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My top 5 hotels in Paris - For fashionistas and the budget minded So you are finally going to Paris. But where to stay? Picking the wrong Parisian hotel can put a wet rag on your entire experience. I feel terrible when I see tourists coming out of the local flea bag or even just an uninspired place that charges too much. So to give you hope, there are loads of hotels in paris that will inspire you, comfort you and keep you coming back, without a gigantic price tag, here are just a few. For the purse conscious : Hotel Manufacture is a hotel I stayed at not too long ago in the 13 th arrondissement of Paris. The 13 th lies just below the 5 th and the Latin quarter. Here you are walking distance from La Butte aux Cailles neighborhood, which is terribly charming and choc full of fun places to wine and dine. In addition you are very close to Paris’ Chinatown, which is the ideal place to get a steamy bowl of Pho for a mere 5 euros. This is one of the Cheapest areas of town to eat a very satisfying meal. As for the hotel, it’s clean, the rooms are small but the breakfast is good and the lobby is quite charming. Alert: this is a steal for Paris with prices starting as low as 75 euros a night, just slightly more than you’d pay at a youth hostel! Zen in Paris : For a calm, zen-like experience in Paris try the Hotel Gabriel, purported to be the first “detox” hotels in Paris . I think it’s a bit of a marketing ploy the whole detox thing as the “detox” elements that I saw consisted of healthy drinks and other snacks and a small Spa treatment room downstairs. Don’t kid yourself even if you stay here you’ll be gobbling up the pastries in Paris just like the rest of us. But I digress. The lobby and room décor at the Gabriel is Über-modern and trendy with loads of white fabrics, white lacquer and mood lighting. I really liked the little breakfast room/café downstairs as well as the location, just a 5-10 minute walk from my favorite area of Paris, the Marais. Rates from 129 euros a night.

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My top 5 hotels in Paris - For fashionistas and the budget minded

So you are finally going to Paris. But where to stay? Picking the wrong Parisian

hotel can put a wet rag on your entire experience. I feel terrible when I see

tourists coming out of the local flea bag or even just an uninspired place that

charges too much. So to give you hope, there are loads of hotels in paris that

will inspire you, comfort you and keep you coming back, without a gigantic price

tag, here are just a few.

For the purse conscious :

Hotel Manufacture is a hotel I stayed at not too long ago in the 13th

arrondissement of Paris. The 13th lies just below the 5th and the Latin quarter.

Here you are walking distance from La Butte aux Cailles neighborhood, which is

terribly charming and choc full of fun places to wine and dine. In addition you are

very close to Paris’ Chinatown, which is the ideal place to get a steamy bowl of

Pho for a mere 5 euros. This is one of the Cheapest areas of town to eat a very

satisfying meal. As for the hotel, it’s clean, the rooms are small but the breakfast

is good and the lobby is quite charming. Alert: this is a steal for Paris with prices

starting as low as 75 euros a night, just slightly more than you’d pay at a youth

hostel!

Zen in Paris :

For a calm, zen-like experience in Paris try the Hotel Gabriel, purported to be the

first “detox” hotels in Paris. I think it’s a bit of a marketing ploy the whole detox

thing as the “detox” elements that I saw consisted of healthy drinks and other

snacks and a small Spa treatment room downstairs. Don’t kid yourself even if

you stay here you’ll be gobbling up the pastries in Paris just like the rest of us.

But I digress. The lobby and room décor at the Gabriel is Über-modern and

trendy with loads of white fabrics, white lacquer and mood lighting. I really liked

the little breakfast room/café downstairs as well as the location, just a 5-10

minute walk from my favorite area of Paris, the Marais. Rates from 129 euros a

night.

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Shopping hub :

If you are coming to Paris in July or January for the sales, or if you just like to

shop till you drop, a lovely place to rest your weary feet would be the Hotel

Banke in the 9th. Here you’ll be near the gorgeous Opera Garnier and around the

corner from Printemps and Galeries Lafayette for department store deals. Of

course the 9th has been heating up as of late, with a bevy of cool wine bars and

gastro pubs. Décor at the Banke is decidedly hip, with a long gold sofa by Phillipe

Starke spotted in the downstairs bar and the small art collection presented on

each floor. I loved the rooms here, chic, stylish yet comfortable. Beginning at 135

euros a night.

Next to the Tuileries :

The Hotel Lumen with rooms often as low as 160 euros/night is in the most

central location you can find just steps away from the rue de Rivoli, the Louvre

and the Tuileries gardens. The hotel gave me a chic Italian in Paris sensibility

and has its own little café with seating inside and out. This Paris hotel is perfect

for fashionistas and in-the-know businessmen. Their staff is very professional,

bending over backwards to make you happy.

Classic Chic :

If you are more Hermes than Lacroix, head to the Hotel Keppler the 8th

arrondissement. This stylish haven is tucked away on a quiet street yet is just

minutes away from the Champs Elysees and the golden triangle and haute

couture shopping on Avenue Montaigne. I personally found the black and white

lobby exactly to my taste, the bar one that I’d like to spend a lot of time reading

and sipping tea in and the rooms comfortable, elegant and stylish. Rooms here

start at 200 euros a night.

By,

Doni Belau is the owner and editor of the www.girlsguidetoparis.com , a travel

website and blog written by Parisian residents and insiders covering everything

from fashion to culture to foodie faves in the city of light.

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Note: Rates quoted are the best deals I could find, you’ll often pay more in high

season.