Paris Hotel Tips by XenoHumph

You get what you pay for (i.e. not much in terms of comfort). The towels had so many holes, it was hard to dry yourself...assuming you could take a shower...the shower head holes were plugged by carbonates (took me half an hour to unplug each hole with a pin)...the sink was plugged too (got fixed with Drano as soon as I complained), and the beds were not very comfortable, and, yes, I almost forgot, the closet fell on me when I tried to open it!!. Anyway, it is clear, you go to this hotel because it is cheap and well located, period. Make sure you spend most of your Paris trip away from your room!
The breakfasts were nice (baguette, butter, jam, coffee, tea or chocolate), sometimes entertained by the talkative owner, around a big round table on the first floor.

Unique Qualities: 21 rooms, 4 with shower and toilet
Rooms at less than 50 euros
Rates include breakfast
Credit Cards Not Accepted

Very popular, make sure you make reservations several months in advance!

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Theme: Hotel
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: US$40-80  » Currency Converter
Phone: 01-43-54-44-53
Address: 25 Place Dauphine, 75001 Paris, France
Directions: Place Dauphine on Ile de la Cité (1st Arrondissement). Narrow building near the tip of the square, Southern side.
Métro: Pont-Neuf, Cité

Very nice little hotel, very clean and quiet. The owner, originally from ex-Yougolavia, is matron-like but really nice.
Well located near rue Mouffetard which is narrow and very typical of the old Paris. There is a fun market taking place there on Sunday mornings. Lots of students around during school year as lots of schools and colleges are located in this district, Quartier Latin.

Unique Qualities: Call for reservations. You might also be able to reserve this hotel through the internet hotel reservation companies.
Breakfast is not included in the price and costs 6 euros.

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Theme: Hotel
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$80-120  » Currency Converter
Phone: 01 47 07 10 99
Address: 15, rue Pascal, 75005 Paris, France
Directions: Quartier Latin (5th Arrondissement) at the bottom (Southern end) of Rue Mouffetard, near the church St Médard.
Métro: Censier-Daubenton
Website: http://www.hoteldelesperance.fr/

This simple and clean 2 star hotel has a great location. The rooms have no pretention, quite bare, but very clean. The bathroom looked like it had been recently redone. The only downside of this hotel is that non of its rooms are non-smoking, so there might be a remnant of the smell (which was really not bad in our room). Ask for a room on the backside as rue de la Huchette is a busy and noisy pedestrian street with restaurants catering for the tourists.

Unique Qualities: Excellent location in the latin district, next to the river Seine, close to Notre-Dame, and right next to a metro (RER, the suburb train) with a direct line to Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) airport in 1/2 an hour.

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Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: US$40-80  » Currency Converter
Phone: 33(0)1 43 54 22 29
Address: 28 rue de la Huchette, 75005 Paris, France
Directions: Bottom of Boulevard St Michel (E of it), a block from the river Seine. Metro and RER St Michel.
Website: http://www.france-hotel-guide.com/h75005montblanc.htm
Other Contact: Fax: 33(0)1 46 34 14 56

This hotel is excellent for its price (we paid 100 euros for a queen-size bed room) and perfectly located near Jardins du Luxembourg, Théatre de l'Odéon, and not far from Blvd St Germain. The decoration is pleasant, it is very clean and the staff is really nice. They do not have air conditioning, but provided a fan during the summer heat. The street, Casimir Delavigne, is quiet so a room on street side is no problem. Also, there was albsolutely no cigarette smoke smell anywhere in the hotel, a blessing in Paris! We loved it

Unique Qualities: Excellent value for the location and quality of the rooms.
Close to RER B station which is the direct train line to Charles de Gaulle airport.

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Phone: 01 46 34 78 50
Address: 3, rue Casimir Delavigne, 75006 Paris, France
Directions: 6th district, close to Jardins du luxembourg, Senate and Théatre de l'Odéon.
Metro: RER Luxembourg or métro Odéon
Website: http://www.balcons.com
Other Contact: email : hotelbalcons@aol.com

Nice quiet clean hotel, reasonably priced. Nice alternative to Hotel de L'Esperance (see my other tips above) if the later is full. It is not a hotel one wants absolutely go to, it is rather impersonel and spartan, but it is reasonably well located. Anyway, when you go to Paris, it is not to stay in your hotel room!
Located at Place de la R?publique, walking distance of the wonderful district of Marais (Place des Vosges, museum Picasso, museum Carnavalet, old jewish quarter, gay district) and Canal St Martin.

Unique Qualities: Rates 2003
Single room: 125 €uro
Double room: 140 €uro
Twin: 170 €uro
Breakfast: included
Taxes included

Discount rates available through web companies.

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Theme: Hotel
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$120-180  » Currency Converter
Phone: 01 48 87 58 92
Address: 72, rue Charlot 75003 Paris, France
Directions: Paris, 3rd Arrondissement, near Place de la République, Northern part of the Marais district.
Métro: République, Filles du Calvaire
Website: http://www.pariserve.tm.fr/hotel/americain/english.htm
Other Contact: Fax: 33 1 48 87 48 03

This hotel would have been great, perfect even and reasonably priced, if it weren't for the cigarette smoke pervading the corridors and thus the rooms. The rooms were very clean, small like always in Paris but very confortable. The lobby is pretty and there is an elavator. I assume that the guy at the front desk was a chain smoker, the night guy seemed to smoke too, so everything smelled of it. We thought that opening the window on the lovely courtyard would help, but there must have been people smoking there too. I was sad because I looked forward discovering this hotel, highly recommanded by VT member Davequ, and staying in a district I have never stayed at before. But both my husband and I get allergies exacerbated by smoke, and cold cigarette smoke is very unpleasant.

Unique Qualities: If you do not mind cigarette smoke, go for it!
Priced at 85 euros for their cheapest rooms, i.e. reasonable for Paris, it is located in the Montparnasse district. It is a minute walk away from the lively rue de la Gaieté which is full of restaurants and theaters. It is a nice safe area. The metro bring you anywhere in Paris from there.

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Theme: Hotel
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$80-120  » Currency Converter
Phone: 33(0)1 43 20 66 31
Address: 35, rue Delambre, 75014 Paris,France
Directions: In the 14th district at Montparnasse, near the animated rue de la Gaieté. Métro Edgard-Quinet. About 10-15 mn walk to RER station Denfert-Rochereau which is on the line to the airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle
Website: http://www.delambre-paris-hotel.com/index.html
Other Contact: Fax: 33(0)1 45 38 91 76