Author Tip
If you're (ahem) up for it, check out the Musée de l'Érotisme (72 Blvd de Clichy, 18e), the 'Museum of Erotic Art' northwest of the hostel that has some 2000 titillating statuary, stimulating sexual aids and fetishist items from days gone by on display.
Curious Fact
The shops along Rue Victor Massé, which begins 100m (110 yards) west of the hostel, have always specialised in musical instruments, and this is the place to pick up a guitar (or harmonica or ukulele or oboe).