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Hôtel des Académies et des Arts

15 rue de la Grande Chaumière · 75006 Paris

A 20-room art hotel between Montparnasse and the Luxembourg Garden, with exhibitions, a guest studio, an honesty bar, and a small wellness room.

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Watercolor illustration of Hôtel des Académies et des Arts’ cream façade, green window boxes, and dark entrance.
Hôtel des Académies et des Arts on rue de la Grande Chaumière. Editorial illustration.

A closer look

Inside Hôtel des Académies et des Arts

Three original editorial illustrations based on the hotel’s documented rooms, décor, and private pool.

Editorial illustration of an artist-studio room at Hôtel des Académies et des Arts with limewashed walls, raw oak, ceramics, and abstract charcoal art.
An artist-studio guest room, interpreted from the hotel’s documented materials and art program. Editorial illustration.
Editorial illustration of the hotel’s café atelier with a Carrara-marble table, art books, painting materials, and works on limewashed walls.
The café atelier, interpreted from the hotel’s documented communal table, library, and art materials. Editorial illustration.
Editorial illustration of a vaulted relaxation room at Hôtel des Académies et des Arts with stone walls, white linens, oak, and ceramics.
A relaxation room, interpreted from the hotel’s documented downstairs wellness space. Editorial illustration.

About Hôtel des Académies et des Arts

Hôtel des Académies et des Arts is a four-star boutique hotel on rue de la Grande Chaumière, opposite the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. Its 20 rooms use limewashed walls, raw wood, and ceiling frescoes to create the feeling of an artist’s studio rather than a conventional luxury room.

The hotel’s present-day art program is the reason to choose it. Exhibitions and installations appear in the public spaces, and guests can use an art studio with drawing and painting materials. The café-atelier combines breakfast, a library, and an honesty bar. Claims linking Amedeo Modigliani or Tsuguharu Foujita to the hotel building remain unconfirmed and are not used as a reason to stay.

The location favors Montparnasse: La Rotonde, the Dingo Bar, La Closerie des Lilas, artists’ studios, and Montparnasse Cemetery form the natural itinerary. Saint-Germain and the central Latin Quarter remain reachable, but they are not the immediate neighborhood.

Good to know

This location favors Montparnasse; Saint-Germain and the Latin Quarter sit outside the immediate neighborhood.

Who this hotel suits

Best for

  • Travelers who want a current art program inside the hotel
  • Montparnasse café, studio, and cemetery itineraries
  • Guests who enjoy intimate boutique hotels and expressive design

Consider another area if

  • Saint-Germain or Notre-Dame is the center of every day
  • You want a large full-service hotel
  • You prefer traditional rather than studio-inspired interiors

Location

What is nearby

15 rue de la Grande Chaumière, 75006 Paris

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Montparnasse cafés

Studios, art, and gardens

Plan a day from the hotel

Must-visit places nearby

Three cultural places that fit naturally into a stay at this address. Open each place for its history and practical visitor details.

Café

La Rotonde

The café every taxi driver delivered Americans to — the novel's driest Montparnasse joke, and before that the painters' living room, where the patron took drawings for drinks.

Café

La Closerie des Lilas

Ernest Hemingway's favorite writing spot, where he drafted much of The Sun Also Rises. Quieter than the other cafés, which was the point.

Park

Jardin du Luxembourg

Ernest Hemingway's daily shortcut and his hungry-day refuge — the park where he walked to avoid the smell of food, and studied the Cézannes in its museum on an empty stomach.