Can anyone recommend an inexpensive hotel in Paris. I will be travelling to Paris on mid-April. Thanks

Bfandon: You will find a lot of suggestions in this forum (go to the Paris messages). But, you are kind of late for mid-April and that's the Easter weekend... <BR>You might find at <BR>www.paris-touristoffice.com <BR>You can search by area, price, etc. But good budget hotels are usually quite small places might be booked already. Just read posts in this forum. <BR>Bonne chance!

Brandon <BR>In addition to suggestions here, and elsewhere on this Fodor's website <BR>(check out Paris and the hotel section and rants and raves), you can also search <BR>www.france-hotel-guide.com <BR>has a list of budget hotels <BR> <BR>All of the following also have comments from past hotel guests: <BR>www.hotelboulevard.com <BR>www.paris.org/ <BR>www.france.com <BR>Not sure if they'll fit your budget, but the following are only some of the hotels that have been praised on this forum and elsewhere <BR>Grand Hotel Leveque,Degres de Notre Dame, Port-Royal,Champs-de-Mars, <BR>Saint-Dominique, l'Esperance, <BR>Muguet, Familia, GRandes-Ecoles,Quai Voltaire, St-Jacques, Palais Bourbon <BR>etc <BR> <BR> <BR>

The most recent National Geographic Traveler magazine has a great article on inexpensive hotels in Paris. They mention several that are often on this forum; Champs du Mars, Familia, Muguet, Grandes Ecoles plus some less familiar ones. Several friends have stayed at the St. Jacques and found it to be a good choice.

I was in Paris last year and stayed at the Hotel du Lys, 23 rue Serpente, 6th arrondissement (St. Germaine), Tel: 011-33-014-326-9757. I believe it was under 600francs (includes breakfast) and the location is incredible. If you have a Paris street/metro map look for the St. Michel stop. The hotel is just around the corner and is close to many, many restaurants. It's a stone's throw from the Seine and Notre Dame. The hotel itself is very clean; the room we stayed in (#11) was spacious (for a European hotel) and had a nice size bathroom. I noticed the Familia hotel has also been recommend by others. We were also looking at that hotel and one night we walked by it - well, the location is nowhere as good and I'm glad we chose Hotel du Lys instead. Good luck!

If you're willing to go without a private bathroom, or even get by w/o an elevator, you can get by quite economically. I'll be there a few weeks before you @ 238 ff per night, a one star hotel.

<BR>I couldn't really help about this question, but I think you should explain what you mean by "inexpensive". This word has *very* different meanings for different people. Is inexpensive 200FF/night? 400FF? 800FF?