Help with accommodation in Paris

[inulro]

While I'm obsessing instead of going to bed -

The cheapest hotel I can find is 5 min. from Pere Lachaise. I want to spend a day there anyway.

I'm pretty sure it's cheap because it's in the outer reaches, but those of you who know Paris better than I do, is it cheap because the area isn't safe?

I'm on a budget - I don't care if it's nice, I just care if it's safe.

If anyone knows of a cheap place to stay in Paris, help!

Comments

[quercus.livejournal.com]

This time of year, hotels should be getting cheap.

Pere Lachaise isn't somewhere I'd want to stay, simply because it's out in the sticks and there's not much else nearby. Pretty much all of "Paris" is safe though, because the bad stuff happens outside the huge barrier of the Peripherique (you really _don't_ want to go North beyond this). Bois de Boulogne is infamous (although I lives on the banks of it for about a week and never even saw a Brazilian tranny). The 18th (Belleville) is nice, but an acquired taste and would probably scare the passing tourist. My first flat was by Place Republique and the worst hell-hole I've ever lived in, but it was still perfectly safe to walk around (so long as my roaches didn't get you!). I believe it's yuppieville these days!

When staying for short breaks in Paris, I like to stay in cheap hotels around the left bank; Odeon or Musee de Cluny area. Heading East of this gets less touristy and has better grocers.

Places you really ought to visit: Musee de Cluny, Parc des Buttes Chaumont

Old post of mine to u.p.g

[girfan.livejournal.com]

If you can wait until they return from holiday (this weekend I think), contact aoakley about it. He knows Paris quite well and has some excellent recommendations for good yet cheap hotels.

[inulro.livejournal.com]

The Ibis hotel they stayed in last time is quite out of my price range!

[rjshook.livejournal.com]

Where cheap is defined as....?

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Definitely under 50 euros a night. Cheapest I've found is 35 for a single. (I'll be on my own).

Basically I can't afford this trip at all, but wish to avoid the yearly annoyance of non-stop fireworks.

Although Paris is expensive, it's not like anywhere is cheap these days, and at least getting there will be relatively easy.