Caulaincourt Square Hostel is a 50-room hotel and hostel at 2 square Caulaincourt in Montmartre, Paris 18e, and it scores 8.1 out of 10 across 3,398 verified Booking.com reviews. Beds in a three-bed single-sex dorm are listed at €59 per person and private rooms start at €95, breakfast included. Two facts decide most bookings and appear on almost no third-party review page: the building has no lift, and rooms are closed for cleaning from 11:00 to 16:00 every day, so you cannot go back to bed in the afternoon.
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What is Caulaincourt Square Hostel, and what is it called now?
It is a 50-room property in Montmartre that operates as a hostel and a small hotel under one roof, at 2 square Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris, telephone +33 1 46 06 46 06. The name you meet depends on where you look. The property’s own website trades as Caulaincourt Hotel & Hostel Paris. Booking.com lists it as Caulaincourt Montmartre by Hiphophostels. Tripadvisor still files it under the older Caulaincourt Square Hostel. All three refer to the same address.
That matters when you compare prices. Searching one name will not surface every listing, and the cheapest rate is not always on the platform whose name you happened to search. Booking direct through the property’s own reservation system is a fourth channel again.
The split between hostel rooms and hotel rooms is real, not marketing. Economy hostel rooms include the dorms and the cheaper singles, twins and doubles. Deluxe hotel rooms are separately listed, cost more, and carry the amenities you would expect of a small hotel. Both share the same entrance, the same breakfast room and the same guest kitchen.
How much does Caulaincourt Square Hostel cost?
A bed in a three-bed dorm is listed at €59 per person, and the cheapest private room is listed at €95. Every rate below includes breakfast, free WiFi, a hairdryer and bed linen. These are the listed prices the property publishes on its own website, checked on 6 August 2026. Nightly rates move with the calendar, and Paris rates in particular spike around trade fairs and long weekends, so treat these as the published baseline rather than a quote.
Room type | Sleeps | Listed price | Bathroom | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Single bed in 3-bed female dorm | 3 | €59 per person | Not listed as private | Hostel |
Single bed in 3-bed male dorm | 3 | €59 per person | Not listed as private | Hostel |
Single room with shared toilet | 1 | €95 per room | Private shower, shared toilet | Hostel |
Single room with private bathroom | 1 | €105 per room | Private shower and toilet | Hostel |
Twin room with shared toilet | 2 | €118 per room | Private shower, shared toilet | Hostel |
Double room with shared toilet | 2 | €118 per room | Private shower, shared toilet | Hostel |
Double room with private bathroom | 2 | €129 per room | Private bathroom | Hostel |
Quadruple room | 4 | €196 per room | Private shower and toilet | Hostel |
Single deluxe room | 1 | €129 per room | Private shower and toilet | Hotel |
Double deluxe room | 2 | €169 per room | Private shower and toilet | Hotel |
Twin deluxe room | 2 | €169 per room | Private shower and toilet | Hotel |
Triple deluxe room | 3 | €199 per room | Listed without private bathroom | Hotel |
Read the third column before you book a dorm. Two travelers sharing a double room with a shared toilet pay €118, which works out at €59 each, exactly the same as two dorm beds. The dorm saves nothing for a pair, and the private room adds a door that locks. The dorm only makes sense for solo travelers, and even then the twin with a shared toilet is worth pricing on your dates.
How do guests rate Caulaincourt Square Hostel?
Booking.com guests give it 8.1 out of 10 across 3,398 verified reviews, and Tripadvisor guests give it 3 out of 5 across 419 reviews. The gap between those two numbers is the single most useful thing to understand about this property, and it is not a contradiction. Booking.com and Hostelworld audiences are grading a hostel. Tripadvisor’s Paris audience is grading it against 1,884 Paris hotels, most of which have a lift, a 24-hour room and a concierge.
Source | Score | Reviews counted | What the audience is comparing it against |
|---|---|---|---|
Booking.com | 8.1 / 10 | 3,398 verified | Hostels and budget rooms |
Booking.com, location only | 9.2 / 10 | Same set | Paris addresses |
Booking.com, staff only | 8.7 / 10 | Same set | Paris addresses |
Booking.com, comfort only | 8.2 / 10 | Same set | Paris addresses |
Tripadvisor | 3 / 5, ranked 1,319 of 1,884 Paris hotels | 419 | All Paris hotels, including four-star |
Kayak | 8.1 / 10 | 3,487 | Aggregated across channels |
Location scores 9.2 and staff scores 8.7, which is where the enthusiasm sits. Comfort scores 8.2, the lowest of the three, which is where the stairs and the shared bathrooms show up. A previous version of this page cited a Tripadvisor rank of 1,280 out of 1,898 and a score of 3.5. Both figures have since changed, which is a good reason to check a live listing rather than trust any review page, including this one, on the exact number.
Where exactly is the hostel, and how far is Sacre-Coeur?
The address is 2 square Caulaincourt, 75018 Paris, on the northern slope of the Montmartre hill, and the property tells guests to allow 15 minutes on foot to Sacre-Coeur and to the Moulin Rouge. Booking platforms quote shorter walks, some as short as five minutes, because they measure straight-line distance. Montmartre is a hill, the route involves staircases, and the property’s own 15 minutes is the figure to plan around. The same source allows 30 minutes to the Grands Magasins and to the Puces de Saint-Ouen flea market.
The side of the hill is the point. Square Caulaincourt is behind the basilica rather than in front of it, away from the Anvers metro exit and the souvenir stalls that funnel crowds up the south face. Typical Montmartre staircases drop away from the entrance towards the street below, and a corner cafe faces the property. The terrace culture of Paris is at its best on that corner at lunchtime, and at its most crowded.
The Basilique du Sacre-Coeur is the closest major landmark. The Musee de Montmartre, the Montmartre vineyard and the Villa Leandre are all inside the same walk. For the wider city, the Palais Garnier and the Place de l’Opera are a direct metro ride south.
Which metro station serves the hostel?
Lamarck-Caulaincourt on line 12 is the nearest station, and it is the only line within a short walk. Abbesses, the next station south, is also on line 12, so walking there adds no new line and no new destination. An earlier version of this page said Abbesses offers connections to other metro lines. It does not.
To change lines, ride line 12 south to Pigalle for line 2. Line 12 continues south through Saint-Georges and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette towards Saint-Lazare, which is where most cross-city connections happen.
One warning worth more than the walking time: Abbesses sits 36 meters underground and is reached by 176 steps in two spiral staircases, with two lifts. When those lifts are out of service, the climb is real. Lamarck-Caulaincourt is the gentler station and the one to use with luggage. The Guimard edicule that covers the Abbesses entrance is one of only two glass-roofed originals left in Paris, which is worth the detour on a day you are not carrying a suitcase.
What are the rooms like, and do the dorms have private bathrooms?
Dorms here are three beds, single-sex, and the property does not list a private shower or private toilet among their features. Most of the private rooms do list one. This is the opposite of what several review pages say, including a previous version of this one, which claimed that many rooms including dorms have en-suite bathrooms. The property’s own room listings show private bathrooms concentrated in the single, double, quadruple and deluxe categories, not in the dorms.
Three-bed dorms are unusually small for Paris, where eight and twelve beds are common at this price. Fewer roommates means fewer arrivals at two in the morning. Single-sex allocation is not optional here: the property lists a three-bed female dorm and a three-bed male dorm and no mixed dorm at all, so a mixed group of friends cannot share one.
Rooms above the economy tier add a television, and the deluxe singles and twins are listed with a view. Bed linen is provided in every category.
What do you get for free, and what do you have to ask for?
Sheets are provided in the room. Towels are handed out at reception, so ask when you check in rather than expecting them on the bed. WiFi is free throughout the building and the password is at reception. Luggage storage is free before check-in and after check-out.
The guest kitchen is small and the property describes it precisely: a fridge, a microwave, hot plates and a kettle. That is enough to reheat, boil and fry, and not enough to cook a dinner for six. Anyone planning to self-cater for several days should read that list twice.
There is no lift. The property calls this part of the Montmartre folklore and asks guests who have difficulty with stairs to say so well before arrival so a lower floor can be arranged. If stairs are a problem, that email is the single most important thing to send.
What time is breakfast, and what is included?
Breakfast is free with every rate and is served from 07:30 to 09:30 Monday to Friday and from 08:00 to 10:00 at weekends and on public holidays. It is a continental spread eaten in a colorful breakfast room, with bread, croissants, tea and coffee.
The weekday cut-off at 09:30 is early for a hostel and catches people out. If your plan is a late start, either set an alarm or budget for a bakery, because the free breakfast will be cleared away.
What house rules should you know before booking?
Four rules here are stricter than the Paris hostel norm, and the property publishes all four: a daily cleaning lockout, a seven-night maximum stay, a ban on minors in the dorms, and check-in that does not open until 15:00.
Rule | What the property publishes | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
Room cleaning lockout | Rooms cleaned daily 11:00 to 16:00; guests asked to leave the room, common areas stay open | No afternoon nap and no midday repack |
Check-in | From 15:00, luggage storage available earlier | Morning arrivals drop bags and go out |
Check-out | Until 11:00, extra fees possible after that | Book a late train, not a late morning |
Maximum stay | Seven nights in the hostel | Longer trips need a second booking or the hotel rooms |
Minors | Not accepted in the hostel dorms; a private room is required. Under-18s travelling without a parent need written parental authorisation | Families and school-age solo travelers must book a private room |
Groups | Nine or more guests must use the group reservation form | Booking nine beds separately can be refused |
Cancellation | Free up to 24 hours before arrival; late cancellation or no-show costs the first night | Tighter than the 48-hour norm |
Pets and smoking | No pets. Smoking prohibited inside rooms, including at windows | Non-negotiable |
The lockout is the rule most likely to spoil a trip that was otherwise well planned. Between 11:00 and 16:00 the room is not yours. On a rainy Paris afternoon, or with a red-eye flight behind you, five hours in a common area is a long time.
Who should book here, and who should book elsewhere?
Book here if you are a solo traveler or a couple who want a Montmartre address at a hostel price, you sleep in a small room rather than a party dorm, and you are out of the building during the day anyway. The 9.2 location score and the 8.7 staff score are earned, and a three-bed dorm at €59 with breakfast is a competitive Paris rate.
Book elsewhere if any of five things apply. You cannot manage stairs and cannot be certain of a lower floor. You need the room during the day, for a nap, for work or for a small child. You are travelling with a mixed-sex group who want to share a dorm. You are staying more than seven nights. Or you are bringing an under-18 and do not want to pay private-room rates. A different Montmartre or central address will serve you better, and Absolute Paris Hostel is one comparison worth pricing.
For other budget rooms across the city, see Chatihotes, Hotel Grey Elephant, Edgar Suites Chatillon Felix Faure and 1 Square du Docteur Blanche in Paris 16. Timing changes the price as much as the address does, so check when to visit Paris before you fix dates. Comparative Paris hotel rankings are published on Tripadvisor.
Where can you eat near the hostel?
The realistic radius is the northern slope of Montmartre and the Pigalle edge, roughly a fifteen-minute walk. Les Apotres de Pigalle, at 2 rue Germain Pilon in the 18th, is the closest well-reviewed sit-down option, serving tapas and European and South American plates. The corner cafe opposite the hostel entrance handles coffee, a drink and a plate without any walk at all. Place du Tertre, at the top of the hill, is ringed with bistros that charge for the view.
Two restaurants recommended by an earlier version of this page have been removed, because they are not near this hostel. Frenchie is at 5 rue du Nil in the 2nd arrondissement and L’Avant Comptoir is at 3 Carrefour de l’Odeon in the 6th, roughly four and five kilometers away respectively, on the other side of central Paris. A third, listed as Chez Pradel, could not be verified as an operating Montmartre restaurant and has also been removed. Recommending a Left Bank wine bar as a nearby eatery for a Montmartre hostel is the kind of error worth naming rather than quietly deleting.
The most useful budget move in this neighborhood is a bakery and the guest kitchen. A boulangerie and a small grocery are both inside a few minutes of square Caulaincourt, and the kitchen’s fridge and microwave cover the rest. Elsewhere in the city, Paris Top Ten covers the squares of Paris and what to do across Paris.
What did this review get wrong before, and what changed?
Six statements on the previous version of this page were wrong, unverifiable or out of date, and they are listed here rather than removed silently.
- The page said Abbesses station offers connections to other metro lines. Abbesses is on line 12, the same line as Lamarck-Caulaincourt, and adds none.
- The page said many rooms including dorms have en-suite bathrooms. The property does not list a private shower or toilet on either dorm.
- The page cited a Tripadvisor rank of 1,280 of 1,898 hotels and a score of 3.5 out of 5. The current figures are 1,319 of 1,884 and 3 out of 5.
- The page named Frenchie and L’Avant Comptoir as nearby eateries. Both are in central Paris, several kilometers away.
- The page recommended Chez Pradel. No operating Montmartre restaurant of that name could be verified.
- The page said towels may not be included and told readers to ask before arrival. The property states that sheets are provided and towels are available at reception.
Three first-person passages were also removed, including a claim that the writer lives nearby and was given a tour by a member of the cleaning staff. Paris Top Ten cannot stand behind those claims, so they are gone. Everything now on this page is sourced to the property, to a review platform, or to a public transport record.
Frequently asked questions
Does Caulaincourt Square Hostel have a lift?
No. The property confirms there is no lift and asks guests who have difficulty with stairs to make contact well before arrival so a lower floor can be arranged.
Can you stay in your room during the day?
No. Rooms are cleaned daily between 11:00 and 16:00 and guests are asked to leave the room during that window. You may stay in the building and use the common areas.
How much is a bed at Caulaincourt Square Hostel?
A bed in a three-bed single-sex dorm is listed at €59 per person with breakfast included. The cheapest private room, a single with a shared toilet, is listed at €95. Actual nightly rates vary by date.
Are the dorms mixed or single-sex?
Single-sex. The property lists a three-bed female dorm and a three-bed male dorm, and no mixed dorm, so a mixed-sex group cannot book one dorm together.
Can under-18s stay at Caulaincourt Square Hostel?
Not in the dorms. The property does not accept minors in hostel dormitories and requires them to book a private room. Any guest under 18 travelling without a parent or guardian also needs written parental authorisation.
How long can you stay?
Seven nights maximum in the hostel, which the property describes as short-term tourist accommodation for young travelers.
How far is Sacre-Coeur from the hostel?
The property allows 15 minutes on foot to Sacre-Coeur and to the Moulin Rouge. Booking platforms quote shorter times measured in a straight line, which ignores the staircases on the hill.
Sources and last update
Last updated 6 August 2026. This update rewrote the page against the property’s own published information rather than aggregator copy. Room prices, room types, breakfast times, check-in and check-out times, the cleaning lockout, the lift, towels, the kitchen inventory, the maximum stay, the minors policy, the group policy and the cancellation terms were all read from Caulaincourt Hotel & Hostel Paris at caulaincourt.com on 6 August 2026. Guest scores were read from Booking.com, Tripadvisor and Kayak on the same date. Metro facts were checked against public records for line 12, Lamarck-Caulaincourt and Abbesses. Restaurant addresses were checked individually, and three previous recommendations were removed.
Published rates and house rules change without notice. Confirm the price, the lockout window and the lift question with the property before you book if any of them would change your decision.
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