Hôtel de Nice

Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville


A warm, family-run place, the Hôtel de Nice has 23 comfy rooms full of Second Empire–style furniture, east Asian carpets and lamps with fringed shades. Some have balconies high above busy rue de Rivoli. Breakfast costs €10; alternatively there are scores of cafes in the surrounding streets.


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