“Hotel De Turin was the only mistake in our Europian Itinerary”

We canceled our 4 day stay at this hotel after the first night stay. We are seasoned travelers. The room key is a traditional key not a digital card. So you worry about security at the start. The key fails to open the door and after many attempts you call the front desk. The same guy comes up, opens the door and gives you a disdainful look and does not accept the thanks. There is a trick to opening the door. You enter and it is dark, you turn the lights on. Old pieces of furniture is very scant. The bed looks uninviting and you do not see the bathrooms at first. Then you find the tiny bathrooms. One person at a time please. You lie in bed worrying about bed bugs. There is no carpeting and the wooden floor is color of termite chemical treated wood. Darker greenish. Bed is set low and is uncomfortable. No extra pillows. You open the windows, there is no screen and you have to use the curtain to maintain any privacy. The lift is from an earlier era and very tight. One person and two suitcases maximum. But it is so quiet that you dont know if you have reached your destination. You have to open the door to find out where you are. Internet and the room safe available at extra charge. Do not expect any drinking water to welcome you.

“A lot of stairs but great place to stay”

This was an excellent location to stay with a family. It was within walking distance of the train and open top buses. We had no problems finding pattiseries and restuarants in the surrounding streets. One of the issues we had was with the lift - our room was on the third floor - the lift was tiny - we couldn't even fit the pushchair in so we ended up carrying most things up the stairs. Be careful to close the curtains before using the bathroom. My husband came out of the shower to be faced with a dinner party happening in the opposite building.

“Place Pigalle in a pinch”

The price suited me and the room, while a bit austere, was adequate. The location, convenient to a Metro station and three bus lines, is also surrounded by the most sex-riddled neighborhood I've ever lived in. More sex shops in a 4 block area than you could imagine. Plus unwelcome, personal "approaches" by the prostitution trade. I could see only one real restaurant in the near vicinity. Everything else was fast-food or real junk. That's Place Pigalle area for you. Post WW2, our GIs called it Pig Alley.

“Did the job”

Small but comfortable, clean and warm room. The hotel itself is located 5 mins walk to a metro station which takes you to most of the major attractions within 15 minutes. The red light district is not far from this hotel but we never had to walk through the RLD and we never felt unsafe in the neighbourhood. Two out of the three reception staff were personable and polite. One varied anywhere between disinterested to rude to arrogant. Paris accommodation seems to be very expensive so for what we paid this is good value.

“Good hotel if you are on a budget”

Good hotel if you are on a budget. Everything is small and not overly new, however you can't expect much more in a city like Paris for this price. Common area is very nice, rooms are kind of small, but I only needed it pretty much for sleeping so it was ok. Room and hotel were clean.

“would not recommend for families”

the thing I liked was the tarrif and internet availability at very cheaper price, otherwise hotel was not impressive at all. very small bathroom and not well maintained, flush was not working and on constant complains it was not fixed. room was ok but LCD TV was good. area is basically cheap and untidy with lots of strip clubs and bars. the person at reception was very cooperative and could speak english. although my visit was with my friends but I would not recommend this hotel and area for families

“Not too shabby”

Clean to start with and they kept it clean. I had a week in Paris so I needed somewhere to dump the bags and to sleep in at night. Fitted the bill perfectly and it was close to Metro (Blanche) and the vibrant/sleazy/entertaining area of Pigalle plus internet cafes with phone access for ringing Australia.

“Ripped Off...”

My friend and I had booked two seperate rooms. When we got to the hotel, we were told that for the first night we would have to share a room as they were over booked. For our inconvenience, we were given free breakfast for the following morning. Never a mention of refunding one night's room rate. We paid much more for the room per night than the cost of two continental breakfasts! Then they had the gall to try and charge us for it when we checked out!

“very impressed qwouldgo there aGAIN”

The Grand hotel De Turin was everything we expected, clean and accommodating, Very close to public transportation less than (3) blocks to bus, metro, and (2) of the main train stations were less than one mile. The gentleman at the desk was very helpful in giving directions and maps to use the citys public transportation. We would rank it very high.