Republique or Place de Clichy

Could you please help us decide which hotel we should stay at? One hotel is at Rue Lancry, near the Republique station and the other is at Rue Batignolles, near the Place de Clichy station...

Thanks in advance.

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Maybe you should post the hotels%26#39; names also - in case some other forumists have previous experience with staying at them ?

Personally I would go for Rue des Batignolles - it is a lively, really %26quot;Parisian%26quot; neighbourhood.

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I think I would prefer Batignolles too.

Republique is a very busy area - at the same time it has more transportation and is a good starting point to explore the upper Marais and the Canal Saint Martin.

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I%26#39;ve stayed around Republique a few times and like it for it%26#39;s transportation links. I have found I can get most places with only 1 train change.

There are also a number of restaurants (including many chains -- up to you whether that%26#39;s a plus or minus) and the surrounding neighborhoods are interesting (canal st martin, porte st denis, musee arts %26amp; metiers).

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Is your hotel Hotel de Villiers-Batignolles or Hotel de Batignolles? We live just a block from the latter adn about three blocks from the former and love the neighborhood.

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Oh, and as far as transportation goes, at place de Clichy you can access two metro lines--one east/west and the other north/south, so it%26#39;s really rather convenient. It should take less than 12 minutes to get to the Champs-Elysées.

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Thanks everyone! Based on your feedback, I%26#39;ll stay again at Hotel Des Batignolles instead of Hotel Excelsior Republique... Besides, the bakery across the street is mmmm...soooo good too!!!

The Batignolle is a good hotel. Just wondering how the other hotel compares...

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How do you know about the boulangerie across from the hotel? Not you that you%26#39;re not correct--the most divine croissants aux pistaches et chocolat.....

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