Latin Quarter · Stay in Paris
Hôtel La Lanterne & Spa
The entrance at 12 rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève.
The Atlas take
About Hôtel La Lanterne & Spa
A Latin Quarter hotel with 39 rooms and three suites, a small garden, and an indoor pool and hammam beneath vaulted ceilings.
Best for
- Travellers who want an indoor pool while staying in the Latin Quarter.
- Couples or families who need to compare compact rooms with separate-living-area suites.
Know before you book
A terrace is tied to specific room categories, and the duplex suites have internal stairs. Confirm accessibility, breakfast inclusion and cancellation terms directly. Pool access does not include paid treatments.
- Accommodation
- 39 rooms, 3 suitesCompact rooms, larger suites and selected terrace categories.
- Wellness
- Indoor pool and hammamGuest access to the pool, hammam and fitness room.
- Outdoor space
- A small gardenSome room categories open onto a terrace.
Hôtel La Lanterne & Spa is at 12 rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, close to the Panthéon and the streets around Maubert–Mutualité. The current hotel also uses the name La Lanterne & Spa By Timhotel. Inside are 39 rooms and three suites, with a garden and a private lounge bar.
The room categories offer different ways to use the limited space of a city hotel. A Classic starts at 15 m²; a Deluxe adds a sitting corner. Some rooms have garden terraces, while top-floor Privilege rooms have private terraces overlooking the rooftops. The suites have separate living areas.
The heated indoor pool, hammam and fitness room are available to guests, with treatments by appointment at an extra charge. This is a useful option if you want a pool after a day in the Latin Quarter, without staying in a much larger hotel.
Choose the right fit
Rooms at a glance
Compare the hotel’s room categories, then check your preferred configuration and dates when booking.
01 / ROOM CATEGORY
Classic Room
15–17 m² · double or queen bed
Room details
The entry category has a walk-in shower.
02 / ROOM CATEGORY
Superior Room
16–21 m² · street or garden outlook
Room details
Double or queen bed and a walk-in shower.
03 / ROOM CATEGORY
Superior Garden Room
16–21 m² · garden terrace
Room details
An outdoor terrace faces the garden and its fountain.
04 / ROOM CATEGORY
Top-floor Privilege Room
19–22 m² · private terrace
Room details
Queen or twin beds, rooftop views and a separate toilet.
05 / ROOM CATEGORY
Deluxe Room
25 m² · sitting corner
Room details
King or twin beds, walk-in shower and a separate toilet.
06 / ROOM CATEGORY
Suite
35 m² · up to 4 guests
Room details
A queen bedroom and separate living room with two single sofa beds, plus a bathtub and separate toilet.
07 / ROOM CATEGORY
Duplex Suite
35 m² · up to 3 guests
Room details
A split-level layout with king or twin beds, a separate living room and office area, and a walk-in shower.
08 / ROOM CATEGORY
Signature Duplex
40 m² · up to 4 guests
Room details
The largest suite category has king or twin beds, a separate lounge, bath and shower, and a separate toilet. The duplex layout includes stairs.
The practical details
Amenities & guest services
- Heated indoor pool
- Hammam
- Fitness room
- Garden
- Lounge bar
- Nespresso coffee machines
Pool, hammam and fitness
The hotel lists complimentary guest access from 8 am to 10 pm daily. Ask about any booking requirements or temporary restrictions before your stay.
Treatments
Treatments are available by appointment and carry an additional charge.
Breakfast and lounge
Breakfast includes vegan and gluten-free options. The hotel describes complimentary selected hot and cold drinks from noon in the bar; alcoholic drinks and soft drinks are charged separately.
The Paris Atlas · Beyond the booking
History & cultural connections
A 2015 opening and a later expansion
La Lanterne opened in December 2015. An October 2020 report in Industrie Hôtelière, preserved in the hotel’s press archive, describes its subsequent expansion after the acquisition of a neighbouring hotel business. Eighteen months of work added 15 rooms, bringing the hotel to 42 rooms at that time.[1]
The interiors were designed by Les Héritiers. Rather than treating the rooms as anonymous sleeping spaces, the designers brought Parisian street details indoors: lanterns, architectural motifs and collected objects. Oeil-de-boeuf mirrors in the lobby echoed the rounded windows found on Paris buildings and helped open up the view through the room.[1]
The hotel’s 2021 press material also describes antique engravings and reproductions of Maurice Chevalier posters within the decoration. These are design references, not evidence that the singer stayed here. Today the hotel lists 39 rooms and three suites; the older press reports explain how the property developed, while the current room pages describe what can be booked.[2][3]
See where you’ll be
Paris, just outside the door
Hôtel La Lanterne & Spa
12 rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, 75005 Paris
Latin Quarter
Places to discover nearby
landmark · Latin Quarter (Montagne Sainte-Geneviève)
The Panthéon
A domed neoclassical building at the top of the Latin Quarter, begun as a church to keep a king's promise and turned into a mausoleum for the nation's great by the Revolution. Voltaire arrived in 1791, Hugo's funeral settled its purpose in 1885, Alexandre Dumas came in 2002 and Josephine Baker in 2021. Open 10 a.m.–6.30 p.m. in summer; €13–€16.
Explore this place
landmark · Île de la Cité
Notre-Dame de Paris
The cathedral seen at night from the wooden footbridge off the Quai de Béthune — the still point of the finest walk in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, answered a decade later from the same river in Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer.
Explore this place
park · Latin Quarter (Jardin des Plantes quarter)
Jardin des Plantes
Paris's botanical garden, at the bottom of the Latin Quarter by the Seine — free to walk into, with the natural history galleries and a small menagerie inside it. It is also where George Orwell spent one of the worst days of his Paris poverty, too hungry to think about anything but food.
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Useful questions, clear answers
Does La Lanterne have a swimming pool?
Yes. It has a heated indoor pool, hammam and fitness room. The hotel lists guest access from 8 am to 10 pm.
Which rooms have terraces?
Superior Garden rooms and top-floor Privilege rooms have terraces. A terrace is not included with every room.
Can four people stay in a suite?
The 35 m² Suite and 40 m² Signature Duplex are listed for up to four guests. The 35 m² Duplex Suite is listed for up to three.
Are spa treatments included?
No. Treatments are booked by appointment and charged separately from the pool, hammam and fitness access.
Is this also called La Lanterne & Spa By Timhotel?
Yes. That is the branding used by the current official website for this hotel at 12 rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève.
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Sources & image credits
Hotel information reviewed .
Hotel information & sources
Image credits
Illustrations and reconstructions are labelled throughout this page.
- The entrance at 12 rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève.The Paris Atlas — reference-based illustration.Source & reference
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