You have more of a chance of finding a budget
hotel near La Chapelle. Hotel Lafayette and Reims Hotel are both within 500km
of the metro station and offer some of the best rates in the capital. If you
want to stay as close as possible to La Chapelle metro station, Hôtel Faubourg
is located just around the corner and offers an impressive combination of
traditional charm with modern comfort. A stylish design hotel near La Chapelle
metro station, Kube Hotel is an attractive modern property suited to bigger
budgets. Of course, you can also find brand names including Ibis, Timhotel and
Mercure in the surrounding area.
La Chapelle is an understated area with quiet,
attractive hotels and bistros. La Chapelle metro station is located north of
Gare du Nord, suspended about Boulevard de la Chapelle. This station sits on
metro line 2, which runs from Porte Dauphine in the west to Nation in the east.
Boulevard de la Chapelle marks the boundary between Paris’ 10th and
18th arrondissements and this area was formerly the village of La
Chapelle. La Chapelle officially opened in 1903 as line 2 was extended from
Anvers to Bagnolet (now Alexandre Dumas). La Chapelle is connected to Gare du
Nord overland rail and metro stations via an underground walkway, which can be
reached by descending several flights of stairs after entering the station.
Travelling on line 2 from La Chapelle can take
you to Pigalle, at the foot of Butte Montmartre, and further westwards to Arce
de Triomphe at Charles de Gaulle Étoile. The western terminus, Porte Dauphine,
lies at the entrance to the Bois de Boulogne. Travelling east, line 2 leads to
Père Lachaise, site of the famous Père Lachaise cemetery. This cemetery is the
final resting place of Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Frédéric Chopin, Édith Piaf
and Marcel Proust, among other famous and not-so-famous corpses. Those with a
penchant for ancient architecture will enjoy staying in La Chapelle. This area
is home to the famous Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church and the Saint-Laurent
church, both of which date back centuries.