MIJE Fourcy

Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville


Behind the elegant front door of this hôtel particulier, Fourcy welcomes guests with clean rooms and a summer garden to breakfast/hang out in. It's one of three Marais hostels run by the Maison Internationale de la Jeunesse et des Étudiants – the others are MIJE Le Fauconnier and MIJE Maubuisson. Rates include breakfast; evening meals are available in the vaulted cellar.

Rooms (closed noon to 3pm) have a shower but share toilets in the corridor. No alcohol is permitted; there's a curfew from 1am to 7am.


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