I want a traditional hotel with charm and character compare car rentals florida and don t want to take the chance of getting a modern, compare car rentals florida business-oriented hotel.
Thanks to your suggestions I ve narrowed down my location choices to the 4th, 5th, or 6th and have narrowed down my hotel choices, as well, but I m certainly open to other suggestions in the price range of the hotels listed below.
We ll stay 6 nights (Feb. 25 March 3) and plan to visit the Louvre, Musee D Orsay, Notre Dame, the Catacombs, and tour the sewers. A day trip to Versailles is also likely -- although I visited a hundred years ago when everything else was on strike.
This would be my top choice but it s the most expensive and I don t know if it s worth the additional cost. When I first found it on the Tripadvisor site a pop-up offered a promotion of free breakfast afternoon tea. But when I contacted the hotel they said no promotions were available because it s Fashion Week.
We were recently in Paris, staying in the Latin Quarter at Hotel St Jacques. We liked it a lot. The location was especially good for us. Lots of little cafes, bars, and very good restaurants within a couple of blocks up the hill.
While there, we looked in other nearby hotels, but none were cuter IMHO, and most were more expensive. Our room had a twin and a double bed, a small marble fireplace, a desk, a clothes armoire, a narrow balcony with a pretty compare car rentals florida street view in all directions. Breakfast was offered for 14EU, but we went to nearby cafes, instead, and never checked out the hotel breakfast.
Le Coupe-Chou and Le Petit Prince de Paris-- both wonderful restaurants, but we liked Petit Prince better-- are on the same street about two blocks up from the St Jacques. Blvd St Germain is two blocks or so down the hill. Several markets for fresh fruit, pastries, and coffee are within a block. The Sorbonne compare car rentals florida and Palais Luxembourg are an easy walk, as are Notre Dame and Hotel de Ville.
I would hope the breakfast charges are optional - I think in France they usually are. I would think you can find a nearby cafe that is a better deal and perhaps where you can do some people watching or sit outside by one of the big heaters so often present in French cafes.
I've stayed at all 3 of your hotels listed in the 4th, but it's been a number of years (I prefer apartments now). I liked all 3 but would have to rate the CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS at the nicest of the three. All are well located compare car rentals florida and I love staying in the 4th.
HOTEL DE NICE another busy corner, but very close to buses at Bon Marche/Hotel de Ville. #96 to Left Bank stops a block or so away in each direction, either on rue de Rivoli or Rue de Francois Miron (returning)
I haven't stayed in those but find it funny that some book would claim the 4th arrondisement has more character than others because of older buildings. Most of central Paris has plenty of old areas, the Latin Quarter has been around centuries, for example, as well as that area in St Germain. You can find character or not in any arrondisement or in some buildings compare car rentals florida versus others. So I'd ignore that statement.
Hotels are required to list breakfast seprately by law in France if it is a cost. I've never stayed at one that didn't, anyway, compare car rentals florida it is certainly the norm as they cannot force you to pay for it. Some hotels try to cheat you by listing a price and saying breakfast is included but the room rate is really lower if you don't buy the breakfast and by law, they cannot make you. The Hotel Bonaparte used to do that, actually (only list a room rate with breakfast), compare car rentals florida and you had to be smart enough to ask them to take it out if you didn't want it.
I do think nowadays some Parisian hotels are giving various promotional rates or deals more than they used to on their website, often for booking at least 3 nights, and it is legal. French hotel rates are pretty regulated, though, which is why it was never true that the rack rate was fictional compare car rentals florida and no one paid it. And I think they are allowed to "give" you a free breakfast if it literally is free, but they aren't allowed to only quote a room rate with breakfast compare car rentals florida and charge you for it. Bottom line is bottom line, though, but I wouldn't reject any hotel if it didn't include breakfast as that is normal.
I couldn't care less if and how much a hotel in Paris charges for breakfast because I'll eat elsewhere in a cafe anyway. I can't imagine sitting in a hotel 'cave' (basement) when I could be outdoors in a cafe watching compare car rentals florida Paris go by!
Of those on your list, I've only stayed at Hotel Le Regent, several times. We like the location, and we do a lot of walking too. We've walked from there to the Musee d'Orsay and the Louvre, as well as closer destinations like Notre Dame. As with all these locations, I think, many cafes and restaurants nearby.
We've never had breakfast in a hotel in Paris. The hotels we've stayed at, including Le Regent, the breakfast area is in the basement. I would MUCH rather go to a cafe and be able to people-watch, we prefer continental breakfasts (cafe and croissant), compare car rentals florida so that may be a factor if you want a larger meal. (I always round out breakfast with a stop at a local patisserie for something small, like a bag of choquettes or one small macaron.)
Yes, I am not a fan of hotel breakfasts either, compare car rentals florida and especially in Paris since most do seem to be in cave breakfast rooms, rather dreary for me , I need natural light in the morning. I have however had a few times when it is included in a special room rate. I certainly would never book a hotel on their breakfast though , for goodness sake if you walk out the door you can find exact same thing, maybe better and alot cheaper at a cafe.
As for hotel breakfast, compare car rentals florida it's good now that the price of breakfast is quoted separately from the price of the hotel room. I remember the days when it was not and I couldn't get the price of breakfast deducted from the hotel price. compare car rentals florida I prefer compare car rentals florida to not eat breakfast at a hotel and especially since I have three food allergies and can't even eat most of the items served.
Some of my favorite attractions, such as the Luxembourg Gardens, are either in the 6th or the 5th so my preference is for the 6th arr. I also like the topography of the 5th and 6th, including the Rue de la Montagne Ste. Genevieve, and more greenery. compare car rentals florida I remember it being more crowded in the 4th and more traffic. Of course, there are exceptions in each arr. but these are my general impressions.