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HÔTEL DES 3 COLLÈGES Map Hotel €€

01 43 54 67 30; www.3colleges.com; 16 rue Cujas, 5e; s €78-120, d €96-140, tr €130-160; Luxembourg; Filles du Calvaire;

Under new (and enthusiastic) management, this 44-room hotel is a pleasant and reasonably priced place to located by the Sorbonne. Furnishings in the smallish rooms are simple – white with splashes of pastel – and some rooms share a WC. But we love the half-price (€4.50) express breakfast and room 63 with its beamed ceiling and – count ‘em – three sun-splashed windows.

HÔTEL RÉSIDENCE HENRI IV Map Hotel €€

01 44 41 31 81; www.residencehenri4.com; 50 rue des Bernadins, 5e; s & d €90-230, 1-/2-person apt €150-310, 3-/4-person apt €180-340; Maubert Mutualité;

This exquisite late-19th-century hotel at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac near the Sorbonne has eight rooms and five two-room apartments – all with kitchenette (microwave, fridge, stove, crockery and cutlery). They are of a generous size – a minimum 17 sq metres for the rooms and 25 sq metres for the apartments – and all look out onto the street and leafy square, while the bathrooms all face a courtyard. Room 1 on the ground floor is wheelchair accessible. Rates vary widely; check the internet.

HÔTEL ESMERALDA Map Hotel €€

01 43 54 19 20; fax 01 40 51 00 68; 4 rue St-Julien le Pauvre, 5e; s €35-95, d €85-95, tr/q €110/120; St-Michel

Tucked away in a quiet street with million-dollar views of Notre Dame (choose room 12!), this no-frills place – always just about to be renovated – is about as central to the Latin Quarter as you’re ever likely to get. Its charm is no secret though, so book well ahead. At these prices and location, the 19 rooms – the three cheapest singles have washbasin only – are no great shakes, so expect little beyond the picture-postcard view through the window. There’s no lift and some rooms share a toilet.

HÔTEL DE L’ESPÉRANCE Map Hotel €€

01 47 07 10 99; www.hoteldelesperance.fr; 15 rue Pascal, 5e; s €71-80, d €80-90; Censier Daubenton;

Just a couple of minutes’ walk south of lively rue Mouffetard is this quiet and immaculately kept 38-room hotel with faux antique furnishings and a warm welcome from a charming couple. Some of the larger rooms have two double beds.

HÔTEL CLUNY SORBONNE Map Hotel €€

01 43 54 66 66; www.hotel-cluny.fr; 8 rue Victor Cousin, 5e; s & d €70-95, q €130-150; Luxembourg;

This hotel, surrounded by the prestigious buildings of the Sorbonne and where the poet Arthur Rimbaud dallied in 1872, has 23 rooms that could do with an upgrade, but the cheery yellow lobby and equally cheery staff make up for that. One of the choicest rooms is No 63 for four people, with memorable views of the college and the Panthéon.

HÔTEL GAY-LUSSAC Map Hotel €

01 43 54 23 96; hotel.gay-lussac@club-Internet.fr; 29 rue Gay Lussac, 5e; s/d with washbasin €50/60, s/d with shower €60/70, s/d/tr/q with shower & WC €65/78/98/110; Luxembourg;

Sacré bleu! The Gay-Lussac, a 35-room threadbare hotel with a certain amount of character in the southern part of the Latin Quarter, has entered into the modern age with a website, wi-fi throughout and a lick of paint. Though the single rooms are small, the others are very large indeed and have high ceilings. Furnishings are very basic and the whole place could use a more ambitious refit, but the staff are friendly and helpful.

PORT ROYAL HÔTEL Map Hotel €

01 43 31 70 06; www.hotelportroyal.fr; 8 blvd de Port Royal, 5e; s €41-89, d €53-89; Les Gobelins;

It’s hard to imagine that this 46-room hotel, owned and managed by the same family since 1931, still only bears one star. The spotless and very quiet rooms overlook a small glassed-in courtyard (eg room 15) or the street (room 14) but we especially like room 11 with its colourful bed frame and pretty bathroom. Of course, this value-for-money place is no secret, so book ahead. Rooms at the lower end of the scale have washbasins only.

YOUNG & HAPPY HOSTEL Map Hostel €

01 47 07 47 07; www.youngandhappy.fr;