Paris is always expensive, especially pre-Olympics, so I knew with a budget trip of one day and a half I had to find something simple and well localized. Hotel du Cygne delivers that, no more, no less - I got a decent small bedroom, reasonably well cleaned with a tiny (I’m 5’7’’ and I kept hitting the walls when showering) bathroom. It’s an old building with lots of carpet so be aware of that if you’re allergic. Breakfast for €8 is not really worth it: stale baguette and croissant with a glass of industrialized juice and some coffee. The free wifi doesn’t work very well. But at least most of people were kind and gave me good local advice and the bedroom was quiet and what I needed to rest between flights.