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$ Plug-Inn Boutique Hostel is part hotel and part hostel, but with a hotel vibe.
Half a block off Rue des Abbesses, it has a young, loud clientele and bathrooms in all 30
rooms. Early arrivals can leave their luggage and take a shower. Not all rooms are avail-
ableonline,sobookbyphoneoremail(allpricesperperson:bunkindorm-€29-36,private
Db room-€52, female-only rooms available, includes breakfast, kitchen facilities, 24-hour
front desk staff, no curfew, 7 Rue Aristide Bruant, tel. [phone], www.plug-inn.fr ,
[e-mail] ).
$ Hôtel Bonséjour Montmartre , run by eager Michel and his family, is an old,
worn, hostelesque place with dirt-cheap prices. All rooms have sinks and share a hallway
toilet. Some rooms share one public shower, and others have small, oddly placed shower
cabins by the bed (S-€60, D-€70-79, Tb-€99, higher price for private shower, breakfast in-
cluded for Rick Steves readers, no elevator, no air-con, 11 Rue Burq, tel. [phone],
www.hotel-bonsejour-montmartre.fr , [e-mail] ).
$ The Vintage Hostel & Budget Hotel sits halfway between the hill of Montmartre
and Gare du Nord (both destinations are a 10-minute walk away). This hostel/hotel
hybridappealstoyoungstersandoldstersalike.Privatedoublerooms—anespeciallygood
value—are on the top two floors, and most come with romantic balconies just big enough
for a table and two chairs (bunk in dorm room with private toilet and shower-€35-45,
Sb-€75-85, Db-€90-120, includes breakfast, towel-€1, Wi-Fi only—in lobby, 73 Rue de
Dunkerque, tel. [phone], www.vintage-hostel.com , [e-mail] ).
At or near Paris' Airports
At Charles de Gaulle Airport
Both of these places are located outside the T-3 RER stop, and both have restaurants. For
locations, see the map on here .
$$ Novotel*** is a step up from cookie-cutter airport hotels (Db-€145-200, can rise
to€290forlast-minuterooms,tel.[phone], www.novotel.com , [e-mail] ).
$ Hôtel Ibis CDG Airport** is huge and offers standard airport accommodations
(Db-€95-160, tel. [phone], www.ibishotel.com , [e-mail] ) .
Near Charles de Gaulle Airport, in Roissy
The small village of Roissy-en-France (you'll see signs just before the airport as you
come from Paris), which gave its name to the airport (Roissy Charles de Gaulle), has
better-value chain hotels with free shuttle service to and from the airport (4/hour, 15
minutes, look for navettes hôtels signs to reach these places). Hotels have reasonably
priced restaurants with long hours, though it's more pleasant to walk into the town, where