Where to stay · Aparthotel · €€ · 6e · Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Citadines Saint-Germain-des-Prés
The Ascott group's aparthotel chain — dependable if dated — with studios and one-beds that carry kitchenettes; this branch sits on the Seine opposite the Pont-Neuf.
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Book it for the kitchenette and the riverfront address rather than the décor, which is functional at best.
Getting there
- Pont Neuf7350 m · 6 min walk
- Saint-Michel Notre-Dame4RER BRER C370 m · 7 min walk
- Odéon410390 m · 7 min walk
Around the corner
Pont Neuf · 130 m away
The Pont Neuf is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western (downstream) point of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that between 250 and 225 BC was the birthplace of Paris. During the medieval period, the Île was the heart of the city.
Wikipedia ↗Walks that pass nearby
- Bridges of Parisstop 5 of 7 · 130 m
Pont Neuf
Despite the name ("new bridge"), this is the oldest standing bridge in Paris — completed 1607 under Henri IV. The first bridge in the city designed without houses on it; that was a radical idea at the time.
The bridge has 384 carved stone faces (mascarons) along the cornices — each is different. Stop at the small semicircular pavement bays sticking out over the river; those were where 17th-century vendors set up booths. From the western tip you can drop down to Square du Vert-Galant.
- Île de la Cité & Saint-Louisstop 1 of 7 · 140 m
Square du Vert-Galant
The downstream tip of Île de la Cité, named for Henri IV. Below river level — the island's original height before centuries of urban fill raised it. The best riverside picnic spot in central Paris.
Take the steps down from the middle of Pont Neuf — easy to miss. The little weeping willow at the very tip is the photo. River-tour boats pass directly below; an excellent free spectacle from above.
- Secret Gardensstop 1 of 6 · 140 m
Square du Vert-Galant
The downstream tip of Île de la Cité, named for Henri IV. Sunken below river level — the island's original height before centuries of urban fill raised it. Weeping willow at the very tip; the best free river-level picnic spot in central Paris.
Take the steps down from the middle of Pont Neuf — easy to miss. River-tour boats pass directly below; an excellent free spectacle from above. The gates close at sunset.
- Saint-Germain in 90 minutesstop 6 of 6 · 230 m
Cour du Commerce Saint-André
1735 covered passage, one of the oldest in Paris. Cobblestoned, lined with restaurants. Le Procope (1686 — the oldest café in the city) opens onto the passage; Marat's printing press was at no. 8; Guillotin built and tested his eponymous device's prototype on sheep at no. 9.
Enter from Rue Saint-André-des-Arts via the small archway with the wrought-iron sign. Walk slowly — the cobblestones are uneven and beautiful, and there's a fragment of the 12th-century Wall of Philippe Auguste visible inside one of the courtyards. Le Procope is at no. 13.
Within a few minutes' walk
- Kodawari Ramen (Yokochō)Ramen€€ · 4 minAn Odéon ramen-ya dressed as a Tokyo back-alley, with house-made noodles and broth and a Bib Gourmand for value. The chicken-based shoyu and shio bowls do the heavy lifting, with gyoza alongside.
- Hôtel Dame des ArtsRooftop-view design hotel€€€ · 6 minA board-formed concrete building at the Danton–Saint-Germain corner, interiors by Raphael Navot, opened 2023. The seventh-floor terrace gives a true 360 — Eiffel Tower one way, Notre-Dame the other.
- Little BreizhCrêperie€ · 6 minA small Saint-Germain room where the buckwheat is organic and the galettes are folded with intent. The goat's-cheese-and-honey galette and a dessert crêpe of honey with buckwheat ice cream are the reasons to book.
- Le Tout-ParisRooftop bar€€€ · 7 minThe 7th-floor bar at Cheval Blanc, a terrace panorama from Notre-Dame to the Eiffel Tower over the Seine. The bar takes no reservations; a summer-only rooftop, Le Céleste, sits above it.
- Musée national Eugène-DelacroixArtist house-museum€ · 8 minDelacroix took this apartment and built the garden studio behind it in 1857 to be near the Saint-Sulpice murals he was finishing, and died here in 1863. The real draw is the green courtyard and the purpose-built atelier off it.
- La SamaritaineDepartment-store experience€ · 8 minReopened in 2021 after sixteen years dark, restored by LVMH. Frantz Jourdain's Art Nouveau hall keeps its wrought-iron staircase, enamelled-lava signage and the Jourdain peacock fresco — 115 metres of painted birds running below the glass roof.
Landmarks nearby
The district · 6e
Saint-Germain-des-Prés — The literary Left BankThe cafés where the existentialists held court — Flore, Deux Magots, Lipp — plus the Luxembourg Gardens and the city's densest run of galleries and antiquaires. Expensive, polished, and aware of it.
Best for: Those who want the postcard Left Bank and have the budget for it.
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