Great hostel. Desk manager was very helpful and spoke good English. The directions that are included in an e-mail from "hotelsclub" are not correct. As I recall the bus # it says to take doesn't exist or is not right. Look it up on a map, it's very obvious. Bus stop is right outside the hostel! Very easy bus ride from center city Toulouse. I had a private room with a TV. Nice big bed. No AC, but big windows you could open.

Unfortunately, this hotel was suggested by the conference organisers from the University of Toulouse-le Mirail. So, I ended up in a room that looks like a copy of the candid traveler photos posted by another traveler. A picture is worth a thousand words. Trust the photos! I had to sleep in the diagonal because the matress must be 40 years old!!!! The very helpful staff should be a much better hotel.

I wish I had seen the above commentary about De Paris in Toulouse. We stayed 1 night in Toulouse this week and regret paying money to stay there. While the staff was helpful and friendly, our fourth floor room had several issues: as reported earlier the lift works to the 3rd floor, the AC failed to work, the bed was miserable, above the ground floor the general upkeep is poor, and the hotel stinks of smoke. There are better deals in Toulouse.

We booked in this hotel as part of a 3 night short break package - paid for in advance through Lastminute. It was dire. I think we were the only guests. The decor was cheap 1970's. The bed and matress were banana shape, presumably with old age. The bedding had holes in it. The bedside lights were hanging off the wall. The bathroom had numerous cracked tiles on the walls and floor. There was no shower attachment and no waste in the basin. We couldn't work out whether the walls were painted nicotine colour and were just plain nicotine stained. The lift only worked up to the 3rd floor. We were told to take the lift to the third floor and then walk up to the final floor. The whole place was gloomy - 25watt lightbulb syndrome! When we asked at reception whether all the rooms were the same the response was 'no - our room was the best'!! We had a definite feel that they regularly expected people to see the room and then leave They told us if we had come down within an hour of checking in we could have left at no charge, If we had known this and were certain we could find another room we would have. We spent our first evening in Toulouse searching out an alternative hotel. Thankfully we found one and checked out the next morning. At no time did the hotel ask us why. The best thing about this hotel is the location - right next to the major refurbishment of the metro - just outside the entrance - pneumatic drills and tower cranes etc. Never again!!!!!

Filthy, uncomfortable and grim grim grim. Bed was at an alarming angle. The bidet had been ripped out of the bathroom and there was just a big hole where it had once been. The shower flooded the bathroom when you used it. There were hairs and bits of loo roll all over the floor when we checked in. It smelt. I couldn't bear to undress and slept in my clothes. And it was the most expensive night of our stay in France! You have been warned.