We generally recommend to people visiting Paris either with the family or who would be staying for more than 3 nights, to rent a vacation rental apartment because of all the advantages it offers,  mainly saving on meals and getting more private space.  After all,  for a family of 4,  a day’s rent in a vacation rental apartment would be cheaper than booking two rooms in a hotel.

But sometimes,  it just has to be a hotel for your stay in the City of Lights.

The good news is that there are Paris hotels for all budgets. You just need to know what you want,  where and how much you are willing to fork out.

A friend travel blogger,  Gray Cargill,  has reviewed 3 of these medium priced hotels last year and we’re listing them here for your consideration.

Hotel  de la Porte Doree in the 12th district

Hotel le Tourville in the 7th disctrict

Hotel l’Annexe in the 10th disctrict

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Only in Montmartre does M I L K   mean  Mum  In  her  Little  Kitchen and soon one of your favourite place for home-baked cakes and cookies to eat with a glass of cold milk or thick smooth hot chocolate.

You can find your MILK in Montmartre on 62 rue d’Orsel 75018 Paris.

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Locals and visitors enjoying spring in Montmartre.

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When Paris parties,  you’d better be there!

One such party,  the Fete de la Musique,  is scheduled for 21 June every year.

 Book that Paris holiday now to be there for the party

Fête de la musique is a rocking music street party,  not only in Paris but actually in the whole of France.  This event has been such a success that many cities in countries all over the world – from Australia to Venezuela – have organised their own versions, very much in the same way that Oktoberfests have spread from Munich across the globe.

Read more about the Fete de la Musique in My Vueling City,  where it was originally published.

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Found some more funny and sexy graffiti in Montmartre!

Have you discovered them already?

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This is a question that we’ve been asked several times by visiting tourists. Mainly young ones.

The Wall of Love in Montmartre is right behind the metro station Abbesses (line 12). It’s a small park also used as a playground for small children.

Its opening hours are the same as all parks in Paris

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The street in front of the building where the flat is

The flat is the 2nd and 3rd windows (with open shutters) from the left

The lobby

Just this one flight of stairs up to the 1st floor where the flat is

Your view when you’re having breakfast

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Graffiti artist  ”Fred le Chevalier”  has been very busy in Montmartre the last few weeks.

Unfortunately,  so were the graffiti cleaners of the City Hall of Montmartre.  These works of street art in Montmartre don’t last more than a few weeks.

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I had a jolt the other day.

I thought I saw a dead homeless person

hanging from a window of a crumbling building.

I almost fell down the stairs of Rue Drevet (Montmartre).

But it was just a piece of “street art”.

*Phew*

This article was originally published in Memorable Movies And Montmartre.

We were last in Madrid 22 years ago. Recently,  we revisited and spent a glorious January week-end in this capital city on the kind invitation of  Spain’s leading budget airline Vueling* and online Spanish radio ScannerFM and their MyVuelingCity guides**.

Encouraged by our hosts to “discover” the city on our own terms, we tirelessly pounded the streets for the sights and tastes that Madrid offers.

And we were not disappointed. Really, three days were not enough to fully enjoy this amazing city (if only for the variety of delicacies that we wanted to try.)

Plaza Mayor

Dance to Mariachi music in Puerta del Sol in Madrid

Royal Palace

Catedral Almudena seen from the back

Gourmet's market - Mercado de San Miguel where Tapas and Pintxos cost €1 each

The best tapas bar we've been to in Plaza Santa Ana

Midnight in Plaza Sta Ana

Turones and candied fruits of all sorts

Candied pumpkin, plum, orange peel ... pure sugar

Hamon, Ham, Jambon... call it whatever you like, it's still ham.

A breakfast Must! Sunny side up and Jabuguitos.

8 tapas at only €15 in Tapas Bar Sta Ana in Madrid

Croquetas - One of the best treats we've ever had in Madrid

Find a real churreria in the outskirts of Madrid

If you've got a bigger appetite, order Churros y Porras with your hot chocolate

Elbow to elbow with Madrilenos for coffee and pastries in La Mallorquina Puerta del Sol

A building in Madrid

Congreso de los Deputados

Thyssen Museum in Madrid

Entrance of Thyssen Museum in Madrid

Hasta luego,  Madrid mi amor !

*We have had many guests in our Paris vacation rental studio who would usually be travelling further outside of France.  Most of them take budget airlines to get to the next major European destination.

We ALWAYS advice them against taking Ryanair planes from Paris. 

Now,  we can recommend,  without hesitation,  for them to travel with Vueling.  This budget airline flies to most major Spanish cities from Paris, as well as to Rome, Florence, Vienna and Zurich.  Vueling is the favourite airline for business travellers.  Their planes and their staff look very clean and professional.   Something I can’t personally say for Ryanair,  whose planes and staff look shabby.

** Before traveling to any major Spanish city,  your first stop is  ScannerFM’s MyVuelingCity guides to check out what you can expect in your Spanish destinations.

This article was originally published in Memorable Movies And Montmartre.