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Where to stay in Paris on a budget: the areas with the most 1★ and 2★ hotels, 2026 tourist tax by star category, and airport costs. Checked October 2026.
There is no official price per night by neighbourhood in Paris: the national statistics office (Insee) publishes nights, arrivals and occupancy rates, not rates, and the Paris Region tourism board’s summer 2026 release gives visitor numbers and spending, without a price per room. We therefore publish no average price and no “from” price. What the public registers do provide is the star mix of every area, and the tax that each category pays. Those two sources are enough to tell where cheaper rooms exist.
The table counts the hotels classified 1★ to 3★ in each of our thirteen areas (Atout France register, 4 October 2026). It is a proxy: a hotel rated 2★ is usually less expensive than a 4★ in the same area, but nothing here measures an actual price.
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| Area | Arrondissements | 1★ and 2★ hotels | 3★ hotels | All classified hotels | Share of 1★–2★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montparnasse | 14th 15th | 31 | 115 | 206 | 15% |
| Canal Saint-Martin | 10th | 27 | 54 | 112 | 24% |
| Bastille / Oberkampf | 11th | 17 | 37 | 72 | 24% |
| Montmartre | 18th | 12 | 21 | 51 | 24% |
| Bercy / Gare de Lyon | 12th | 11 | 43 | 73 | 15% |
| Latin Quarter | 5th | 10 | 41 | 82 | 12% |
| Le Marais | 3rd 4th | 9 | 31 | 70 | 13% |
| Pigalle / SoPi | 9th | 9 | 42 | 88 | 10% |
| Opéra / Grands Boulevards | 2nd 9th | 8 | 56 | 139 | 6% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Prés | 6th 7th | 8 | 28 | 86 | 9% |
| Eiffel Tower | 7th 15th | 7 | 44 | 92 | 8% |
| Champs-Élysées / Golden Triangle | 8th | 5 | 35 | 154 | 3% |
| Louvre / Tuileries | 1st | 4 | 17 | 71 | 6% |
Three results stand out. Montparnasse has the most 1★ and 2★ hotels of the thirteen areas, 31 of 206 with the 14th and 15th counted whole, the Canal Saint-Martin follows with 27 of 112, then Bastille / Oberkampf with 17 of 72. At the other end, the 1st arrondissement and the Champs-Élysées count only 4 and 5 hotels in those categories, and Saint-Germain-des-Prés has few as well: our data records 8 of 86 in its core zone. Montmartre, Bercy and the Latin Quarter sit in between, with 12, 11 and 10 (of 82 in the Latin Quarter).
The list at the foot of this page gathers the fourteen 2★ hotels among the nine we keep for each of our thirteen areas; none of those 117 hotels is a 1★, so 2★ is the lowest category in that selection. The tier table below shows the three hotels kept for the smaller-budget tier of each area, with their star category and a page where one exists. Remember that the star category is a proxy and not a price: it says nothing about the room rate on a given night.
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
| Area | Three hotels in the smaller-budget tier |
|---|---|
| Louvre / Tuileries | Hôtel du Continent (3★); Hôtel Montpensier (2★); Hôtel Crayon (3★) |
| Opéra / Grands Boulevards | Hôtel Chopin (2★); Hôtel Icône (3★); Hôtel Monsieur Helder (3★) |
| Le Marais | Hôtel Caron de Beaumarchais (3★); Hôtel Jacques de Molay (3★); Hôtel Jeanne d'Arc Le Marais (3★) |
| Saint-Germain-des-Prés | Hôtel La Louisiane (2★); Hôtel des Marronniers (3★); Hôtel Michelet Odéon (3★) |
| Eiffel Tower | Grand Hôtel Lévêque (3★); Hôtel de l'Empereur (3★); Dupleix Hotel (2★) |
| Champs-Élysées / Golden Triangle | Hôtel Élysées Ceramic (3★); Hôtel Le Colisée (3★); Hôtel Petit Saint-Honoré (2★) |
| Canal Saint-Martin | Le Citizen Hôtel (3★); Le Robinet d'Or (3★); Little Hôtel (2★) |
| Bastille / Oberkampf | Hôtel Daval (3★); Hôtel Exquis (3★); Hôtel HOR Les Lumières (3★) |
| Montmartre | Timhotel Montmartre (3★); Hôtel Regyn's Montmartre (2★); Hôtel 29 Lepic (3★) |
| Pigalle / SoPi | Hôtel Villa Bohème (3★); Hôtel Joke (3★); Hôtel du Square d'Anvers (2★) |
| Bercy / Gare de Lyon | Hôtel Claret (3★); Hôtel La Petite Rosa (ex-Pink Hôtel) (3★); Hôtel Bel Oranger (3★) |
| Latin Quarter | Hôtel du Brésil (2★); Hôtel Familia (2★); Hôtel Les Degrés de Notre Dame (2★) |
| Montparnasse | Hôtel de la Tour Montparnasse (2★); Hôtel Edgar Quinet (2★); Hôtel Odessa Montparnasse (2★) |
Paris applies its tourist tax by category, per adult and per night, and minors do not pay. The 2026 scale, additional taxes included, is below. Only the Palace, 5★ and unclassified-cap rates rose in 2026; the 1★ to 4★ rates are unchanged from 2025.
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| Category | Per adult, per night |
|---|---|
| Palace | €15.93 |
| 5★ | €11.70 |
| 4★ | €8.45 |
| 3★ | €5.53 |
| 2★ | €3.25 |
| 1★, guest rooms, hostels | €2.60 |
An unclassified lodging pays 5% of the pre-tax cost of the night per person, capped at €15.93. For a couple staying four nights, a 2★ adds €26.00 and a 3★ €44.24.
Three figures matter on arrival. The Paris Region – Airports ticket costs €14 in 2026 (€7 reduced) and is valid on the RER B, on line 14 and on Orlyval; the €2.55 metro ticket is not valid to the airports, and cardboard tickets have gone (a Navigo Easy card costs €2, or a phone can be used). The taxi flat fares are €56 and €65 from Roissy and €45 and €36 from Orly, depending on the bank. At the line 14 exit gates in Orly, a bank card pays €14.80 since 30 June 2026. The RoissyBus no longer exists: line 9517 replaced it on 1 March 2026, and CDG Express opens on 28 March 2027.
For a stay on a tight budget, an area on line 14 (Bercy, the Louvre area) or on the RER B (the Canal Saint-Martin near Gare du Nord, the Latin Quarter at Saint-Michel Notre-Dame and Luxembourg) saves a taxi. The full airport details are on the home page.
Furnished tourist rentals are regulated in Paris. According to the city’s page updated on 25 March 2026, a main residence may be let at most 90 days a year, a second home needs a change-of-use authorisation, every advertisement must carry a registration number, and fines reach €10,000 for exceeding the 90 days, €100,000 for a second home without authorisation and €5,000 for a missing number. A traveller can check that the number is displayed. Renting a single room in a main residence needs no authorisation. A classified hotel, by contrast, appears in the Atout France register, which is where every star rating on this site comes from.
The thirteen-area comparison lists nine hotels per area, three of them in the smaller-budget tier, with the star category and the nearest metro station. The pages for couples and families apply the same data to those profiles.
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Louvre & Tuileries
2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 7 June 2024
© Thomon, CC BY-SA 4.0 — Wikimedia Commons
Opéra & Grands Boulevards
2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 13 December 2022
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 19 December 2025
Eiffel Tower
2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 11 March 2024
Champs-Élysées & Golden Triangle
2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 21 April 2023
Canal Saint-Martin
2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 20 February 2024
Montmartre
2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 4 June 2024
Pigalle & SoPi
2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 21 October 2022
Latin Quarter
2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 22 October 2025
Latin Quarter
2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 15 January 2025
Latin Quarter
2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 11 December 2025
Montparnasse
2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 27 November 2025
Montparnasse
2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 4 May 2022
Montparnasse
2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 25 March 2022
