Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to spend the kids’ inheritance to stay in a decent hotel in Paris. In fact, it’s not that hard to find a hotel room for less than €100 a night in the city. Stay in these value-for-money hotels and put what you save towards a bottle of Champagne – or two.
The dining room at Hotel Joyce is one of a kind quirky cool
Hotel Joyce
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Hotel Joyce is super quirky with reclaimed car seats at the breakfast tables, a wall of mirrors in the breakfast room, and bookcases in the bedrooms that are stencilled onto the walls in the place of the real things. Standard doubles at the hotel start at €91 and for that you get breakfast in the morning and free rein of an open snack bar with options like croissants, fruit and brownies every afternoon.
Metro: Saint-Georges
Hotel Joyce is in a prime location in the heart of Paris perfect for your Parisian getaway
Hôtel de la Mare
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Off the tourist track, Hôtel de la Mare is in east Paris by the Parc de Belleville. The closest metro is a 10-minute walk away, though, and you can get into the heart of Paris in 10 to 15 minutes. The rooms have character. Bright yellow and red headboards and wardrobes add colour to the place while posters of Paris remind you where you are. You can order a traditional Parisian breakfast to be brought to your room when you stay here, or prepare your own food in the kitchenette that comes with each room.
Metro: Ménilmontant
Hotel 34B
Hotel 34B
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Sister hotel to Hotel Joyce, Hotel 34B is one for Francophiles. Rooms and hallways are painted in the colours of the national flag and French design items like chandeliers and vintage post boxes are dotted around the hotel. The free breakfast is classically French, too, featuring croissants, pains au chocolat, crusty baguettes and a selection of French cheeses amongst other items. Guide books are on hand to help you plan your stay in the city and the metro is a five-minute walk away, when you’re ready to start exploring.
Metro: Grandes Boulevards
Hôtel Darcet
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You can’t argue with rooms at €61 a night, especially when those rooms are a 10-minute walk from the Moulin Rouge and just around the corner from the Place de Clichy metro, which will spirit you away to anywhere else in the city. Rooms at Hotel Darcet are simple, with wood furniture and white bed covers. There’s a little suntrap of a terrace at the hotel, too, that’s coloured with potted plants, and is a great place to bring breakfast pastries back to, from one of the bakeries close to the property.
Metro: Place de Clichy
Hôtel De La Paix Montparnasse
Hôtel De La Paix Montparnasse
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This hotel, close to the Raspail metro, has been designed to make you feel like you’re staying in a Parisian family home. Cosy chairs with throws, vases of flowers and shelves of knickknacks like an antique grammar phone are arranged in the front-room style lobby. The rooms, meanwhile, look like they belong in French country cottages. This is a great choice for families thanks to its dedicated rooms that sleep a family of up to five.
Metro: Raspail
Hotel WO
Hotel WO
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With rooms for around €130 a night, this hotel is at the slightly more expensive end of the budget hotel bracket. But it’s easy to see why it costs that little bit more. Hotel WO offers in-room massages, access to a local fitness studio, and some of its rooms come with balconies that look out over the Eiffel Tower. Even if you can’t see Paris’s most famous landmark from your window, you can walk to it from the hotel in about 25 minutes.
Metro: Gare Saint-Lazare
Hôtel Augustin
Hôtel Augustin
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Hôtel Augustin is a paint palette of a place. The breakfast room is bright with orange and yellow chairs, art and furniture, and rooms feature splotches of colour in the form of yellow wall lights or cerise shelving. Standard double rooms cost around €91 a night and include a free soft drinks mini bar and a traditional French breakfast. Treat yourself to a €116-a-night superior double, meanwhile, and you’ll get the bonus of a fluffy robe, welcome tray and iPod docking station.
Metro: St Augustin
Hotel Joke
Hotel Joke
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You can’t take life too seriously at this hotel, as the name suggests. You won’t get pranks played on you at Hotel Joke, but you’ll find retro games in the lobby and find your room decorated with fun elements like huge bean bags, knitted radios, and gameshow-style spinner wheels or word game boards in the place of headboards. Breakfast is included in the price of a stay, as is access to a free snack bar in the afternoons.
Metro: Blanche