Le Placide
Style Contemporary pied-à-terre
Setting Left Bank Latin quarter
With just 11 rooms stacked neatly into a 19th-century townhouse, this luxury boutique hotel in Paris has the feel of an exclusive members' club. Bright minimalist interiors with colour accents and walnut veneers maximise natural light – Le Placide's designer Bruno Borrione certainly knows how to pretty up a hotel room. Add a chic address in Saint-Germain, and you've got the perfect place to base a whirlwind city break.
Need to know
- Rooms 11, including nine junior suites.
- Rates Double rooms from $213.80 (€162), excluding tax at 7 per cent.
- More details Rates exclude breakfast, €22.
- Facilities Lounge and outdoor terrace. Flat-screen TVs, DVD/CD player with additional bathroom speaker, iPod docks, free WiFi, minibar, air-conditioning. A PlayStation is available from reception on request.
- Check-out Midday, but flexible subject to availability.
- Children Some rooms can accommodate an extra bed or cot; children under two stay free; those aged 15 and over pay the full room rate. Babysitting costs €25 an hour. More...
- Hotel closed Never.
- Also Massages and beauty treatments can be arranged at the hotel. Small pets accepted.
Food and drink at Le Placide
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Hotel restaurant
No restaurant, but some of Paris' best restaurants are within walking distance, including the Michelin-starred Hélène Darroze; ask the concierge to book a table for you. -
Dress code
Sleek chic and louche flair. -
Last orders
Midnight for drinks. -
Room service
You can take your pick from a simple menu of hot and cold food 24 hours a day. -
Hotel bar
There isn't a bar, but residents can order drinks from 18h–24h to enjoy in the welcoming private lounge or on the courtyard patio.
Le Placide 6 rue Saint-Placide, Saint-Germain des Prés, Paris, 75006 Paris
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Our favourite rooms
Junior Suites are only marginally larger than Exclusive Rooms, so either is a good choice. Rooms on the fifth floor have a small private balcony. Floors are colour themed, with only two rooms on each one – we like the almond green and purple. Bathrooms are spacious by Parisian standards, and all benefit from natural light.
Packing tips
Reading glasses for browsing the bookshops (or sunglasses for Parisian hauteur); existentialist fiction to peruse while sitting in nearby Café de Flore.
Also
In line with the area's intellectual leanings, the hotel organises occasional book-signing events. Le Placide also has an electric-assisted Solex bike you can borrow for easy-breezy local jaunts.
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