CDG · Where to sleep · checked 29 October 2026
The glamorous arrondissement is the reward for a late departure. The airport hotel is the reward for an early one. Gare du Nord is the compromise that keeps RER B honest.
Sleep here when the outbound long-haul leaves in the morning, or when you do not want the first and last act of the layover to be a train.
You can still RER into Paris for the daylight hours and come back after dinner. That shape suits a lot of 24 hour tickets better than a centre hotel.
The practical city base. You are on the RER, and you can walk or metro to the Marais without living next to a carousel of suitcases if you choose the street carefully.
Good for 24 hours and for the last night of a longer stay.
The right hotel for 48 or 72 hours when the flight home is not at dawn. You are in the walk, which is the point.
It is the wrong hotel if you have to leave at 05:00. Take the pretty room on a trip that is not a connection.
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