Just in time for Valentine's Day, Alastair Sawday publishes his sixth Paris Hotels guide. New entries include Lauren Bacall's favourite Paris hotel, the Duc de Saint Simon in St Germain des Prés (€220, hotelducdesaintsimon.com) and the new Hotel Relais Montmartre, tucked away down a tiny side street (€150, relaismontmartre.fr).

There are also 40 places to stay under €120. Among them are the Pension Les Marronniers overlooking the Luxembourg gardens where rooms are simple but living areas are crammed with countless pictures, photographs, statues and plants (from €37 half-board, pension-marronniers.com). Or the Eiffel Park Hotel, near the delis and bistros of rue Cler, from €70 (eiffelpark.com).

· Out February 1, £10.99.