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Glitzy and glam, this smart hotel with 36 rooms in two buildings separated by a small court-
yard is good value. Large windows and a judicious use of mirrors create a bright (and very
quiet) environment just steps from busy bd Beaumarchais and place de la Bastille. Breakfast
€12.
HOTEL
HÔTEL DES MÉTALLOS
11e; s €75-159, d €79-189; ; St-Ambroise or Parmentier)
A short stroll from Marché Popincourt, this modern hotel is a bright space with 32 well-
equipped rooms and spacious communal areas. Breakfast costs €10 and, rather cleverly,
there's a
petit dej 'sur la pouce'
('on the run') - pastries and a hot drink to take away - served
from 6am for early birds.
HOTEL
HÔTEL DU VIEUX SAULE
d €110-165; ; Filles du Calvaire)
This flower-bedecked 27-room hostelry, just around the corner from the Marché aux Rouges
Enfants, is something of a find because of its slightly off-the-beaten-track location. Break-
fast (€12) is served in a 16th-century vaulted cellar.
HOTEL
CASTEX HÔTEL
01 42 72 31 52;
www.castexhotel.com
; 5 rue Castex, 4e; s/d €169/199;
Bastille)
Equidistant from the Bastille and the Marais, 30-room Castex retains a certain 17th-century
charm with its vaulted stone cellar used as a breakfast room, terracotta floor tiles and toile
de Jouy wallpaper. Try to get one of the independent rooms (1 and 2) off the lovely patio; no
3 is a two-room suite or family room. Breakfast €11.
HOTEL
HÔTEL DU 7E ART
€120-180, tr €180-200, q €220; ; St-Paul)
Just across the road from the Village St-Paul,
le septième art
(or seventh art, as the French
know cinema) is a fun place for film buffs, with its jaunty 1950s and '60s movie posters and
cinematic black-and-white bathroom tiling. The ground-floor reception doubles as a cosy
cafe-bar selling postcards and figurines. Breakfast €8.
