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Where to Stay in the Latin Quarter

These hotels place you in different parts of the Latin Quarter: beside the Panthéon, near Place de la Contrescarpe, or close to Notre-Dame and today’s Shakespeare and Company.

Choose Hôtel Les Dames du Panthéon for the monument and university hill, Hôtel des Grandes Écoles for Cardinal-Lemoine and Place de la Contrescarpe, or Hôtel Parc Saint-Séverin for today’s Shakespeare and Company and Notre-Dame.

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Illustration of a sloping Latin Quarter lane with bookshops, a hotel doorway, and the Panthéon in the distance.
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Three parts of the Latin Quarter

Hôtel Les Dames du Panthéon faces the monument at the top of the quarter. Hôtel des Grandes Écoles sits near Cardinal-Lemoine and Place de la Contrescarpe. Hôtel Parc Saint-Séverin is in the lower quarter, closer to Saint-Michel, Notre-Dame, and today’s Shakespeare and Company.

Plan around the places

See what each hotel puts within your orbit

A quick guide to the cafés, bookshops, and landmarks that pair naturally with each stay. This shows relationships, not street distances.

  1. Hôtel Les Dames du Panthéon

    19 place du Panthéon

  2. Hôtel des Grandes Écoles

    75 rue du Cardinal Lemoine

  3. Hôtel Parc Saint-Séverin

    22 rue de la Parcheminerie

Hotels to consider

The stone façade and entrance of Hôtel Les Dames du Panthéon.
Hôtel Les Dames du Panthéon, photographed in 2025. Photo: Weltenstuermer. Source · CC BY 4.0

Character and history

Hôtel Les Dames du Panthéon

19 place du Panthéon · 75005 Paris

Choose Hôtel Les Dames du Panthéon for the monument, Place de la Contrescarpe, and the upper Latin Quarter. Its interiors celebrate women including the writer George Sand.

Good to know: Notre-Dame and today’s Shakespeare and Company are in the lower Latin Quarter rather than around the hotel.

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Watercolor illustration of the leafy courtyard and pale pink façade of Hôtel des Grandes Écoles.
Hôtel des Grandes Écoles’ courtyard and garden. Editorial illustration.

Character and history

Hôtel des Grandes Écoles

75 rue du Cardinal Lemoine · 75005 Paris

Choose Hôtel des Grandes Écoles for its courtyard and garden near Cardinal-Lemoine, Place de la Contrescarpe, and rue Mouffetard.

Good to know: AFAR describes the rooms as small by American standards and the bathrooms as simple; the courtyard and neighborhood are the main attractions.

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Watercolor illustration of Hôtel Parc Saint-Séverin’s pale corner façade and arched entrance at number 22.
Hôtel Parc Saint-Séverin’s present-day exterior on rue de la Parcheminerie. Editorial illustration.

Well placed for exploring

Hôtel Parc Saint-Séverin

22 rue de la Parcheminerie · 75005 Paris

Choose Hôtel Parc Saint-Séverin for its pedestrian-street setting near today’s Shakespeare and Company, Notre-Dame, and Saint-Michel.

Good to know: The Panthéon and Cardinal-Lemoine are in the upper Latin Quarter rather than around the hotel.

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AI-generated illustration of the courtyard entrance to Maison Colbert: black iron railings, a gold sign reading Hôtel Maison Colbert, a stone path between café tables, yellow flowers in planters and green-framed glass doors beneath flower-filled window boxes.
An AI-generated view of Maison Colbert's courtyard entrance. The Paris Atlas, AI-generated illustration based on visual references.

5-star hotel

Maison Colbert

7 rue de l'Hôtel-Colbert · 75005 Paris

A 39-room five-star Meliá hotel in the Latin Quarter, about 200 meters from Notre-Dame across the Seine, decorated in homage to the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla. It occupies a listed late-18th-century corner house. The writer Simone de Beauvoir lived in this building from 1948 to 1955, in an apartment at 11 rue de la Bûcherie.

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Reference-based illustration. Present-day entrance of Hôtel Jardin de Cluny at 9 rue du Sommerard.
Present-day entrance at 9 rue du Sommerard. The Paris Atlas — reference-based illustration.

4-star hotel

Hôtel Jardin de Cluny

9 rue du Sommerard · 75005 Paris

A 40-room hotel on rue du Sommerard, with botanical wallpaper, colourful glass lighting and compact rooms near the Musée de Cluny.

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Reference-based illustration. The entrance at 12 rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève.
The entrance at 12 rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève. The Paris Atlas — reference-based illustration.

4-star hotel

Hôtel La Lanterne & Spa

12 rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève · 75005 Paris

A Latin Quarter hotel with 39 rooms and three suites, a small garden, and an indoor pool and hammam beneath vaulted ceilings.

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Reference-based illustration. Classic room at Hôtel Monge.
Classic room at Hôtel Monge. The Paris Atlas — reference-based illustration.

4-star hotel

Hôtel Monge

55 rue Monge · 75005 Paris

A 30-room hotel on rue Monge, with natural-history-inspired interiors, a private hammam and a guest lounge serving tea and madeleines.

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A room at Hôtel Salvia — illustration.
A room at Hôtel Salvia. The Paris Atlas

4-star hotel

Hôtel Salvia

16 rue Cujas · 75005 Paris

A 39-room hotel on rue Cujas, with a literary café that pairs a drink with a book selected by Librairie Pedone.

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Reference-based illustration. Deluxe Panthéon room at Hôtel des Grands Hommes.
Deluxe Panthéon room at Hôtel des Grands Hommes. The Paris Atlas — reference-based illustration.

3-star hotel

Hôtel des Grands Hommes

17 place du Panthéon · 75005 Paris

A small hotel facing the Panthéon, with Empire-style rooms and a literary history that includes André Breton and Philippe Soupault.

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Photorealistic illustration of Hôtel Dame des Arts, with pale stone, black-framed windows, sculpted panels and a copper entrance canopy.
The entrance on rue Danton. The Paris Atlas

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Hôtel Dame des Arts

4 rue Danton · 75006 Paris

A contemporary hotel in the Latin Quarter, with Raphael Navot interiors, a rooftop bar overlooking Paris and compact rooms whose terrace and Eiffel Tower views depend on the category.

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The pale stone exterior and blue sign of Hôtel Esmeralda on rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre.
Hôtel Esmeralda, photographed in 2012.

Hotel

Hôtel Esmeralda

4 rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre · 75005 Paris

A small hotel immediately beside Square René Viviani, on the same block as the current Shakespeare and Company bookshop.

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Watercolor illustration of Hôtel Europe Saint-Séverin’s pale stone corner building and wraparound iron balcony.
Hôtel Europe Saint-Séverin’s present-day corner building on rue Saint-Séverin.

Hotel

Hôtel Europe Saint-Séverin

38-40 rue Saint-Séverin · 75005 Paris

A 59-room hotel by Saint-Michel in the lower Latin Quarter, positioned between the river, Notre-Dame, and the Sorbonne streets.

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