Priceline Hotel: "walking distance" hotel areas for Paris and Vienna

[are8]

Hi everybody,

I am going to be two days each in both paris and vienna. I want hotels that will require minimal transport (walking distance preferred) to city center attractions, becuse I dont have much time in either city. It is very hard for me to guage the distance from the priceline maps, plus I dont really know what "center" locations for the two cities would be.

The bidding areas for vienna are:

It seems this city is much smaller than paris so any area will work for me???

City Center

South

West

The bidding areas for paris are:

Bastille-Bercy

Batignolles-Montmarte-Republique

Champs Elysees-Opera Quarter West (from what I have read, this is the most desirable "central" area, but also the hardest to get a got pricleline rate on??

Eiffel Tower-Grenelle-Montparnasse

La Defense-Neuilly (seems pretty far away)

Opera Quarter East-Les Halles

St. Germain-Latin Quarter-Montparnasse

Thank you so much for your advice!

Please feel free to add advice on where I should visit from various hotel locations!

[WillTravel]

Paris:

For walking, I'd say Opera Quarter East-Les Halles is the most central area. If you got the northwest part of St. Germain-Latin Quarter-Montparnasse, that would also be really central, but it's very unlikely you'd get a 4* hotel there (and maybe not a 3*).

Eiffel Tower-Grenelle-Montparnasse includes a portion that is really not central, but part of it is quite central. But I wouldn't risk it.

Champs Elysees-Opera Quarter West will mostly give you hotels that aren't very central, but okay with the metro. For Bastille-Bercy and Batignolles-Montmarte-Republique, parts of these would be somewhat central (but not extremely) and parts would be quite uncentral.

La Defense-Neuilly is definitely far away.

If you really want a centrally located hotel, the best bet is to book it directly, or maybe use HOTWIRE in a few very specific zones, or stick to 4* in Opera Quarter East-Les Halles.

As for what to see, what interests you?

[are8]

Thank you so much for the prompt response. Truth be told, my favorite places to visit are not cities at all, but small historic village type places that will have a specialty associated with it (a type of cheese, or special natural attraction). As far as cities go, I would be most interested in the old historic areas where you would be able to see the most historic buildings.