Budget stays · Beauvais
Best Budget Stays Near Beauvais Airport
Beauvais built its budget-travel reputation on one fact: Beauvais-Tille Airport has been Ryanair's only Paris base since the late 1990s, and it sits roughly 85 km, about an hour's drive, north of the city. That combination pulls a steady stream of travellers who need one cheap night near the runway rather than a stay in the historic centre. Ibis budget Beauvais Aeroport sits 500 metres from the terminal, and Elema Hotels Beauvais, formerly Hostellerie Saint Vincent, is 2 km out with a 24-hour front desk for late Ryanair arrivals. Both trade cathedral views for proximity to check-in, and both cost noticeably less than a hotel inside the rebuilt town centre three or four kilometres away.
Updated August 12, 2026
A cheap bed near Ryanair's Paris base
Ibis budget Beauvais Aeroport is about as close to the runway as a hotel gets: 500 metres from Beauvais-Tille Airport, with air-conditioned rooms, a flat-screen TV, and a private bathroom, no more, no less. Staff at the front desk work with travellers on early or delayed flights, which matters more here than the decor does. The town centre is a fifteen-minute drive away, and the hotel makes no attempt to pretend otherwise: this is a stop for a Ryanair layover, not a cathedral trip, and the price reflects that trade-off clearly against hotels sitting closer to Saint-Pierre Cathedral itself.
Elema Hotels Beauvais, formerly known as Hostellerie Saint Vincent, sits 2 km from Beauvais-Tille Airport and 3 km from Beauvais Railway, with a 24-hour front desk that suits travellers landing on a late Ryanair flight or catching an early one the next morning. Rooms include a desk and flat-screen TV, and a continental breakfast is served daily, which covers the basics without charging for extras most flight-focused travellers skip anyway. It's a sensible middle point between the airport-adjacent ibis budget and hotels closer to the cathedral three or four kilometres further into town.
This same hotel also sits 110 km from central Paris, a detail worth knowing if the plan is an onward bus or shuttle rather than a rental car, since it puts the airport hotel firmly outside Paris' immediate orbit despite the Ryanair marketing calling it a Paris airport. The Somme Bay, for travellers heading north instead, is roughly a 90-minute drive, which makes this a workable overnight stop whether the next leg goes south toward the capital or north along the coast, without paying for a room closer to the cathedral you won't have time to see.
Also worth a look is B&B HOTEL Beauvais, in the Allonne district, which undercuts the airport-adjacent hotels on price while sitting a five-minute drive from both the town centre and Beauvais-Tille Airport, a genuinely useful middle ground. Rooms are soundproofed with air-conditioning, and free private parking removes the cost of an airport car park for travellers driving in. Chantilly, with its château and forest trails, is 49 km away if a budget stay stretches into a longer trip, but most guests here are moving through Beauvais rather than settling in for a multi-day visit to the cathedral centre.
Local tips
- The closest budget option to the terminal is ibis budget Beauvais Aeroport, only 500 metres away, good for an early Ryanair flight.
- Elema Hotels Beauvais runs a 24-hour front desk, useful for a late-night arrival or a pre-dawn departure to the airport.
- For a workable middle ground on price and location, B&B HOTEL Beauvais sits a five-minute drive from both the airport and town centre.
- Budget hotels near Beauvais-Tille sit 3 to 4 km from the cathedral, so plan a taxi or short drive if you want to see it.
- Central Paris sits about 85 km from Beauvais-Tille Airport, roughly an hour's drive, so budget travellers usually move on the same day.
- Book ahead for early Ryanair departures; budget hotels near the airport fill fast on the days that flight schedules cluster.
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Budget stays · Beauvais
Ibis budget Beauvais Aeroport sits 500 metres from Beauvais-Tille Airport's terminal and is generally the lowest-priced option, trading cathedral proximity and extras for a short walk to check-in on an early or delayed Ryanair flight.