Hotels in Paris : The Left Bank
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Agora St-Germain 42 rue des Bernardins, 5^e tel 01.46.34.13.00, [email protected]. Very pleasant hotel, with all the comfort you'd expect for the price, though rear-facing rooms are dark and not such good value. M° Maubert-Mutualité. €125–150

Hôtel des Alliés 20 rue Berthollet, 5^e tel 01.43.31.47.52, fax 01.45.35.13.92. Plain, rather dull rooms, but the place is clean and well run, and the price is a bargain. Rooms with bathroom (€55–70) are very spacious. M° Censier-Daubenton. €40–55

Hôtel le Central 6 rue Descartes, 5^e tel 01.46.33.57.93. Decent but dowdy rooms in a typically Parisian house above a café-restaurant on the Montagne Ste-Geneviève; all rooms come with a shower. M° Maubert-Mutualité/Cardinal-Lemoine. €30–40

Hôtel du Commerce 14 rue de la Montagne-Ste-Geneviève, 5^e tel 01.43.54.89.69. Completely renovated budget hotel aimed at backpackers and families, in the heart of the Quartier Latin. Rooms come at a range of prices, from washbasin-only cheapies up to en-suite rooms, and there are singles and three- and four-bed rooms. Communal kitchen and dining area. M° Maubert-Mutualité. €40–55

Hôtel Esmeralda 4 rue St-Julien-le-Pauvre, 5^e tel 01.43.54.19.20, fax 01.40.51.00.68. Nestling in an ancient house on square Viviani, this discreet old hotel has small, cosy rooms with an old-fashioned feel, some with superb views of Notre-Dame. A trio of singles come with washbasin only for €30. M° St-Michel/Maubert-Mutualité. €70–85

Familia Hôtel 11 rue des Écoles, 5^e tel 01.43.54.55.27. Friendly, family-run hotel in the heart of the quartier. Rooms are small but characterful, with beams, elegant toile de Jouy wallpaper and pretty murals. Some top-floor rooms have views of nearby Notre-Dame, and others have their own balcony with table and chairs. The Minerva, an attractive three-star next door, has the same owners. M° Cardinal-Lemoine/Maubert-Mutualité/Jussieu. €70–85

Hôtel Gay-Lussac 29 rue Gay-Lussac, 5^e tel 01.43.54.23.96, fax 01.40.51.79.49. Excellent value for the area – close to the Luxem-bourg gardens. The old-fashioned atmosphere kept up by the genteel lady owners is appealing, as long as you don't mind the no-frills aspect and slightly worn decor. No credit cards. RER Luxembourg. €55–70

Grand Hôtel St-Michel 19 rue Cujas, 5^e tel 01.46.33.33.02, www.grand-hotel-st-michel.com. Extremely pleasant rooms overlooking the Sorbonne and a stone's throw from both the Panthéon and the Luxembourg gardens. The hotel itself has an atmosphere of cosseted luxury but the student nightlife in the area can get a little rowdy – light sleepers should ask for a room at the back. RER Luxembourg. Over €150.

Hôtel des Grandes Écoles 75 rue du Cardinal-Lemoine, 5^e tel 01.43.26.79.23, www.hotel-grandes-ecoles.com. Comfortable, pretty hotel in the heart of the Quartier Latin, set around a large and peaceful courtyard garden. M° Cardinal-Lemoine. €100–125

Libertel Quartier Latin 9 rue des Écoles, 5^e tel 01.44.27.06.45, www.libertel-hotels.com. The cool, modern decor is straight out of a style mag, though it's mostly business clients who can afford to enjoy it – doubles cost upwards of €200. Rooms have air-conditioning and all the other chain-hotel touches, but the place is small enough not to feel impersonal. M° Cardinal-Lemoine/Maubert-Mutualité. Over €150.

Hôtel Marignan 13 rue du Sommerard, 5^e tel 01.43.54.63.81, www.hotel-marignan.com. One of the best bargains in town, with breakfast thrown in. Totally sympathetic to the needs of rucksack-toting foreigners, with free laundry and ironing facilities, plus a room to eat your own food in – plates, fridge and microwave provided – and rooms for up to five people. M° Maubert-Mutualité. €55–70

Hôtel Médicis 214 rue St-Jacques, 5^e tel 01.43.54.14.66. Basic hotel, but the low prices make it very popular with hard-up backpackers, and the owners are charming. RER Luxembourg. €30–40

Hôtel Port-Royal 8 bd Port-Royal, 5^e tel 01.43.31.70.06, www.portroyalhotel.fr.st. A real bargain – immaculately clean, attractive and friendly. It's located out at the southern edge of the quarter, at the rue Mouffetard end of the boulevard, but near the métro. Fifteen inexpensive rooms (€40–55) are available with shared bathroom facilities (be warned, showers cost €2.50). M° Gobelins. €55–70

Hôtel St-Jacques 35 rue des Écoles, 5^e tel 01.44.07.45.45, [email protected]. This pretty hotel in the heart of the district combines original nineteenth-century features, including a wrought-iron staircase and decorative ceiling mouldings, with modern comforts. Spacious rooms, some with balconies offering great views of the Panthéon. M° Maubert-Mutualité/Odéon. €85–100

Hôtel de la Sorbonne 6 rue Victor-Cousin, 5^e tel 01.43.54.58.08, www.hotelsorbonne.com. Housed in an attractive old building close to the Luxembourg gardens and Panthéon, the Sorbonne is a quiet, comfortable hotel with some designer touches. RER Luxembourg/M° Cluny-La Sorbonne. €85–100

Hôtel des Trois Collèges 16 rue Cujas, 5^e tel 01.43.54.67.30, fax 01.46.34.02.99. Light, airy rooms and young, helpful staff in this classy modernized hotel. RER Luxembourg/M° Cluny-La Sorbonne. €85–100

St-Germain

Hôtel de l'Angleterre 44 rue Jacob, 6^e tel 01.42.60.34.72, [email protected]. Classy and extremely elegant hotel in a building that once housed the British Embassy and, later, Ernest Hemingway, although in those days he only paid three francs a night. The more expensive rooms (Over €150.) are huge, and many have giant roofbeams. M° St-Germain-des-Prés. €125–150

Hôtel Aviatic 105 rue de Vaugirard, 6^e tel 01.53.63.25.50, www.aviatic.fr. Charming, unpretentious and extremely comfortable three-star, with friendly staff. Conveniently located for Montparnasse, with its station and glitzy café-brasseries, and within walking distance of the heart of St-Germain's shopping area. M° Montparnasse-Bienvenüe/St-Placide. €125–150

Hôtel de Beaune 29 rue de Beaune, 7^e tel 01.42.61.24.89, fax 01.49.27.02.12. A very pretty hotel with just nineteen rooms, in an ideal location close to St-Germain and the Musée d'Orsay, on a street lined with antique and art dealers. M° Rue-du-Bac. €100–125

Hôtel Bersoly's St-Germain 28 rue de Lille, 7^e tel 01.42.60.73.79, www.bersolyshotel.com. This attractive eighteenth-century building houses small but exquisite rooms, each named and themed after an artist. Impeccable service. M° Rue-du-Bac. €100–125

Hôtel Delhy's 22 rue de l'Hirondelle, 6^e tel 01.43.26.58.25, fax 01.43.26.51.06. An old house in a tiny street just off place St-Michel. Nothing special, but well maintained and in a very central location. M° St-Michel. €70–85

Hôtel du Globe 15 rue des Quatre-Vents, 6^e tel 01.43.26.35.50, fax 01.46.33.62.69. Extremely welcoming hotel in a tall, narrow, seventeenth-century building decked out in a rather eccentric medieval theme: four-posters, stone walls, roof beams and even a suit of armour. Breakfast (€8) is a more interesting affair than the usual, with fancy viennoiseries. M° Odéon. €55–100

Grand Hôtel des Balcons 3 rue Casimir-Delavigne, 6^e tel 01.46.34.78.50, www.balcons.com. An attractive and comfortable hotel with Art Deco touches and modern rooms. It's good value and in a lovely location near the Odéon and Luxembourg gardens. The balconies are all small, decorative affairs, except on the fifth floor. M° Odéon. €85–100

L'Hôtel 13 rue des Beaux-Arts, 6^e tel 01.44.41.99.00, www.l-hotel.com. Extravagantly kitsch "destination" hotel – Oscar Wilde died here, "fighting a duel" with his wallpaper – with prices climbing above the €300 mark. The twenty eccentrically individual rooms retain their original 1960s designer decor, and there's a small pool underground. M° Mabillon/St-Germain-des-Prés. Over €150.

Hôtel des Marronniers 21 rue Jacob, 6^e tel 01.43.25.30.60, fax 01.40.46.83.56. Relatively pricey but romantic place, with small rooms swathed in deep velvet curtains and fabric wallcoverings. The dining room gives onto a courtyard garden. M° St-Germain-des-Prés. Over €150.

Hôtel de Nesle 7 rue de Nesle, 6^e tel 01.43.54.62.41. Friendly, offbeat hotel with historical or literary themed rooms, and decorated with wacky cartoon murals you'll either love or hate. M° St-Michel. €70–85

Hôtel de l'Odéon 13 rue St-Sulpice, 6^e tel 01.43.25.70.11. Old-fashioned luxury – flowers, antique furniture, some four-poster beds, and great service. M° St-Sulpice/Odéon. Over €150.

Hôtel Récamier 3bis place St-Sulpice, 6^e tel 01.43.26.04.89, fax 01.46.33.27.73. Comfortable, old-fashioned and solidly bourgeois hotel, superbly situated on a corner tucked away behind the grand church of St-Sulpice. M° St-Sulpice/St-Germain-des-Prés. €100–125

Relais Saint-Sulpice 3 rue Garancière, 6^e tel 01.46.33.99.00, [email protected]. Set in a beautiful, aristocratic townhouse on a side street immediately behind St-Sulpice's apse, this is a discreetly classy hotel with well-furnished rooms painted in cheery Provençal colours. M° St-Sulpice/St-Germain-des-Prés. Over €150.

Welcome Hotel 66 rue de Seine, 6^e tel 01.46.34.24.80, www.welcomehotel-paris.com. The bedrooms at this friendly, cosy hotel may be slightly small and dowdy, but the price is good and the location is great – on bustling rue de Seine (the rooms have double glazing), right by the rue de Buci street market and its speciality food shops. M° Odéon. €85–100