Exploring the neighbourhood:
On foot:
1 minute’s walk from the hotel: the Carré Rive Gauche [antique shops and decorators].
Four minutes on foot from the hotel: Saint Germain des Prés.
Five minutes on foot from the hotel: the Musée d'Orsay and the Assemblée Nationale [parliament].
Eight minutes on foot from the hotel: the Louvre museum. Ten minutes on foot from the hotel: the Luxembourg Gardens.
By metro/RER :
One minute away by metro/RER: the Musée Rodin and the Invalides.
Five minutes away by direct metro/RER: the Montparnasse station and tower.
Five minutes away by metro/RER : la Tour Eiffel.
Ten minutes away by metro/RER: the Champs-Elysées.
Fifteen minutes away by metro/RER: the Georges Pompidou Centre (Beaubourg).
Twenty minutes by metro/RER: the Parc des Expositions [exhibition halls] at the Porte de Versailles.
Our favourite addresses:
1. Restaurant Le Voltaire at 27 quai Voltaire in the 7th arrondissement.
Fine dining, freshness and atmosphere unique to Paris.
2. Brasserie le Bonaparte at 42 rue Bonaparte, Saint Germain des Prés in the 6th arrondissement.
Excellent, fresh, simple salads in the heart of this atmospheric district.
3. The Karl Lagerfeld Bookshop at 7 rue de Lille in the 7th
arrondissement has a huge choice of art books.
4. Pâtisserie Ladurée at 21 rue Bonaparte in the 6th arrondissement.
Excellent cake shop famous for its delicious macaroons.
5. Pâtisserie Mulot at 76 Rue de seine in the 6th arrondissement. Exceptionally fine cakes and pastries.
6. Restaurant Le Perron at 6 rue Perronet.