This friendly IYHF hostel has 100 beds in rooms for two to six. There's no need - indeed, no way - to make advance bookings. There's no curfew, though rooms are closed between...

The BVJ hostel has 121 beds with homely tartan quilts in clean but bare modern dorms (for up to ten), and rooms with showers. There's also a TV lounge and a work room in which...

Making the most of its 15th-century origins, this hotel features exposed wooden beams, high ceilings, antique furnishings and toile-covered walls. Manuel Canovas fabrics lend a...

If you're looking for some vintage style but can't face another gilded Louis XIV interior, check into this historic, Haussmann-era hotel, which sets traditional furniture...

Guests here are cocooned in soundproofed luxury. The 19th-century Eiffel-inspired lobby with jewel-encrusted pink granite columns is a historic landmark: the high ceilings,...

Only nine of the 20 rooms are en suite, but all are decorated with colourful murals, and many overlook a charming garden courtyard.

The fashion pack adores this 18th-century hotel (the staircase is listed), located in prime shopping territory. Done out with ethnic rugs, a smattering of animal prints, bright...

A good address for film freaks on a budget. Ideally located in a lively part of the Marais, the quaint façade hides a treasure trove of movie memorabilia, which takes up most...

The Provençal decor and warm welcome make this a nice retreat. For the quintessential Paris view at a bargain price, ask to stay on one of the upper floors: you can see the...

Situated between the Arc de Triomphe and place des Ternes, this comfortable hotel has one of Paris's finest art nouveau ceramic façades dating from 1904; inside, the theme...

The Bourdonnais feels more like a traditional French bourgeois townhouse than a hotel, with 56 bedrooms decorated in rich colours, antiques and Persian rugs. The main lobby...

Its location may be in the seventh, but this venerable literary and artistic haunt is unmistakeably part of St-Germain-des-Prés. The a,rt deco-style Lenox Club Bar, open to the...

This elegant hotel - built for Napoleon III's physician - features appropriately Second Empire high ceilings and plush upholstery, and a lounge overlooking a lovely walled...

MIJE runs three 17th-century Marais residences - one is a former convent - that provide the most attractive hostel sleeps in Paris. Its plain, clean rooms have snow-white...