Le Placide
Local restaurants
You're close to the Michelin-starred Hélène Darroze restaurant on rue d’Assas (+33 (0)1 42 22 00 11) – there's also the Salon d'Hélène downstairs, serving a lighter menu of contemporary tapas. You'll need to book well ahead to get a table at either.
Local cafes
You can't visit Saint-Germain without stopping at one of Paris' venerable triumvirate of café-brasseries: Café de Flore (+33 (0)1 45 48 55 26) and Brasserie Lipp (+33 (0)1 45 48 53 91) on Boulevard Saint-Germain; and Les Deux Magots (+33 (0)1 45 48 55 25) on Place Saint-Germain des Prés.
Worth getting out of bed for
Saint-Germain is a fun place to stroll around, with plenty of shops, cafés and restaurants to keep you occupied; thanks to its university heritage, it has historically been the haunt of artists, poets and intellectuals, and there are still plenty of great bookshops and galleries to help kick-start your grey matter.
