Where to stay · Floating hotel · €€€ · 13e · Chinatown & Butte-aux-Cailles
OFF Paris Seine
A barge built from two catamaran hulls and moored below Gare d'Austerlitz, with 58 rooms arranged around a glass-roofed plunge pool that opens to the river on one side. The only hotel here where the floor is technically the Seine.
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The pool is guests-only and small — go early or late. River-facing rooms cost more and earn it.
Getting there
- Gare d'Austerlitz510RER C110 m · 2 min walk
- Quai de la Rapée5360 m · 7 min walk
- Gare de Lyon114RER ARER D550 m · 10 min walk
Around the corner
Le Train Bleu · 540 m away
The Calais-Mediterranée Express was a French luxury night express train which operated from 1886 to 2003. It gained international fame as the preferred train of wealthy and famous passengers between Calais and the French Riviera during the interwar period. It was colloquially referred to as Le Train Bleu in French and the Blue Train in English because of its dark-blue sleeping cars.
Wikipedia ↗Walks that pass nearby
- Bouillons & Brasseriesstop 3 of 6 · 540 m
Le Train Bleu
Inside Gare de Lyon, opened 1901 for the Exposition Universelle. 41 ceiling and wall paintings depicting destinations served by the station. Coco Chanel, Brigitte Bardot, Jean Cocteau, all regulars. Even if you don't eat, walk in to look up.
Up the grand double staircase from the main concourse, signposted from inside Gare de Lyon. Walk into the main dining room without a reservation just to look up; the staff are used to it. For a bite, the bar (no reservation needed) serves a small menu and is at the front.
- Paris-1900stop 4 of 6 · 540 m
Le Train Bleu
Inside Gare de Lyon, opened 1901. 41 ceiling and wall paintings, gilt mouldings, brass railings — every surface is 1900 original. The food is fine; the room is the reason. Cocteau called it "the only place in Paris where 1900 is still happening."
Up the grand double staircase from the main concourse. Walk into the dining room without a reservation just to look. For coffee, sit at the front bar; you can take in the whole room without the lunch-rush waiter pressure.
The district · 13e
Chinatown & Butte-aux-Cailles — Asia and street artParis's Chinatown of tower blocks and excellent Southeast-Asian kitchens, the village-like Butte-aux-Cailles with its Art-Deco pool, and a riverfront of street-art murals and barge clubs.
Best for: Eaters chasing pho and bo bun, and anyone bored of the centre.
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