Best Hostels in Paris

The People Bercy sits at 28 Boulevard de Reuilly in the 12th, a five-minute walk from Gare de Lyon for anyone onward-bound to Lyon, Marseille or Italy. It's the best-rated link in The People's four-hostel Paris chain: spacious family and dorm rooms with private bathrooms, a rooftop terrace that genuinely overlooks the city, and a Boulevard de Reuilly café scene you can walk into for dinner.

Adveniat is run by a Catholic religious community in a grand Haussmann building at 10 Rue François 1er, 350m from the Champs-Élysées and five minutes walk to the Grand Palais. Known among guests for calm, spotless rooms and an unusually generous breakfast for the 8th arrondissement — the highest-rated hostel in central-west Paris and a complete outlier in tone from the city's typical party hostels.

The People Marais sits at 17 Boulevard Morland, on the southern edge of the 4th between the Marais and the Seine. It's the largest hostel in The People's Paris family (around 400 beds) and the most-reviewed on Booking, with the biggest rooftop terrace in the chain — views reach east across Île Saint-Louis and south over Gare d'Austerlitz. A 14-minute walk to Gare de Lyon, 5 minutes to Bastille, right in the backpacker sweet spot.

Caulaincourt Square sits at 2 square Caulaincourt, on the northwest slope of Montmartre between Abbesses and Lamarck-Caulaincourt metro. It's the Hiphophostels chain's smallest and most family-feeling location — simple dorms and private rooms, a TV and WiFi in every room, and a shared kitchen that actually gets used. Sacré-Coeur is a six-minute walk uphill; Moulin Rouge is ten minutes down.

The Playce sits at 66 Boulevard Barbès on the southern edge of the 18th, a 10-minute walk from Sacré-Coeur via the Rue des Martyrs climb. Run by the Happyculture boutique-hotel group, it blends hotel-quality private rooms with a ground-floor games room that includes an arcade machine, table football and board games. Good pick for groups and couples who want private ensuites, not dorms.

The 3 Ducks sits at 6 Place Etienne Pernet in the 15th, a 12-minute walk to the Eiffel Tower and the oldest hostel in the Hiphophostels chain — running since 1988. It's a genuine backpacker hostel with colorful dorms, a shared kitchen, a small on-site bar that serves cheap beer and a terrace where pub-crawl groups gather before heading out. Classic, scrappy, sociable.

Generator Paris sits at 9-11 Place du Colonel Fabien in the 10th, a design-led 950-bed flagship of the European Generator chain with the biggest rooftop bar of any hostel in Paris. Right on top of Metro Colonel Fabien (Line 2), 8 minutes walk to Canal Saint-Martin. Famous for DJ nights, a basement club called The Khayma, and the most-reviewed hostel in the city — 12,084 Booking reviews and counting.

St Christopher's Inn Paris - Gare du Nord sits at 5 rue de Dunkerque, literally 3 minutes walk from the Eurostar platforms. Part of the UK-rooted St Christopher's chain, it runs a Belushi's-branded bar downstairs open until 2am, 2 bars total, 24-hour reception, and dorms and privates in a 10-floor former office building. Most backpacker-accessible hostel in the city for anyone arriving late from London or Brussels.