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Paris Hotel Guide: Inside the Kube
September 27, 2007 at 10:00 AM | 1 Comment
The fantastic Monica Guy who has been delivering to us the Paris Hotel Guide this week, went inside one of the city's notoriously cold hotels. Here's her report.
After you've done the design hotels, lose the oldies and head for a hotel your mother wouldn't approve of, The Kube.
The hotel boasts a fine location in a dirty alleyway off one of the dirtiest, noisiest streets in the north of Paris - the best Turkish kebab shops and dry cleaners in the city, on the other hand, and definitely the place to go when you want to buy a plastic sieve or a cut-price power ranger outfit.
There's no sign on the door. Wink wink - only people who are really in the know come here, and only the really determined ones at that.
Paris Hotels
Hotel Opening Rates: Hotel Particulier in Montmartre
June 27, 2007 at 10:56 AM | 0 Comments
A new boutique hotel has just opened up in the hip Montmartre region of Paris. There are plenty of good reasons to stay in this area--close to plenty of gorgeous Paris sights including Sacre Couer, and there's great strolling to had through market stalls and artist studios. The new Hotel Particulier opened on June 21 and management describes it as:
Five big suites in an aristocratic mansion surrounded by an architect-designed garden, and
hidden in a secret path two steps away from famous rue Lepic.
Opening special rates start at €290 ($390) per night for the small suites and €390 ($525) for the larger suites. It does look kinda gorgeous, so if you get the chance to check it out, tell us what it's really like inside.
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YouTube
Partying at the Ice Bar
June 1, 2006 at 12:39 PM | 0 Comments
If you can't stand the sweltering heat, maybe this video of the Ice Kube bar at the Kube Hotel will cool you down. It involves a creepy ice Teddy Bear statue and lots of shots of Grey Goose which always makes us smile...just before we throw up.
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· Ice Kube Bar [YouTube]
· Kube Hotel reviews [TripAdvisor]
Good Rate
Good Rate: Ibis Hotels in Paris
May 2, 2006 at 4:13 PM | 0 Comments
[Ed. Note: Welcome to our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature, where we pick two hotels in the same city and decide which one is better worth your hard-earned benjamins. This screenshot was taken May 2, 2006 and rates are subject to change. Enjoy.]
If you plan on Ibis Hotels in Paris, you can be certain you won't break your bank. Rooms typically start at 79 Euros, although some Parisian locations start at 49. However, don't expect too much other than clean, modern rooms.
One recent guest has the real scoop on staying at the Ibis Hotel Sacre Coeur:
Firstly don't expect the Ritz cos obviously it's not. it's a budget hotel at the end of the day but it's deffinately worth the £53 per night.
We got a room on the 8th floor and the room was more than adequate for our needs. Yes the shower was a bit pokey and the room decor was a bit plain and void of some character - but we had a clear view of the Eiffel tower and a tiny little balcony to sit at once we opened both outer doors.
The only real downer was that the hotel's lift is extremely small and can only fit at most three people.
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· Ibis Sacre Coeur reviews [TripAdvisor]
· Bad Rate: Esprit Saint Germain [HotelChatter]
Hotels
Kube Lovers Dream Hotel
February 22, 2006 at 11:01 AM | 0 Comments
A new boutique hotel has popped up in Paris with an interior and exterior design devoted solely to the cube shape.
The Kube Hotel (we think they put in that K to make it kooler-looking) has a Lourve-inspired glass box that functions as the reception area. The 41 rooms in the hotel have rectangular beds which are lit from below and look like they are levitating. Additionally, there's no standard entry into your rooms. Instead you have electronic fingerprint readers in the place of card keys. No word on whether the amenities include a Rubik's Cube.
Lastly, as you can tell by the picture there's a bar and it's called the IceKube, made with ice.
We just want to know is it still open in the summer?
[Image via Fannysparty/Flickr]
Related Stories:
· Kube reviews [TripAdvisor]
· It's hip to be square [Travel+Leisure]
