Where to stay during the Paris Summer Olympics in 2024

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For the first time in a century, the Paris is gearing up to host the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. It’s been a marathon reasonably than a dash and preparations have been underway for years. Now, France approaches the remaining hurdles earlier than the Olympic torch begins its journey from Marseille on May eighth, 2024.

The Olympic Games will run from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with the Paralympics beginning on 28 August and working till 8 September. And whereas Olympic fever is spreading throughout the nation, with occasions scheduled not simply throughout Metropolitan France however in abroad territories too (as far-off as Teahupo’o, Tahiti, the place the browsing competitors will happen), the bulk of the motion is occurring in la Belle Paris.

Already the metropolis which sees most footfall from international vacationers, during the Olympics Paris seems set to be bursting from the seams of its good-looking Hausmann buildings. Plan your journey like an Olympic athlete, with cautious preparation and coaching. If you haven’t but secured tickets to one in every of the occasions, learn The Independent’s useful information right here.

Already the proud proprietor of a golden ticket? To keep away from spending the Olympics sharing a mattress with three of your mates like Charlie Bucket’s grandparents, ebook your lodging early. Here are 12 unbelievable locations to stay, hand-picked for his or her proximity to the venues.

MOB House

Just 23 minutes by metro from the aforementioned Stade de France, a stroll in the park by Parisian requirements, is 4* MOB House. Urban stylish, in an outdated warehouse with a beneficiant terrasse and swimming pool, it serves up vibes with common DJ units and an natural on-site bar-restaurant. The 100 rooms, minimalist with beige furnishings and light-weight wooden, are like visiting a good friend with glorious style, a far cry from the color and chaos of Paris’s largest flea market, Saint Ouen, which is in your doorstep.

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Hôtel Cabane

An oasis in central Paris, Hôtel Cabane is at odds with the high-rise buildings of Montparnasse. With a beneficiant backyard and rooms with picket panelling on the partitions, it feels extra like an alpine chalet than the coronary heart of the capital. The slap-up breakfast consists of virtually completely native produce, and there’s a bar for unwinding after shouting your self hoarse watching the sport. It’s half an hour on foot to the Paris Expo (which can be exhibiting handball, volleyball, desk tennis and weightlifting), or only one minute from Pernety Metro station on Line 13.

Plaza Tour Eiffel

Recently renovated and newly reopened, the Plaza Tour Eiffel is simply the different facet of the Jardins du Trocadero, throughout the river from the Eiffel Tower. With mushy gold and blue furnishings, the 41 rooms really feel regal — much more so in case you nab one with a view of the Eiffel Tower. Watching the world’s greatest sporting competitors trying over France’s most well-known monument would possibly sound like too many clichés, nevertheless it’s potential. The Champ de Mars Arena and the Eiffel Tower Stadium are internet hosting seashore volleyball, judo and wrestling.

Hôtel des Grands Voyageurs

The Olympic torch isn’t the solely new factor coming to Paris. Hôtel des Grands Voyageurs opened its doorways final final 12 months — a well timed opening because it’s lower than half an hour on foot from the Esplanade des Invalides, the place the archery can be held. Designed in a classic fashion, it seems like the type of place, the place Hemingway and friends would have hobnobbed over one in every of the cocktails on the extraordinarily intensive bar menu.

TOO Hotel

A futuristic design in a glass tower in Paris’s thirteenth arrondissement, TOO Hotel is all about the views. From the restaurant (100 metres excessive) you’ve Paris at your toes — panoramas over the Eiffel Tower, Sacre-Coeur and Notre-Dame. It’s price coming again down to earth although, significantly in case you’ve received tickets for one in every of the occasions at Bercy Arena, which can be displaying the basketball, trampolining and creative gymnastics. It takes underneath half an hour to attain on foot.

Generator Hostel

Blown your price range on tickets? That doesn’t imply you’ll be able to’t get pleasure from the Olympics in fashion. Generator Paris, simply minutes from Canal St Martin in edgy East Paris, is a hostel with a rooftop bar to die for, and a membership in the basement. Choose from dorm rooms which sleep between 4 and eight individuals (feminine solely obtainable) or non-public rooms. It’s simply quarter-hour on foot from Gare du Nord, or half-hour from the Porte de la Chapelle Arena, the place badminton and rhythmic gymnastics can be proven.

OKKO Hotel, La Defense

Character resorts are few and much between in Paris’s most trendy quartier, La Defense, however the OKKO model does an important job of mixing attraction with luxurious. The 184 rooms, unfold over 9 flooring, are mild and ethereal, and for budding Olympians who don’t need to miss out on coaching, there’s a small fitness center and sauna. Getting to La Défense Arena, the place the water polo and swimming are due to happen, isn’t any sweat. It’s simply throughout the highway.

Hôtel Jeu de Paume

It appears becoming that equestrian disciplines can be held at Versailles, and anybody watching will possible really feel as if they’ve fallen right into a interval drama. Modern pentathlon can also be happening right here, and by staying in Versailles you’ll keep away from a lot of the crush of central Paris (at the least in the evenings). Hôtel Jeu de Paume has simply 16 rooms, together with household rooms, and strolling to the Château de Versailles isn’t any pentathlon, it takes underneath 10 minutes.

Hôtel Dame des Arts

Perfumed by their very own signature scent, Hôtel Dame des Arts appeals to all the senses. The rooftop and lots of of the non-public balconies get pleasure from panoramic views over the Eiffel Tower Saint-Sulpice and Notre Dame. Better nonetheless, there’s a bar on the roof — cheering on athletes all day is thirsty work. Just steps from Saint-Michel Notre-Dame Metro, it’s simple to get wherever in the metropolis, however Olympic venues Hôtel de Ville, Place de la Concorde and l’Esplanade des Invalides are all underneath 20 minutes’ stroll away.

La Villa Escudier

Finding lodging shut to Roland Garros which isn’t a) eye-wateringly costly or b) utterly missing in soul has all the time been a problem. La Villa Escudier, with its backyard crammed with rose trellises, blue shutters and opulent mushy furnishings, is a welcome exception. There are simply 18 rooms, all superbly embellished. It’s not simply Roland Garros which is a tennis ball’s throw away: Parc des Princes, the soccer area, is 10-minute stroll.

L’Escale Royale

Does the thought of successful an Olympic gold in wrestling by way of the Parisian crowds fill you with horror? Stay outdoors the metropolis and dip in solely when the beginning gun sounds. L’Escale Royale is simply 45 minutes by practice from the metropolis centre, in Yvelines, Seine et Marne, nevertheless it may very well be a thousand miles away. A superbly redecorated peniche, with hanging egg chairs on the deck and a freestanding bathtub which seems out over the Seine by way of glass doorways, it’s so peaceable that you just’ll be asking: “what Games?”

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