Where to stay in Paris

aka, don't ask me, I only live here.

I have never paid for a hotel room in Paris. I came through here with a backpack a dozen years ago, but you don't want to stay where I stayed, trust me. But friends have stayed in the following and found them pretty good:

www.hoteltiquetonne.fr - near the wonderful market street rue Montorgeuil

www.hotel-eiffel.com - the Rive Gauche one is near rue Cler, which is another great market street.

These are fairly budget, but I walked past this place the other day and it looked pretty nice: www.legeneralhotel.com - near Republique and the Canal St Martin.

Or you could rent an apartment - this is a good site: www.paris-be-a-part-of-it.com

Or there's always my sofa...