Hotel du Vieux Marais Hotel is in a good location close to transport, & resturants. We stayed 4 nights at this hotel & were greeted by Alfred the receptionist who stipulated a number of rules including not being allowed to bring any food or drink to our room. The room was very small just enough room for a bed & certainly no living area as advertised. The bathroom wasn't particularly clean with mold around the bath, the bottom of the shower curtain was a yellowish colour, the toilet roll holder was broken so that the roll fell on the floor. There was no kettel or fridge we couldn't make a hot drink. The owner who we dubbed "the head mistress" complained that we hadn't shut our door properly which was not the case, & returning to our room one day the receptionist refused to give us our key until we visited the Head Mistrees in her office to be given a lecture because of a stain on a towel. Her constant presents at the hotel was intimidating not only to us but to her staff who seemed to be constantly on edge. She inspected our room everyday while we were out & gave us a hard time when we returned over some petty issue, I've never been subjected to this sort of behaviour ever. The room was dusty & not particularly clean. There were no power points near the bed as advertised, the only working one was under a desk which we had to crawl under to get access, two others, one in a dusty cupboard didn't work the other was hanging off the wall & I wouldn't use for fear of electricution . We had to smuggle wine & snacks to our room every day & dispose of the empty bottles & wrappers outside for fear of being caught breaking this pathetic rule & possible eviction. For $260 per night, & would advise anyone to avoid this hotel with it's draconian rules & regulations, stay at one of the many other similar priced 3 star hotels in this facinating area. Steve Brennan stayed room in 14, 4th - 7th July.