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15E ARRONDISSEMENT
The 15e, some people’s least favourite arrondissement in Paris, offers some decent accommodation options, especially when it comes to chain hotels.
The 15e is home to two hostels under the same management and very well known among backpackers and budget travellers: the Aloha Hostel (see below) and the Three Ducks Hostel. Based on feedback from readers, Lonely Planet no longer recommends the Three Ducks, but the Aloha still gets the thumbs up.
HÔTEL AMIRAL FONDARY Map Hotel €€
01 45 75 14 75; www.amiral-fondary.com, in French; 30 rue Fondary, 15e; s €74-90, d & tw €85-90; Av Émile Zola; Filles du Calvaire;
This reasonably priced hotel in the far-flung (but well-served by metro) 15e is an excellent choice for the price. The 20 rooms are modest but well maintained; choose one looking onto the pretty (and very leafy) little courtyard that is such a delight in the warm weather.
HÔTEL CARLADEZ CAMBRONNE Map Hotel €€
01 47 34 07 12; www.hotelcarladez.com; 3 pl du Généra Beuret, 15e; s €76-89, d €79-93, tw €83-95, ste €97-141; Vaugirard;
A small, very dynamic hotel overlooking an attractive square, the CC has 28 comfortable rooms that look onto a courtyard – the suite/apartment is in an annexe which has direct access to it from the street. While the former rooms are quieter, the latter are larger. The public areas have that ‘just in from Indonesia’ look; the complimentary coffee- and tea-making facilities are a nice touch.
ALOHA HOSTEL Map Hostel €
01 42 73 03 03; www.aloha.fr; 1 rue Borromée, 15e; per person dm/d Nov-Mar €19/23, Apr-Oct €23/26; Volontaires;
The Aloha is a laid-back hostel north of rue de Vaugirard. The rooms, which have two to six beds and sometimes a shower en suite, are locked from 11am to 5pm (though reception remains open) and curfew is at 2am. Kitchen facilities are available. Internet access costs €2 for 30 minutes, but wi-fi is free.
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MONTMARTRE & PIGALLE
Montmartre, encompassing the 18e and the northern part of the 9e, is one of the most charming neighbourhoods in Paris. There is a bunch of top-end hotels in the area, and the attractive two-star places on rue Aristide Bruant are generally less full in July and August than in the spring and autumn.
The flat area around the base of the Butte de Montmartre has some surprisingly good deals. The lively, ethnically mixed area east of Sacré Cœur can be a bit rough; some people say it’s prudent to avoid Château Rouge metro station at night. Both the 9e and the 18e have fine and recommended hostels.
KUBE HÔTEL Map Boutique Hotel €€€
01 42 05 20 00; www.kubehotel.com; 1-5 passage Ruelle, 18e; s €250, d €300-400, ste €500-750; La Chapelle; Filles du Calvaire;
The easternmost edge of the 18e, virtually the lap of Gare du Nord, is the last place in Paris you’d expect to find an über-trendy boutique hotel, but this 41-room hostelry manages to pull it off. The theme here is, of course, three dimensional square – from the glassed-in reception box in the entrance courtyard to the cube-shaped furnishings in the 41 guestrooms to the ice in the cocktails at the celebrated Ice Kube bar. The offspring of the stylish Murano Urban Resort the Kube might have been less open-handed with the florescent reds and faux fur, but if that’s what it takes to get guests to trek all the way to La Chapelle, so be it.
TERRASS HÔTEL Map Hotel €€€
01 46 06 72 85; www.terrass-hotel.com; 12 rue Joseph de Maistre, 18e; s & d €260-325, ste €355-375; Blanche; Filles du Calvaire;
This very sedate, stylish hotel at the southeastern corner of Montmartre Cemetery and due east of the Butte de Montmartre (Montmartre Hill) has 92 spacious and well-designed rooms and