The Hotel Tiquetonne is a massive, creaky, and fabulously feminine place, providing 45 homey rooms at very low rates.

The Hotel Esmeralda is a one-star wonder. With a "magnifique" location directly across the Seine from Notre Dame, it offers 16 funky and recently renovated rooms at reasonable rates.

The Rivoli’s 20 rooms are unapologetically plain, dated, and a bit scruffy, with thin carpeting and no artwork on the walls. (But have you looked at those rates?)

The Hotel du Commerce is a cross between a hotel and a hostel, offering simple rooms at rates that are a steal considering its prime Latin Quarter location.

The Absolute Hotel Paris is a hostel and a budget hotel in one, offering cheap dorms and cheap-ish private rooms in a trendy spot near the Canal Saint Martin.

Located across from the Hôtel de Ville (Paris' city hall), the two-star Grand Hôtel du Loiret is classic Paris on the cheap.

The Castex Hotel is a cozy three-star charmer located on a quiet side street just west of the Bastille. It's a polished and reliable pick, perfect for even our fussiest readers.

The friendly, family-run Hotel de la Herse d'Or is a simple budget hotel with a prime location along rue St-Antoine nearly all the down to the Bastille.

We were really pleased to happen upon the two-star Hotel Andre Gill, a quiet hotel that packs in budget-minded travelers, offering quality, clean rooms at very low rates for Paris.

Located directly across the street from the Sorbonne, the two-star Hotel Cluny Sorbonne offers clean, basic and cheap rooms in a typical 17th-century building (with an elevator).

The two-star Hôtel Jeanne d'Arc feels like a slightly-funky French country home dropped into the Marais.

The two-star Hôtel du Champ de Mars is a comfortable hotel, located practically in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, just around the corner from the rue Cler.

The two-star Hippodrome is located on a quiet street off the bustling Boulevard de Clichy. It's a friendly, family-run place close to good transportation links and represents a solid value.

The Hotel de la Tour Eiffel is a two-star charmer with 24 reasonably priced rooms near—you guessed it—the Eiffel Tower.

One of Paris's remaining "belle-époque" hotels, the two-star Hôtel Bellevue et du Chariot d'Or provides 59 simply furnished rooms along the rue de Turbigo near central Marais.

The Hotel Stella is old, cheap, and charming. This one-star hotel with 20 rooms is located just around the corner from the Odéon theater and the Luxembourg Gardens.