Paris is more affordable than most think, particularly once you consider the many cheap travel options including cheap airplane tickets and discount hotel rooms showing up on online travel companies websites.
Budget Travel has identified the following hotels that combine romance and thrift where guests can stay for well under $200 a night:
The 12 room Ermitage Hotel Sacre-Coeur has plenty of old world charm and is located on a hillside near the Montmartre cathedral. This hotel is without many modern conveniences, having no central air conditioning and an elevator. There is a no TV policy and bills must be paid in cash which helps keep prices down.
The Hotel Mayet is an offbeat art hotel offering 23 rooms that follow a bold gray and crimson color scheme with file cabinets instead of bedside tables.
The Hotel de la Paix is centrally located and only a seven minute walk from Jardin du Luxembourg in Montparnasse. It was extensively renovated in 2009 and makes a modern impression on a 1950s French schoolhouse. Its rooms sport pale painted walls and white linens pair with wooden window shutters positioned as headboards, with vintage educational posters and school desks with articulated task lamps as accents.
The Hotel de la Brentonnerie sports elaborate, old world dcor in a picturesque setting on a narrow caf lined street. Many period details can be found such as floral patterned wall coverings, antique engravings and exposed beams. Each guest room is unique. The hotels savvy, solicitous staff is its most appealing asset.
The Paris-Oasis hotel is a nouveau bohemian haunt. Its rooms are designed to sleep one to five guests with each unit having a private bath and kitchenette. It offers a solarium and a heated swimming pool as well as a dining terrace surrounded by rose bushes. Almost every nook of Paris-Oasis displays pieces from Bignons eclectic art collection.
A Room in Paris is a five room Bed and Breakfast with gourmet appeal. Every morning a spread is laid out of meats and cheeses, bread, and preserves, as well as homemade treats such as a clafoutis de Limoges tart. The meal is served at a communal table. The B&B is a two minute walk from the Gare du Nord. www.cheapfares.com