Rooms are available from 12pm-3pm from €84 (£76), a 20% discount on the normal rate , (must be booked on the same morning). 8 rue Navarin, Paris, +33 1 48 78 31-80

For something in the coolest quartier in Paris, there is nothing to beat Philippe Starck’s Mama Shelter chose the revitalised 20th arrondissement

Here in his native Paris, he's gone graffiti mad. There may be no 'Mama Shelter' sign outside the hotel (just a bored doorman dressed in black) but in the lobby, the restaurant, the lift and the bedrooms there's writing everywhere. 'Let's trash the place!' incites a slogan on the bar ceiling. 'Can we hire a room by the hour?' asserts another above reception. This hotel obviously wants to be très cool.

It is certainly brilliant value. Which is just what Serge Trigano, son of Club Med founder Gilbert Trigano, wanted to achieve when he discovered the car park back in 2001 - a place that was comfortable, affordable and 'in the Paris known to locals'. Prices start at an impressively low €79 (even tacky hotels on the Left Bank aren't this cheap) and each room not only has a fridge, microwave, excellent beds with top-quality linen, and Kiehl's unguents to use in the vigorous shower but also an Apple iMac TV and free wi-fi.,

Pretty, quirky Parisian hotels are the holy grail for travelers on a budget, but the Hotel Standard Design - a freshly overhauled option in the Marais district - does the job a treat. Rooms decked in black and white with accents of neon cost from £101 a night if booked through STA Travel, which is offering a 10% discount for hotels booked online.