Inspiring Travel Writing from Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 13 of 24
Articles by Jamie Dunford Wood: Page 13 of 24
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Hotel Saint Paul Le Marais
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Jamie Dunford Wood
The hotel is a well located three star in a popular area lacking in good choices. The main attraction here is the air conditioning for reasonable rates - the hotel is friendly and family run. Corridors however are tatty, and it could do with some...
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Hotel le Clement
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
First impressions This family-run two star with a pretty townhouse facade just off the Boulevard St Germain and a stone's throw from the church had a face-lift in 2005. It has two main virtues, apart from the friendly welcome: first, it has...
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Champs Elysees Plaza
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Jamie Dunford Wood
This Haussman building just off the Champs Elysees near the Arc de Triomphe is popular amongst guests of the American and British embassies. You can see why - it is discreet (you need to ring a bell to gain entry), and the 32 rooms are unusually...
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Hotel Saintonge
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Jamie Dunford Wood
This friendly three-star is in a quiet residential location in the Marais. There's not much in the way of atmosphere here - the reception is tiny and barely manned - but a tiny courtyard lightwell is attractive for breakfast in summer. Rooms are...
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Hotel Jacques de Molay
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Jamie Dunford Wood
This very friendly hotel of just 23 rooms is on the northern edge of the Marais on a busy road going north - its only drawback. However, rooms are well sound-proofed, and rates are good. Unusually for a hotel of this class there is a small fitness...
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Grand Hotel Malher
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Jamie Dunford Wood
This recent find in the Marais is a welcome one - options around this budget are severely limited, at least hotels you would want to stay in. The welcome at the Malher is friendly and the rooms light and airy, many with two windows, with pretty dé...
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Hotel Esprit St Germain
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Jamie Dunford Wood
Another recent design hotel opening (2004), this smart left bank offering is high-design rather than simply a formula, though the rates - a least if you are paying full price in busy periods - may put off some. Refreshing, too, is the welcome and...
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Hotel Elysees Regencia
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Jamie Dunford Wood
This Best Western premier hotel is a top quality commercial designer offering, with friendly and efficient management and an excellent location between the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower. In the public spaces there is an oriental feel - prints...
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Hotel Mansart
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
The Hotel Mansart, so named after the 17thc architect who invented the roof style, is a 3 star hotel in a 'top dollar' position, yards from the Ritz and with oblique views of the Place Vendome from some of the rooms. The hotel itself has suffered...
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Hotel de l'Abbaye
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Jamie Dunford Wood
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
The Hotel de l'Abbaye is a perennially popular left bank favourite; not just for its elegant townhouse feel but more particularly for its friendly service, and a small but reassuring - for Americans at least - detail: the rate includes breakfast. It...
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