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€96-110, tr €130; ; Edgar Quinet)
A cheapie of the old school, this 29-room hotel has a small but handy lift/elevator. 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.
DESIGN HOTEL
SUBLIM EIFFEL
01 40 65 95 95;
www.sublimeiffel.com
; 94 bd Garibaldi, 15e; d from €140;
;
Sèvres-Lecourbe)
There's no forgetting what city you're in with the Eiffel Tower motifs in reception and rooms
(along with Parisian street-map carpets and metro-tunnel-shaped bedheads) plus glittering
tower views from upper-floor windows. Edgy design elements also include cobblestone
staircase carpeting (there's also a lift/elevator) and, fittingly in
la ville lumière,
technicol-
oured in-room fibre optic lighting. The small wellness centre/hammam offers massages.
HOTEL
HÔTEL SAINT CHARLES
d/tr/q €170/210/280; ; Corvisart)
Live like a local at this Butte aux Cailles hotel, located on a quiet, village-like street yet
close to the area's lively bars and restaurants. Some of its 57 streamlined, contemporary
rooms with aubergine tones have balconies; communal outdoor areas include a timber-
decked terrace and fern- and conifer-filled garden.
DESIGN HOTEL
HÔTEL DE LA PAIX
; Montparnasse Bienvenüe)
Stacked on seven floors of a 1970s building, this chic hotel's 39 light-filled modern rooms
have at least one vintage feature - old pegs to hang coats on, an old-fashioned school desk,
or wooden-slat house shutters recycled as a bed head. Cheaper rooms are simply smaller
than dearer ones.
HOTEL
HÔTEL DELAMBRE
01 43 20 66 31;
www.delambre-paris-hotel.com
; 35 rue Delambre, 14e; d
€145-165;
;
Montparnasse Bienvenüe)
