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HÔTEL DE L’ESPÉRANCE Map Hotel €€

01 43 21 63 84; hotelesperance@yahoo.fr; 45 rue de la Gaîté, 14e; s €55-70, d €85, tw €99; Gaîté

This 15-room place, along a street lined with sex shops and other less-than-salubrious establishments one usually finds around train stations, has had a protracted (and rather superficial) refit but remains good value for what (and where) it is.

PETIT PALACE HÔTEL Map Hotel €€

01 43 22 05 25; www.paris-hotel-petit-palace.com; 131 av du Maine, 14e; s €60-69, d/q €79/99; Gaîté;

This friendly (and rather ambitiously named) two-star hotel right on a main boulevard south of Montparnasse has been run by the same family for half a century. It has 41 smallish but spotless rooms, all of which have showers and toilets.

CELTIC HÔTEL Map Hotel €

01 43 20 93 53; hotelceltic@wanadoo.fr; 15 rue d’Odessa, 14e; s €45-56, d €63-70, tr €80; Edgar Quinet

A cheapie of the old school and still resisting a website, this 29-room hotel is an old-fashioned place with a small lift and an up-to-date reception area with new furniture. The cheaper singles are pretty bare and even the en suite doubles and triples are not exactly tout confort (with all the mod cons), but Gare Montparnasse is only 200m away.

HÔTEL DE BLOIS Map Hotel €

01 45 40 99 48; www.hoteldeblois.com; 5 rue des Plantes, 14e; s €55-75, d €59-80, tw €58-66, tr €70-85; Mouton Duvernet;

This 25-room establishment just off the av du Maine has been completely overhauled and is now a very pleasant and affordable one-star just south of Gare Montparnasse. Rooms, smallish but fully equipped, have a shower or bath but some share use of the toilet down the hall. Staff are very helpful and friendly.

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FAUBOURG ST-GERMAIN & INVALIDES

The 7e is a lovely arrondissement in which to stay, but apart from the northeast section – the area east of Invalides and opposite the Louvre – it’s fairly quiet here.

HÔTEL VERNEUIL Map Hotel €€€

01 42 60 82 14; www.hotelverneuil.com; 8 rue de Verneuil, 7e; s €140, d €170-220; St-Germain des Prés;

Chic and cosy, this lovely hotel is in a 17th-century building in a quiet street just off blvd St-Germain des Prés. It has 26 individually decorated rooms (half of which have air conditioning) and the décor tries hard to reflect this quartier full of galleries and antique shops, with engravings and original artwork on the walls throughout. The beamed salon off the lobby feels like a library in a private home and there is some lovely stained glass in the hallways.

HÔTEL DE VARENNE Map Hotel €€€

01 45 51 45 55; www.hoteldevarenne.com; 44 rue de Bourgogne, 7e; s & d €137-177, tr €167-187; Varenne; Filles du Calvaire;

Very refined, very classic and very quiet, this hotel tucked at the end of a courtyard garden with fountain has something of a country feel to it. Most of the two dozen rooms spread over four floors look into the courtyard and a very sizable choice is room 22. The Musée Rodin is within spitting distance.

HÔTEL ST-DOMINIQUE Map Hotel €€

01 47 05 51 44; www.hotelstdominique.com; 62 rue St-Dominique, 7e; s €115, d €135-155; Invalides;

This hotel, with its beamed ceilings, ancient stone walls, and large and leafy back patio, where breakfast is served in fine weather, is located between Invalides and the Eiffel Tower. Only some of the 37 rooms have had a refit, so insist on one of those (eg room 2). A very quiet choice is room 10, which looks out onto the patio.

HÔTEL MUGUET Map Hotel €€

01 47 05 05 93; www.hotelmuguet.com; 11 rue Chevert, 7e; s/d/tr €103/135/180; La Tour Maubourg; Filles du Calvaire;

This hotel, strategically placed between Invalides and the Eiffel Tower, has 48 generous sized rooms that have been recently renovated. Room 63 is bathed in light and takes in the Église du Dôme, while room 62 has a mansard ceiling but wins the lottery with views of the Eiffel Tower. The glassed in breakfast room has access to a delightful courtyard garden.

HÔTEL LENOX ST-GERMAIN Map Hotel €€

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