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19.0 / km²
18
15
2,573
+62% vs city
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Staying in Champs-Elysees (8th)
The 8th is where the expensive hotels are: avenue George V, avenue Montaigne, the palace hotels with a doorman and a rate to match. If someone else is paying, or if the trip is a specific occasion, it delivers exactly what it promises, and the Arc de Triomphe, the Grand Palais and place de la Concorde are all inside the boundary.
On any other budget it is the wrong district. Wikivoyage's own advice is to look in the neighbouring arrondissements for anything affordable. The Champs-Elysees itself is a wide avenue of chain stores, car showrooms and queues, and the rest of the 8th is ministries, embassies and corporate headquarters, which means the streets are handsome, orderly and completely empty on a Sunday.
It is also further out than it looks on a map: forty-five minutes on foot to Notre-Dame, so everything is metro 1 or RER A. Good for a business trip near La Defense or the exhibition halls. Poor for a first visit.
What works
- The Arc de Triomphe, the Grand Palais and the Concorde are all inside it
- Metro 1 and RER A reach the centre in under fifteen minutes
- Wide, well-lit streets and the highest concentration of luxury hotels
- Direct airport coaches from Etoile and Porte Maillot nearby
What does not
- Forty-five minutes on foot to Notre-Dame
- Almost no inexpensive rooms; the stock is luxury and business hotels
- Ministries, embassies and offices, so weekends are empty
- The Champs-Elysees itself is chain stores, car showrooms and queues
That said, you would be hard-pressed to find really inexpensive accommodation here - most are luxury hotels. For less expensive accommodation, you may want to check out your options in the neighbouring districts.