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This popular choice has an excellent location and country-style decor, with matching floral
prints and exposed rafters painted to match the colour scheme in each room. The service is
excellent.
HOTEL
TERRASS HÔTEL
€345-450; ; Blanche)
This very sedate, stylish hotel has 98 spacious, well-designed rooms and some of the best
views in town. For the ultimate Parisian experience, choose room 608 (a double) for stun-
ning views of the Eiffel Tower and Panthéon or room 802, which boasts its own private ter-
race. Some of the rooms on floors four, five and six were designed by Kenzo.
Online deals can drop rates by over 50%, making this a very good choice.
Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville
HOTEL
COSMOS HÔTEL
11e; s €62-75, d €68-75, tr/q €85/94; ; République)
Cheap, brilliant value and just footsteps from the nightlife of rue JPT, Cosmos is a shiny star
with retro style on the budget-hotel scene. It has been around for 30-odd years but, unlike
most other hotels in the same price bracket, Cosmos has been treated to a thoroughly mod-
ern makeover this century. Breakfast €8.
DESIGN HOTEL
HÔTEL BEAUMARCHAIS
€75-100, d €90-145; ; Filles du Calvaire)
This brighter-than-bright 31-room design hotel, with its emphasis on sunbursts and bold
primary colours, is just this side of kitsch. But it makes for a bright Paris experience. There
are monthly art exhibitions and guests are invited to the
vernissage
(opening night). The
boutiques and bars of the Marais are a two-minute walk away.
HOSTEL
MIJE FOURCY
€33.50, s/d/tr €55/82/100.50;
;
St-Paul or Pont Marie)
