If you're a budget conscious traveller who doesn't need fantastic room facilities and doesn't mind walking or using the metro, then the Mont-Dore is perfectly adequate!
I stayed for three nights with my teenage daughter - ostensibly to get her practicing her French - and we were quite happy with the hotel. Yes, the rooms are small and you would have a job opening a suitcase on the floor or squeezing a cot in. The word 'shoehorn' springs to mind, especially if you choose to use the staircase(we were on the first floor so didn't bother with the lift). Yes, the breakfast is basic - but OK, and perhaps not all the towels are as snowy white as you'd expect from a better hotel. But we found the staff very obliging and happy to chat so that we could practice our French (except when the boss was on duty!), the room had comfy beds, a TV (with CNN News)and, oh bliss, a hot shower night and morning. Half-an-hour's walk took us to Montmartre, Boulevard Haussman or Arc de Triomphe, but the metro stops were only 5 mins walk from the hotel.
You could do much worse than stay at the Mont-Dore - just don't expect three star facilities!










