[FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]If it’s your first time in Paris, the most interesting area where you could consider getting a hotel, is probably on the Left Bank between the Seine, i.e. between Pl. St. Michel and Blvd. St Germain des Prés, i.e. east or west (preferably) of Blvd St Michel. If you want somewhere more staid you could get a hotel between Blvd St Germain and say the Luxembourg Gardens / Pl. de l’Odeon / Panthéon. Blvd St Germain itself, is fairly expensive and bourgeois. The (current) hip area is the Marais, which is on the Right Bank opposite Ile St-Louis, but, IMHO, a better bet is the area around Pl de la Bastille - Blvd Henri IV. Remember, Paris has an excellent metro system, so you could stay almost anywhere, and just travel around.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]