Do yourself a favour if you're staying in Lille, pay more if you can afford it and stay somewhere better.
Yes, the location's pretty good (as in central-ish) but Lille's not that big and the Metro makes it so easy to get about that you could stay a bit further out from the centre and it wouldn't be a big deal.
I came to Lille for a wee bit of reminiscing before spending Hogmanay (New Year's Eve) in Paris with friends last year, as I lived in the fabulous city during my exchange year abroad at Uni and fancied a wee donner about (mainly to eat food.) Unfortunately after having a totally rubbish sleep here, I was left utterly exhausted and only had my night out saved by copious amounts of energy drinks!
As previously mentioned, the rooms are clean and the staff are friendly (hence the two stars) - but paper thin would be too good a description for the walls. I could hear the couple in the room next to me screaming (yep, screaming) at each other for ages, and it was getting pretty scary so I went down and told reception. They did check it out but it solved absolutely nothing, and to be honest I just didn't really feel all that safe staying there, so it was pretty miserable!
Definitely learned my lesson there, it's always worth paying a bit more for a good hotel room!!
p.s. Lille is amazing, especially around Christmas. Don't let this put you off going there because it's magical :) read more