TRAVELNine Paris Hostels That Make Budget Travel Worth the Trip5 min read

The Canal District Is Calling

St. Christopher’s has two Paris locations, and the Canal outpost is the stronger of the two. It sits in a quieter stretch of the city where the towpath fills up on warm evenings, café chairs spill toward the water, and the terrace becomes genuinely hard to leave once summer hits. Wi-Fi, lockers, clean showers, a 7-euro breakfast—nothing flashy, but it all delivers. Beds run thin and the mattresses are nothing special, but privacy curtains, individual lights, and enough outlets to charge everything you own make up for it.

The canal view alone is worth the booking. Come summer, that terrace turns into the kind of spot where you lose two hours without noticing.

Art Deco Bones, Modern Rooms

Generator Paris occupies a renovated Art Deco building in Belleville, and the bones show in the best way. The ground-floor bar draws actual locals—not just backpackers nursing cheap beer—and the rooftop terrace delivers a skyline that earns its keep. Rooms are modern, air-conditioned, and quiet enough to sleep in. Breakfast costs extra, but the space itself is worth lingering in, especially if you need a solid few hours of focused work between sightseeing.

It’s less socially charged than it used to be, but that’s a feature for some travelers. If you want to meet people without being forced into it, Generator strikes the right balance.