Hotel Saint Paul

Hotel staff are fabulous, so very helpful with every request. Housekeeping were wonderful - serviced our room in the afternoon as we had a long lay in. Location is not great, no taxi drivers knew where this was - 1 picked us up from city centre, I showed him the address several times and he took us somewhere completely different then admitted he was lost so took us to a taxi rank where he dropped us off so we could get another taxi! Hotel is 1hr walk/20 min metro/45 min bus ride/€20 taxi fare away from city. Public transport shuts down at 11.30pm so if you are planning on staying out late every night factor the taxi costs in. Area is not very pretty, lots of graffiti and rubbish on the streets. Hotel itself is beautiful and clean, nice marble floors, breakfast is good. Room 405 was small but functional. Bathroom could do with being updated as taps are discoloured and shower squirts water in all directions. Air con works well but is noisy. Wouldn't stay again - no reflection on the hotel but the location is too far for us.

Staff were very welcoming and helpful especially to a newbie to the country. They were able to happily assist with any issue. The provided continental breakfast is bursting with choice. The lack of available parking does hinder this hotel slightly but you can usually find some in the immediate area if the students aren't around.

In general the hotel is lovely. Very clean and well kept inside. The rooms are a little dated, the beds were much too hard for me but that is personal preference. The balcony was quite small so we could hardly use it and the area itself is a little run down but in general it’s good value for money. You get what you pay for. There is a little pizza place and a restaurant nearby, and next to the hotel is a small cafe/pizzeria. The breakfast in the hotel is lovely but I think they would do well to serve evening meals too. Staff were friendly and spoke very good English. Very helpful for tourists like ourselves.