Cathinjoetown: I just went through the list again and I didn't see anyone that had posted about the Hotel Dauphine. If it wasn't mentioned by posters in the original long list above, then it's not mentioned in my summary list. Happy Travels!

I used to be able to find a good left-bank two-star hotel for around 100 euros per night in the 5th or 6th. No more! Have they all redecorated and raised prices?

Julie7963: Many of the hotels started big renovations around 1990. I stayed at the Hotel de Seine from 1981-1990 and in 1981 it was the equivalent of $18.00 a night. In $1990, it was the equivalent of $50.00 a night. After the renovation from 1990-1991, I think it was, my old room went to the equivalent of the $100. range, which is why the manager, a good friend of mine, moved me down the street to the Welcome Hotel. Cheaper. So, the 90s were the time when I remember the most changes in hotel prices in the area.

I stayed for about 10 years at the Welcome. Same owner as the Hotel de Seine and other hotels in the neighborhood. I then moved on to the Hotel Clement, suggested by another hotel manager friend of mine. We went to many hotels in the neighborhood so that I could select a new one. We were shown many rooms at various hotels.

I've stayed at a lot of hotels, all over Paris since the mid 70s, and first stayed in the 5th and 6th around 1977, but regularly since around 1981 and have seen the renovations and prices rise. I was given a walk-through of some of them after the renovations as I knew hotel managers.

The Hotel St. Andres des Arts should have rooms at 95 Euros. I have stayed there, but back in the days when it was around the equivalent of $40.00. But, I looked it up in 2010, out of curiosity, and there were rooms for 95 Euros. I now rent apartments in my same neighborhood, but still keep up with the hotel scene as there are always friends and colleagues who ask for recommendations. Happy Travels!

6th- Hotel de Fleurie is charming...small but nice and location is really good...quieter street than Hotel Louis II

Hotel Louis II-excellent location! Small rooms but no problem even with a bit too much luggage. very clean, nice staff. again...we loved the location, so close to the Odeon metro station and great cafes in area...at corner of rue de Conde and rue St Sulpice, a block off Blvd St Germain

Thanks so much for the replies. Guenmai, you and I have been visiting Paris for the same length of time! I also stayed at the Hotel de Seine during the 1980s.

Denisea, thanks for the recommendations. You're right - the Odeon area is a great location. I usually stay in the 7th in an apartment or the Hotel Muguet - which redecorated and raised prices! This time I'm going to try another neighborhood.

I've narrowed my choices to an apartment near the Marche St. Catherine in the Marais, or the Hotel du Lys in the 6th.

Julie
www.juliesparis.wordpress.com

Quick PS for Guenmai - thanks to your Hotel thread, I am considering the Hotel du Lys. You did all Paris travelers a great service by pulling this together! Bravo!

Julie
www.juliesparis.wordpress.com

You're welcome, Julie. Glad that I could be of help. Have a great trip! Happy Travels!

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Can't you make this thread a sticky thread? I saw on other forums they do it that way with important threads, so you don't have to 'top' it.
I also prefer the Left Bank, although there are locations on the right which I like a lot, for example around the Bastille or Montmartre. Anyway, here are my favourite hotels on the Left Bank:
Hotel les Rives de Notre Dame, at Saint-Michel (5th) - http://paris-hotel-rivesnotredame.com
Hotel Select, at Sorbonne (5th) - http://paris-hotel-select.com
Hotel Edouard VI, at Montparnasse (6th) - http://hoteledouard6.com/
Hotel Aviatic, close to Montparnasse (6th) - http://aviatic-hotelsaintgermain.com
Hotel Dauphine, at Saint-Germain (6th) - http://dauphine-paris-hotel.com/
Hotel du Quai Voltaire, at the Seine (7th) - http://www.quaivoltaire.fr/
Hotel de l'Alma, at Rue Cler and the Eiffel Tower (7th) - http://alma-paris-hotel.com
Hotel du Petit Louvre, close to the Eiffel Tower (15th) - http://hotel-paris-petitlouvre.com
Hotel Baldi, between the Eiffel Tower and Montparnasse (15th) - http://baldi-paris-hotel.com/
I have stayed at these at different times, some more recently, others in the last 9 years. (I first went to Paris in 1990, but don't remember where I stayed - not even the district.)

....Happy Travels!

bookmarking! merci

You're welcome. Happy Travels!

We've stayed at pont royal the last two times we were in paris. But it's been quite a few years. Joel Robuchon's restaurant was in the hotel. Great location, good food, good hotel. Is it still good? What's the best hotel on the left bank?

L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon is still fantastic! We were there in Aug 2009 and again in December 2010. It's a favorite for us.
He has also opened a L'Atelier near the Arc de Triomphe.

If you are ever there is summer, get the gazpacho with mustard sorbet. I still dream about it.

I just got back from a 6-night stay at the Hotel Le Clement, recommended by Guenmai at the beginning of the thread, and could not have been happier with it.

It was surprisingly nice for a 2* and was more comfortable than some 3* I've stayed in. And the shower was the best I've ever had in any hotel anywhere. Which is usually my complaint about budget hotels, dealing with the bath and shower setup. We had a junior suite, which is basically a double and a single room sharing one bathroom, and it was a super value for the space. And the location in the 6th near Mabillon and Odeon metro stations was ideal for us. Big thumbs up.

Oops, I mean to post a link to the Hotel Le Clement:

www.hotelclementparis.com
www.clement-moliere-paris-hotel.com

Glad you enjoyed it. Happy Travels!

hi Cheryl,

thanks for posting the link. looks very nice.

was breakfast included in the rate you got? if not, how much was it?

No, breakfast was not included. I think it was 11E pp.

But we opted for the cheaper bfast at the Brioche Doree across the street in the Marche St Germain (which is a little mall with a food market and several restaurants). Brioche Doree is a cheap chain, but my niece loved the pain au chocolat every morning. I've since discovered it's also in the US but we don't have them where we live. There are also cafes and bakeries all over the neighborhood in every direction.

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