Recommended hotels in the 18th arrondissement of Paris (Montmartre)

The 1890 building is adjacent to the Moulin Rouge , and during renovations secret passages that once led backstage to the cabaret were discovered. The original stone walls have been left exposed in the design, there is air conditioning, soundproofing, a lift and a 24-hour reception, and there are only nineteen rooms in total, each one different from the next. The fifth-floor rooms overlook the rooftops of Paris, and about a hundred metres away sits the Café des Deux Moulins from the film Amelie. Note that the rooms are small, and that the side facing Rue Lepic and Boulevard de Clichy is awake until late. I recommend asking for a room facing the inner courtyard, as it is really quiet there.

Three hundred and five rooms on nine floors on Rue Caulaincourt, right on the edge of the Montmartre cemetery . There's a large rooftop terrace with a vegetable garden and a pétanque court, a bar called SpeakArt and a gym downstairs, breakfast is buffet style, and the Privilege rooms overlook the Sacré-Cœur and the Eiffel Tower. Place de Clichy station is about 240 meters away, with lines 2 and 13, so you can get to the Arc de Triomphe without changing lines. However, this is a large chain hotel and not a neighborhood boutique. I recommend paying the extra for a Privilege room, as otherwise you may get a dark, interior room.

Twenty-six rooms on Rue Constance, a quiet alley about a three-minute walk from the Moulin Rouge. Breakfast is served in a vaulted stone cellar, a sweet and savory buffet, from seven to ten on weekdays and from eight to eleven on weekends, and children under 12 eat for free. In summer you can take it out on the patio, and the lobby has a wine corner served by the glass. Rooms range from 14 meters (the classic ones, small even by Parisian standards) to 38 meters in the suites. I recommend families take the connecting rooms for four, as they are the only ones here that really give you space.

Built in 1911 by Edmond Hurand, who already owned the Elysée Montmartre at the time, it has been the hotel on the hill ever since: ninety-two Art Deco rooms on the corner of Rue Joseph de Maistre. There's a restaurant on the roof with a view of the Eiffel Tower, and downstairs is the Nuxe Spa with a sauna and hammam, a gym and yoga classes. On Sundays, they serve a buffet brunch here at two serving times, for sixty-two euros per person. Very expensive, and the rooftop is worth booking in advance even as hotel guests, but guests have priority. I recommend asking for a room with a balcony, as that's the real difference here.

A two-star hotel with sixty-five rooms on Rue Marcadet, on the northern, residential side of the hill. There is an elevator, a 24-hour reception and a continental buffet breakfast, and that's about all there is: there is no bar and no lobby to sit in. On the other hand, the Lamarck-Caulaincourt station on line 12 is close by, from where you can reach Madeleine and Concorde without changing lines, and Place Dalida is about four hundred meters away. I recommend it to anyone who plans to be out all day and is mainly looking for a clean bed in a good location and at a reasonable price.

Forty-three rooms on Rue Lamarck, on the quiet side of the hill and a four-minute walk from Lamarck-Coleencourt station. Breakfast is a sweet and savoury buffet from 7am to 10.30am, costs €13.50 and is free for children under 12, and the baguette comes from an award-winning bakery. Reception is open 24 hours a day and luggage can be left. The Comfort rooms face the courtyard and are therefore quieter, while the Superior rooms face the street and are brighter. Note that the hotel is simple and not fancy, and that the walk from here to Sacré-Cœur takes about 15 minutes. I recommend asking for a Comfort room if you are a light sleeper.

Thirty rooms on Rue Aristide Bruant, a three-minute walk from Blanche station on line 2 and Abbesses station on line 12, meaning two ways out without changing lines. There is a lift, 24-hour reception and a buffet breakfast, and the windows are double-glazed so that outside noise is almost completely silenced. Rue Abbesses with its bakeries and bistros is just around the corner. The design is functional and unsurprising, and some of the courtyard-facing rooms sit slightly below street level and therefore receive less light. I recommend requesting a room on a high floor when booking. The hotel was formerly called Pavillon de Montmartre.

Fifty-six rooms on Rue Ravignan, on Place Émile Goudeau with its chestnut trees, benches and Wallace fountain, right opposite the Bateau-Lavoir where Picasso worked. The Superior rooms are air-conditioned and overlook the Sacré-Cère, and the suite on the fifth floor has a panoramic view. Reception is manned around the clock, the Avès station is about two hundred meters away on line 12, and Pigalle is about five hundred meters away. Note that the standard rooms are 13 meters and not all have air conditioning. I recommend adding a Superior, because here the view is really the product.