This elegant, fourth-generation family hotel, run by great-granddaughter Isabelle and her Uncle Thierry today, wins the prize for the most polished, squeaky-clean budget hotel in Paris (even the cleaners are second generation). Its 46 rooms, stacked across six floors, enjoy impeccably maintained vintage furnishings. The bijou courtyard garden – the spot to breakfast (€8) alfresco on warm days – is a summertime bonus.
Courtyard-facing rooms are blissfully quiet and peaceful.