Grand Hotel Francais Paris

We stayed at this family run hotel in Feb., 2004 after finding it on the internet with good reviews. It is a little out of the way but we got directions from the staff using e-mail and were able to find it easily. The staff were very helpful with directions and spoke very good English which you don't find a lot of in that neighborhood. They gave us directions to the Effiel tower using the subway the first night but told us that to really feel the spirit of Paris we should walk and see the city. This was very good advise and many of the attractions take a little walking but are worth it. The rooms are compatable with other European hotels (small) but very clean. The neighborhood is charming but hard to find much English spoken, but this is part of fun of getting around Paris. We would stay there again.