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hi,

I am planning a trip to Paris sometime in June.

What would be the best hotels to stay considering the economical rates, all the tourist attractions should be nearby, and should be accessible via public transport?

what are my options of transport to the hotel from Paris airports and also to various attractions in Paris?

what will be best way to visit all attractions?

Thanks in Advance,

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Hello and welcome to Trip Advisor.

There%26#39;s a wealth of info within this forum, which will answer many of your questions (and probably raise others!). There%26#39;s a search function - if you type in %26quot;1st timer%26quot; or %26quot;budget hotel%26quot; you will get loads of hits. If you can advise your nightly budget for your hotel, then there will be loads of people able to give you specific advice. Paris hotels charge per room, not per person, and basic, clean places start from around EUR65. However, you%26#39;ll be lucky to get that kind of price in the dead centre. Public transport - bus and metro - is cheap and efficient so everywhere is easily reached; within the peripherique ring road you are never more than a 10 minute walk from a metro station.

As regards transport from airport to city centre, have a look at this thread:-

tripadvisor.com/Travel-g187147-c58647/Paris:…

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Sorry - search box is just above - near the green banner.

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***YOU*** really need to take a bit more responsibility for and make a bit more effort in personal research for ***YOUR*** trip....applying your own personal preference, priorities, interests, special needs and budget to what you learn.

There are at least several hundred possibilities for hotels that meet the %26quot;..economical rates, all the tourist attractions should be nearby..%26quot; criteria in central Paris. EVERY major--and minor--attraction in Paris will be %26quot;..accessible via public transport..%26quot;.

There are a dozen different ways to get from an airport (there are 3...which one?? CDG?, ORY?, BVA?) to hotel (which hotel?)

But okay...here%26#39;s where and how you start.

1st---DECIDE on what your basic budget range is for this trip...particularly how much (Parisian hotel rates and most other costs are most usually quoted in €uros, so make the mental transition from £s to €s) you can afford or want to spend on a hotel per night....this with an eye also to your own personal preferences, priorities, special needs.

2nd--Pick up any good guidebook(s) for Paris at local libraries or bookstores and browse then....making notes of the places, attractions and things that attract your interest and attention.

3rd--Pick up a good street map of Paris (..the STREETFINDER PARIS, compact accordion-fold maps are hard to beat for general research, planning and touring purposes..). With this map %26#39;..orient..%26#39; yourself to the city, it%26#39;s lay-out, the relatvive locations of places and things that interest or attract you. This...perhaps more than anything else...will give you some idea of where you want to locate yourself (hotel location) within Paris as your %26#39;base%26#39;.

4th--Scroll back though and learn to use the %26#39;..SEARCH IN:..%26#39; feature of this TA site (located below the Green line on the main PARIS FORUM topic page) to search the archived threads on various topics and specific items of interest. As practical and informative %26#39;exercises%26#39; use topics like %26#39;..CDG to Paris..%26#39;, %26#39;..Best Paris Guidebook..%26#39;, %26#39;..Budget hotels in the 5th..%26#39;, %26#39;..Restaurants in Marais...5th %26amp; 6th..%26#39;, %26quot;..Public Transportation options..%26#39;

5th--return here for much more specific, detailed and directed responses, recommendations, advice to more specific, detailed and directed questions....as examples: %26quot;..What%26#39;s a good hotel...in the 75€-100€ range...in the 3eme or 4eme-Marais, 5eme-Latin Quarter, 6eme-Saint Germain des Prés...with air conditioning ??..%26quot;----rather than, %26quot;..What a good economic hotel in Paris ??..%26quot;. BINGO...you%26#39;ve norrowed the field of possibilities that will be %26#39;..juuuust right..%26#39; down from several hundred to a few dozen....and from there your refinement and selection process becomes infinitely more manageable...and next thing ya%26#39; know it%26#39;s %26#39;..EUREKA !!! Found it !!..%26#39;.

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