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Hôtel des Arts Montmartre
Rue Tholozé in April 2025, looking up towards the Moulin de la Galette. The hotel's round sign hangs on the left.
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About Hôtel des Arts Montmartre
A 49-room family-run four-star hotel on rue Tholozé in Montmartre, near Abbesses Métro station, with small rooms, some looking over Paris, a hammam and a fitness room.
Best for
- Couples and solo travellers who want a small, family-run base in Montmartre, close to Abbesses.
- Travellers who want a room with a view over the rooftops of Paris.
Know before you book
Rooms measure 10 to 16 m², and there are no triple or connecting rooms, so a family needs two rooms. The hotel has no rooms for guests with reduced mobility, and pets are not allowed. Check-in is from 3 pm and check-out is by 11 am.
- The hotel
- 49 roomsFamily-run since the early 1960s.
- Views
- Sacré-Cœur and rooftopsFrom the superior rooms and the Double Room with View.
- Wellness
- Hammam and fitness roomBoth booked through reception.
Hôtel des Arts Montmartre is at 5 rue Tholozé, a steep street in the 18th arrondissement that climbs from rue des Abbesses towards the Moulin de la Galette. The hotel gives a few minutes' walk to Abbesses (line 12) and Blanche (line 2) Métro stations. At Abbesses it recommends the lift, because there are more than 150 steps to street level. On Sundays rue Tholozé and rue Lepic are closed to cars.
The 49 rooms are small. Single rooms measure 10 m², standard doubles and twins 12 m², superior rooms 14 m² and the deluxe double 16 m². Superior rooms look towards the Sacré-Cœur or over the rooftops, and the Double Room with View, sold only on the hotel's website, looks over the rooftops to the Eiffel Tower. Some of the view rooms on the top floor are reached only by stairs.
There is no restaurant. Breakfast is a buffet, and an honesty bar with hot and cold drinks opens every afternoon. The hotel has a hammam, booked by the half hour, and a small fitness room, and the reception is open 24 hours. The Lameyre family has run the hotel since the early 1960s.
Choose the right fit
Rooms at a glance
Compare the hotel’s room categories, then confirm your preferred configuration and dates directly with the hotel.
01 / ROOM CATEGORY
Single Room
10 m² · 1 guest · single bed (100 × 190 cm) · shower
Room details
A compact room with a desk.
02 / ROOM CATEGORY
Standard Double or Twin
12 m² · 2 guests · 150 × 190 cm bed or two 90 × 190 cm beds
Room details
A bath or a shower, depending on the room.
03 / ROOM CATEGORY
Superior Double or Twin
14 m² · 2 guests
Room details
Views towards the Sacré-Cœur or over the rooftops. One Superior Double has a balcony; the hotel confirms balcony rooms only on the day of arrival. A Superior Double facing the quiet inner courtyard, with a bathtub, is also available.
04 / ROOM CATEGORY
Double Room with View
12 m² · 2 guests · rooftops and Eiffel Tower view
Room details
Sold only on the hotel's website. Some of these rooms are reached only by stairs on the top floor.
05 / ROOM CATEGORY
Deluxe Double
16 m² · 2 guests · 160 × 200 cm bed
Room details
The largest room, either with a balcony or on a private courtyard with a view over the rooftops. The balcony room is subject to availability.
The practical details
Amenities & guest services
- 24-hour reception
- Air conditioning
- Free Wi-Fi
- Kettle with tea and coffee
- Hammam
- Fitness room
- Luggage storage
- Parking space for rent
Breakfast and honesty bar
The breakfast buffet is served from 7 am to 10 am on weekdays and until 11 am at weekends, and an express breakfast is also available. Gluten-free options can be requested. Self-service hot and cold drinks, with alcoholic drinks for an extra charge, are available every afternoon from 3 pm.
Hammam and fitness room
The hammam is available from 3 pm to 7 pm in 30-minute bookings for a fee, and is not open to under-18s or pregnant women. The fitness room, with a treadmill, two bikes and free weights, is free and open from 7 am to 10 pm by booking with reception.
Parking
The hotel rents out three spaces in a secure underground car park about 300 metres away. On Sundays, when rue Tholozé and rue Lepic are pedestrian-only, show your booking to drive to the car park.
The Paris Atlas · Beyond the booking
History & cultural connections
The history of Hôtel des Arts Montmartre and rue Tholozé
Rue Tholozé is named after General Henri Alexis Tholozé (1781–1853), who served in the French campaigns in Algeria. It lay in the village of Montmartre before Montmartre became part of Paris in 1860, and it was classified as a public street in 1877. The street climbs towards the Blute-fin, one of the last two windmills on the hill of Montmartre, which together are known as the Moulin de la Galette.[1][2]
The hotel's own history dates it to 1901. The Lameyre family has run the hotel since the early 1960s. The family describes the hotel of the 1960s as a simple guesthouse where painters finished their work in the courtyard and dancers from the Moulin Rouge stayed. It gained its third star in 2006 and its fourth in 2020.[3][4][5]
Across rue Tholozé, at number 10, Studio 28 opened in 1928 as one of the first avant-garde cinemas in Paris. Surrealist artists and writers went there between the wars. In December 1930 Catholic youth groups and members of far-right political groups attacked a screening there of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí's film L'Âge d'or. Jean Cocteau designed the auditorium's décor.[6][7]
PhotographSources for this history
- 1.Ville de Paris open data — street names and origins (rue Tholozé)
- 2.French Ministry of Culture, Mérimée database — Moulin de la Galette, 77 rue Lepic (PA00086755)
- 3.Hôtel des Arts Montmartre — notre histoire (French)
- 4.Hôtel des Arts Montmartre — history (English)
- 5.French government business register — Soc Hôtel des Arts, SIREN 612 026 534
- 6.Ville de Paris open data — protected buildings of the local urban plan, 10 rue Tholozé (Studio 28)
- 7.The Paris Atlas — Studio 28
See where you’ll be
Paris, just outside the door
Places to discover nearby
apartment · Montmartre (18th)
54 rue Lepic
The Montmartre flat Vincent van Gogh shared with his brother Theo from June 1886 until he left for Arles in February 1888 — the address where his palette turned from Dutch brown to the colour everyone now knows him for.
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apartment · Montmartre
Le Bateau-Lavoir
A ramshackle Montmartre building of cheap artists' studios, where Pablo Picasso lived and worked from 1904 and painted Les Demoiselles d'Avignon in 1907 — the picture that broke the rules of European painting. The original burned down in 1970; the rebuilt version still holds studios.
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restaurant · Montmartre (18th)
Moulin de la Galette
The last working windmills on the butte, turned into an open-air dance hall — painted by Renoir in 1876 and by Van Gogh repeatedly in 1886, a few minutes up the hill from his flat.
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Useful questions, clear answers
Where is Hôtel des Arts Montmartre?
The hotel is at 5 rue Tholozé, 75018 Paris, just off rue des Abbesses. The nearest Métro stations are Abbesses (line 12) and Blanche (line 2).
What are the check-in and check-out times?
Check-in is from 3 pm and check-out is by 11 am. Early check-in and late check-out can be arranged for a fee, subject to availability.
Which rooms have a view?
Superior rooms look towards the Sacré-Cœur or over the rooftops, and the Double Room with View, sold only on the hotel's website, looks over the rooftops to the Eiffel Tower. The hotel has two balcony rooms, which reception confirms on the day of arrival.
Is the hotel accessible for guests with reduced mobility?
No. The hotel has no adapted rooms and is on a steep street. There is a lift, but some top-floor view rooms are reached only by stairs.
Can a family share a room?
No. There are no triple or connecting rooms, and each double room takes two guests including children, so a family needs two rooms.
Are pets allowed?
No. Pets are not allowed at the hotel.
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Sources & image credits
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Image credits
Illustrations and reconstructions are labelled throughout this page.
- Rue Tholozé in April 2025, looking up towards the Moulin de la Galette. The hotel's round sign hangs on the left.Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSource & reference
- Rue Tholozé in 1905, looking up towards the Moulin de la Galette.Agence Rol, 1905, public domain, Bibliothèque nationale de France via Wikimedia CommonsSource & reference
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