HOWARD HOTEL PARIS ORLY AIRPORT

Tivemos que sair de Paris as pressas, pois uma greve de taxi estava para acontecer, e aconteceu! Assim sendo, procuramos um hotel proximo ao aeroporto de Orly e, para nossa grata Surpresa, encontramos esse hotel maravilhoso. Novo, apartamentos limpos, cama maravilhosa, banheiro idem. Proximo a perfeicao.

I booked this hotel, just south of Orly airport (5 minutes by free shuttle service) because of it is location for my business appointment. The rooms are quite spacious for French standards, comfortable bed, good bathroom with shower, free wifi of good quality and they serve an okay breakfast buffet to start the day. The staff at reception and in the restaurant is very friendly and helpfull! For the shuttle service you call them upon arrival at the airport and they explain where you can find the shuttle service, I only needed to wait around 10 minutes max for it. For the return flight you just reserve it at the reception desk. I understand the shuttle service is not available during the afternoon, not sure for exact timings, you should check at the hotel if this is important. As an alternative you can take tram 7, which stops right in front of the hotel. Location is not very fancy, just next to the main road, with lots of traffic. However when you sleep with the window closed you will not be bothered by any noise. Opposite the hotel there's a big carrefour, so you can do some grocery shopping. Not many interesting restaurants in the area. You can dine at the hotel too, I believe it is of good quality, however a bit high priced, as are the drinks at the bar.

On the pictures the hotel looks good, but the rooms are really smaller. The cleaning is really not perfect. (Stains on the floor, hair in the sink, dusty shelves). Also, there aren't not enough bath products ! (No shampoo offered or moisturiser) I do not recommend this hotel as you can have a better value for an ibis or mercure hotel for the same conditions. The staff is really nice and friendly though. Good service with transport to the airport this morning.

The Howard Hotel is now becoming "tired" and lots of things are not functioning in the room, reading lights that cannot be turned off, broken mirrors, bathroom interior that is getting loose, missing things, such as toilet holders etc. I had to change rooms twice. Reason for giving 3 stars instead of 2 was the super service from the guy at the reception, can only praise him. It's a shame, because at previously stays it has been good.

The hotel was nice and clean. It's right next to he orly airport and it provides shuttle service to and from the airport. The staff are very friendly and helpful. This hotel is 1 hr away by train to Paris. It's very easy getting to Paris, coming back is a different story because the train does what it wants. Nothing an uber couldn't fix! The Hotel charges 16€ a day for breakfast. It's not worth it. The food is cold. The bar in the lounge area doesn't have a huge selection of alcoholic beverages. A martini was more like a shot of alcohol and that cost 8€. The rooms are smaller than the pictures made them look and the mattresses are more on the firm side.