No frills affordable paris hotel near galeries lafayette pocket pleaser the charming affordable charing cross hotel is in the 8th arrondissement of paris a 3 minute walk from gare st lazare station with its metro and rail lines you can walk to the opra garnier in 10 minutes passing numerous cafs shops and bakeries along the way the art of shopping with printemps and galeries lafayette department stores a 5 minute walk not to mention the champs elyses about 20 minutes away on foot