Hotel Boronali

Walking distance to Gare Nord, lots of interesting shops nearby, seedy area (but most of Paris is dirty and seedy)

Positiv: Location close to Metro, restaurants, banks, grocery stores

Negativ: Claustrophobic, coffin-sized elevator (leave your big suitcase at home unless you want to schlepp it up six flights of stairs to your room), no A/C and noisy if window is left open overnight