147 - 151 avenue de Flandres, 75019 Paris

Campanile Prime Paris 19 - La Villette

Name: Campanile Prime Paris 19 - La Villette
Address: 147 - 151 avenue de Flandres, Paris, 75019, FR
Rating: 4.1

Hotel-restaurant 3-star in Paris

Presentation

Campanile Prime Paris 19 - La Villette rises over eight floors on Avenue de Flandres, on the edge of the 19th arrondissement, where the ring road and the metro share the neighborhood’s background noise. Guests often get off at Crimée or Corentin Cariou on Line 7; the station is barely a three-minute walk from the entrance hall.

The building dates back to the late 1990s and was taken over in 2011. The rooms have kept the restrained style typical of hotels designed for efficiency rather than showiness: light wood flooring, a padded headboard, and a bathroom fitted with a rain shower. The windows are double-glazed, designed to cut down the rumble from the avenue. Some guests still hear traffic in the evening, especially on the street side, which makes it worth asking for a courtyard-facing room if you are a light sleeper.

On the ground floor, Le Café serves as a daytime lounge: people work there, wait there, and snack there at their own pace. Table service proper comes a little later, with a menu that changes according to the chef’s mood and buffet options for those who prefer to build their own plate. Breakfast follows the same logic, with a generous buffet, pastries, scrambled eggs, but it is charged as an extra on top of the nightly rate, a detail to keep in mind when booking rather than discovering at reception.

At the end of the day, the lounge bar comes alive, with cocktails, screens for the matches, and karaoke that usually starts around 7 p.m. for groups finishing a seminar in one of the meeting rooms upstairs.

The fitness room is open 24 hours a day, useful for those arriving late from a flight or leaving early the next morning.

Outside, Parc de la Villette and the Canal de l’Ourcq are just a few minutes’ walk away, more than enough to fill an evening or a Sunday morning. The Cité des Sciences, the Zénith and the Géode are all within a quarter of an hour, and the rest of Paris, including the Louvre, is reachable with one line change. This is not the city center; Avenue de Flandres feels more like a neighborhood going about its business without worrying about tourists, which leaves just enough time to see a Paris that does not pose for photos.

The underground monitored parking lot also comes at an extra charge, which remains reasonable compared with the rates charged closer to the center for an equivalent service.

One last point: the evening buffet is often refilled until 10 p.m., more than enough time to return from a walk along the canal before the dining room closes.

Summary of a few positive reviews read on the Web

Really friendly welcome, and the breakfast team takes the time to chat for a couple of minutes.
Complete breakfast buffet, fresh bread and good coffee. You leave full for the day.
Room spotless on arrival, with a little note left on the mirror. A simple touch, but it makes you happy.
Metro station about two hundred meters away, convenient for getting back late without rushing.
Comfortable bed, kettle in the room, soft towels. Nothing to complain about on the amenities side.
Room with four beds for the family, not easy to find at this price in Paris.