Paris, France

Hotel Saint André des Arts

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If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (EUR192.89), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

Style

Sixties swing

Setting

Artistic alleyway

Groovy in every way except the kind Austin Powers would approve of, Hôtel Saint-André des Arts in Paris is the psychedelic sixth-arrondissement stay for you if you like your Rive Gauche to be retro. The 20th century’s most swinging decade was the inspiration for this historic hotel’s modern makeover, with antiques sourced to ensure every room has its fair share of flower power tables, tam tam stools, shiny Kartell bedside tables and Verner Panton lights. There’s no restaurant at this bohemian bolthole, but the Rousseau-approved oldest café in Paris is over the road, in a labyrinth that would put Diagon Alley to shame.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

30.

Check–Out

Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 2pm.

More details

Rates usually include breakfast.

Also

The 17th-century building has an art gallery for a next-door neighbour, with plenty more nearby along Rue de Buci and Rue de Seine, too.

At the hotel

Free WiFi throughout. In rooms: HD TV with Chromecast, Nespresso coffee machine, air-conditioning, laptop-size safe and vegan, organic bath products by Naturals Remedies.

Our favourite rooms

If carpet colour is important to you, choose your floor according to its staircase shade, which changes with every level you ascend. Tall people will appreciate the extra ceiling height in the rooms on the first and second floors, especially roomy room 20. For added sunshine, book room 34 or 35, which both have lots of light in the morning and various shades of yellow.

Spa

The hotel has a small wellness centre consisting mostly of a bath tub that’s drained and re-filled for each guest for the bubble-based experience of their choice (there’s a selection of salts, oils and mood goals to pick from). A soak in the ‘Bain des Sens’ is included with Superior Room bookings and above.

Packing tips

Philosophical opinions to debate over an absinthe amid the cobblestoned corners of the Cour de Commerce Saint-André over the road, an appetite for art and antiques, and your finest fit-for-a-flâneur gear.

Also

A spa therapist can be booked to make bathtimes at the mini spa even better with an accompanying treatment. There’s an elevator for disabled access, but no specially adapted rooms.

Children

Extra beds (€60 a night) and cots (free) can be added to Deluxe and Executive Rooms, and some rooms have sofa-beds. There are connecting and adjacent rooms with sealed-off entrances. Highchairs are available and babysitting can be arranged.

Sustainability efforts

Most of the breakfast produce is organic and French, including the jam, cheese and charcuterie. Bath products are vegan and organic, with minimal plastic (even the shower caps and toothbrushes). Coffee cups are compostable, as are the pods.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

The antique yellow table by the window is best for admiring stylish Parisians on their way to work, but if you’re planning to tackle the buffet ambitiously, go for the comfortable leather and velvet armchairs.

Dress Code

Bohemian rhapsody.

Hotel restaurant

There’s no restaurant at the hotel, just a breakfast room and bar, but this is Paris and there’s amazing French food on every corner – notable neighbourhood establishments include the oldest restaurant in Paris. And who needs Deliveroo: the staff can arrange for meals from Colvert or Christina to be brought straight to you. The bountiful breakfast produce includes Savoie yoghurt, French (obviously) cheese and homegrown charcuterie, along with fair-trade coffee.

Hotel bar

The breakfast room magically swaps croissants for cocktails once it’s an appropriate hour to imbibe alcohol; there’s a selection of organic wines and champagnes, and plates of cheese and charcuterie to soak them up.

Last orders

Breakfast hours are 7am to 10am, and drinks are available at the bar until midnight.

Room service

The hotel’s partnership with local restaurants means easy access to outsourced lunches between 11am and 2pm, and dinners from 6pm to 11pm.

Location

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Address
Hotel Saint André des Arts
66 Rue Saint-André des Arts
Paris
75006
France

Steps from Saint-Germain and in the lively Latin Quarter, the hotel has the 6th arrondissement – and most of Paris – on its doorstep.

Planes

It’s a 40-minute drive to Orly airport and an hour to Charles de Gaulle. Taxis are available at both, with fixed fares (€30 and €55 respectively); or hop on the RER B line from either hub to Saint-Michel station, which is a few minutes’ walk from the hotel.

Trains

Eurostar arrivals into the Gare du Nord can travel onwards on the metro line 4 towards Mairie de Montrouge, disembarking at Odéon station for the three-minute walk to the hotel.

Automobiles

Many of the major sights are within walking distance of the hotel and, helpfully, you can stow your wheels away at the Mazarine carpark, 150 metres away from the hotel.

Other

Buses serving most of the city stop right outside the hotel.

Worth getting out of bed for

The 6th arrondissement setting means much of the city is within walking distance – the hotel is conveniently close to the Ile de la Cité, home to Notre Dame, the stained-glass windows of the gothic Sainte-Chapelle chapel and an erstwhile prison with a regal former inmate (Marie-Antoinette spent her final few days imprisoned at La Conciergerie). Stroll the banks and quays of the Seine, settle onto a Saint-Germain terrace to watch the world of quaintrelles and fashionistas go by or be spoiled for choice with all of the galleries and antique bookshops in the neighbourhood – there’s even a gallery next-door. Across the road, an arched time-machine entrance takes you back a few centuries and into the Cour du Commerce Saint-André’s narrow alleys, cobblestones, tiny shops and the oldest bistro in Paris.

Local restaurants

Le Procope, which once counted Rousseau as a patron, has been feeding bon vivants and revolutionaries since 1686 – we like to think they’ve nailed the coq au vin by now. Book early for a seat in Yves Camdeborde’s art deco dining room within the Hôtel Le Relais Saint-Germain in Odéon; his elaborate week-night suppers at Le Comptoir are famous for a reason.

Local cafés

You’re never far from patisserie perfection in Paris, but Eric Kayser’s namesake empire of boulangerie branches has gone global – handily, there’s one 50 metres away for your daily almond-brioche fix.

Local bars

There are lots of bars along the alleys of Saint-Michel and inside Saint-Germain’s covered market, or try Le Hibou for cocktails on its boulevard-facing terrace. Le Pré on Rue du Four is another excellent terrace-enhanced option.

Reviews

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Sai Bennett

Anonymous review

By Sai Bennett, Has her act together

It had to be Paris. Cliché or not, it had to be Paris. After a whirlwind year, which saw Mr Smith and I having recently opened a new restaurant in London, not to mention the fact my birthday deserved a celebration, we welcomed the opportunity to recharge and indulge in a getaway to the city of lights, gastronomy and passion.

Following a few short hours on the Eurostar and a hop on the Metro, we found ourselves not far from the banks of the Seine, in the 6eme arrondissement. While hardly Paris virgins, neither of us had visited this particular area before and found it a great combination of joie de vivre and Gallic cool, with bustling bistros, bakeries and paths carved out for shopping along the way. 

If the façade of the Hôtel Saint-André des Arts, with its original antique oak doors, initially appeared unassuming, when we crossed the threshold we were transported into an unbelievably stylish world of mid-century design. The interior, which is the work of architect Chloé Nègre, pays homage to the hotel’s history, having counted numerous musicians, chanteuses and movie actors as guests over the years. It was a mixture of specially sourced vintage furniture from the 1960s and 1970s: Vernon Panton lights and Tam Tam stools were spotted – plus custom-made items, ‘flower-power’- and Pop Art-inspired yet crafted with maximum comfort in mind, ensuring neither style nor substance are overlooked.

While the building has been home to a hotel, in various guises, since the middle of the 20th century, it actually dates to the 1600s. This is evidenced by the exposed original beams and vaulted stone ceiling you can recline under in a sea of scented bubbles in the hotel’s on-site spa (more on that later). The soft sound of jazz playing in the lobby (on vinyl, obviously) and the warm scent of sage and nettle tied a bow around this retro-fabulous atmosphere. Bardot et al would approve.

We found our room tucked away on the second floor and accessible by lift (appropriately decked in fabric prints of Cocteau’s The Dreamer). It was pretty spacious by Parisian hotel standards. The bathroom was a minimalist delight, stocked with organic and vegan toiletries. Two large windows afforded great views of the busy streets below and were framed by diaphanous lace curtains which could be drawn for privacy, creating the ideal sanctuary to kick back, relax and share a bottle of champagne – which was just one of the many sensual delights of our stay. The staff, dressed in uniforms that matched the hotel’s design aesthetic, were attentive without being overbearing. When the bouquet of flowers Mr Smith had arranged to have waiting for me in our room on arrival failed to materialise they quickly arranged for one to be delivered a little later on

Paris is perfect for wandering. On our first day, after a quick but beautiful stroll, we found ourselves exploring the 11th arrondissement. Here we spent several hours falling in and out of vintage shops, sifting through furniture, clothes and bric-à-brac. We ate a hilariously debauched meal at Vivant Deux and Mr Smith treated me to a birthday lunch at Le Servan, yet another highlight of our trip. Being so centrally located in the French capital, the hotel is also well situated for visits to a number of Paris’ greatest hits; both the Jardin du Luxembourg and the Louvre are a 15-minute walk away. (Have you even been to Paris if you haven’t taken a picture of yourself pinching the point of its famous glass pyramid?)

The following afternoon, we hit the hotel spa, hidden away on the ground floor. Once again, the staff were super professional and discreet, allowing us to feel completely alone and relaxed. One word of advice however – we had hoped to book a massage, but found – as the hotel sources their masseuse from outside rather than employing one in-house – that treatments need to be booked well in advance of arriving at the hotel.

After such a wonderful weekend, removed from the everyday stresses of modern life – the hotel really does make you feel like you’re stepping back in time to the more swinging eras – I admit Mr Smith and I found it difficult to drag ourselves away. However, we left feeling completely relaxed, vowing to return soon and to make the Hôtel Saint-André des Arts our go-to pit stop in the city when it has to be Paris, again. 

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