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Le Cinq Codet
The hotel on rue Louis-Codet in August 2024.
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About Le Cinq Codet
A 67-room five-star hotel in a 1930s telephone exchange near Les Invalides, with suites looking onto the dome of Les Invalides and the Eiffel Tower, a rooftop spa with an open-air hot tub, and the Chiquette restaurant.
Best for
- Travellers who want a suite with a terrace and a view of Les Invalides or the Eiffel Tower.
- Families who need connecting rooms or a suite for five.
Know before you book
Check-in is from 3 pm and check-out is by noon. The hotel has a lift and rooms adapted for guests with disabilities. Confirm the room when you book. Small pets are accepted on request for a fee, but not in the restaurant or spa. Patio bar hours are not published.
- The hotel
- 67 rooms and suitesDesigned by Jean-Philippe Nuel in a 1930s building.
- Views
- Les Invalides and the Eiffel TowerSeveral suites have terraces facing the dome.
- Spa
- Open-air hot tubHot tub, hammam and gym included for guests.
Le Cinq Codet is at 5 rue Louis-Codet, a short street off boulevard de La Tour-Maubourg in the 7th arrondissement. École Militaire and La Tour-Maubourg Métro stations (line 8) are a few minutes' walk away, and the hotel is close to Les Invalides, the Musée Rodin and the Eiffel Tower.
The 67 rooms and suites were designed by the architect Jean-Philippe Nuel. They range from Classic rooms of 18 m² to the 83 m² Eiffel Tower Dome Spa Suite at the top of the building. Several suites have terraces looking onto the dome of Les Invalides, and some also face the Eiffel Tower. The Duplex rooms and suites have ceilings 5.5 metres high. The hotel says about 400 works of art hang in the building.
The Chiquette restaurant serves home-style cooking with an emphasis on vegetables, and drinks and tapas are served on the patio in the warmer months. The spa on the third floor has an open-air hot tub, a hammam, a gym and a double massage room. Guests use the gym, hot tub and hammam at no extra charge, and only massages are paid for. There is no swimming pool.
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
Classic Room
18 m² · 2 guests · king, queen or twin beds · shower
Room details
The smallest category.
02 / ROOM CATEGORY
Superior Room
23 m² · 2 guests · king, queen or twin beds · ceilings 3.5 m high
Room details
Shower or bathtub. This is the category the hotel lists as wheelchair accessible.
03 / ROOM CATEGORY
Deluxe Room and Duplex Room
29–30 m² · 2 guests
Room details
The Duplex Room has 5.5-metre ceilings and a bathtub on its upper level beside the bed.
04 / ROOM CATEGORY
Junior Suite
38–40 m² · 3 guests · shower and bathtub
Room details
Floor-to-ceiling windows. The Junior Suite with Terrace opens onto the inner courtyard.
05 / ROOM CATEGORY
Duplex Suite
51 m² · 3 guests · ceilings 5.5 m high
Room details
The upper level looks out to the dome of Les Invalides.
06 / ROOM CATEGORY
Eiffel Suite and Rodin Suite
40–43 m² · 4 guests · king bed and sofa bed · terrace
Room details
The Eiffel Suite's terrace looks to both the dome of Les Invalides and the Eiffel Tower; the Rodin Suite's looks to the dome.
07 / ROOM CATEGORY
Codet Spa Suite and Eiffel Tower Dome Spa Suite
54–83 m² · 4–5 guests · terrace with hot tub
Room details
The Eiffel Tower Dome Spa Suite, at the top of the building, looks out to the dome of Les Invalides and the Eiffel Tower.
08 / ROOM CATEGORY
Connecting family rooms and suites
54–69 m² · 4–5 guests · two bathrooms
Room details
Connecting rooms, a family junior suite and a family duplex suite.
The practical details
Amenities & guest services
- Spa with open-air hot tub and hammam
- Gym, 7 am to 10 pm
- Chiquette restaurant
- Patio bar
- Valet parking
- Lift and accessible rooms
- Cots, high chairs and babysitting
- Small pets on request
Breakfast and meals
Chiquette serves breakfast from 7 am to 10:30 am, lunch from noon to 3 pm and dinner from 7 pm to 10 pm.
Spa hours
The gym and hot tub are open daily from 7 am to 10 pm. Massages are given from Tuesday to Saturday, 11:30 am to 7 pm.
Parking
There is no garage on site. Valets park guests' cars from 7 am to 10 pm, for €40 a night.
Families
Cots, high chairs and bottle warmers are available on request, and babysitting can be arranged for a fee. Connecting rooms and family suites take up to five.
The Paris Atlas · Beyond the booking
History & cultural connections
The history of 5 rue Louis-Codet
Rue Louis-Codet was opened in 1931 on land owned by the society La France Mutualiste. In 1934 it was named after Louis Codet (1876–1914), a writer who was killed in the First World War.[1]
The hotel occupies a telephone exchange built in the 1930s and later used by France Télécom. In 2011 the City of Paris recorded it as a building of four floors above the ground floor, used for offices and a public service. A permit approved in February 2012 allowed it to be converted into a hotel, with rebuilt floors, new windows and renovated façades.[2][3][4]
The company CHG Participations, directed by Richard Guillard, created the hotel. Le Cinq Codet opened in autumn 2014, with interiors by Jean-Philippe Nuel. In July 2016 Hélène Martel replaced CHG Participations as president of the company that runs the hotel. Since 2020 that company has been headed by PX Holding, which runs the 2L Collection of hotels. The collection also includes Château d'Audrieu in Normandy and Hôtel Atmosphères in the 5th arrondissement.[5][3][6][7][8]
Next door, at 1–5 rue Joseph-Granier, La France Mutualiste commissioned a group of apartment buildings in 1932. The City of Paris protects them in its local plan for their curved corners and wide windows, which show the influence of the streamlined ocean-liner style of the period.[9]
PhotographSources for this history
- 1.Ville de Paris open data — street names and origins (rue Louis-Codet)
- 2.Le Cinq Codet — official homepage (a former 1930s telephone exchange)
- 3.Industrie Hôtelière — "Le Cinq Codet, nouvel hôtel atypique à Paris" (31 October 2014)
- 4.Ville de Paris open data — planning permits, 3 rue Louis-Codet (conversion to a hotel approved 8 February 2012)
- 5.Internet Archive — Le Cinq Codet website, 18 September 2014
- 6.Studio Jean-Philippe Nuel — Le Cinq Codet project page
- 7.BODACC company notices — Hôtel 5 Codet, formerly CHG Codet, RCS 750 187 601 (change of control, 31 July 2016)
- 8.Le Cinq Codet — history page (2L Collection)
- 9.Ville de Paris open data — protected buildings of the local urban plan, 1–5 and 4 rue Joseph-Granier (La France Mutualiste, 1932)
See where you’ll be
Paris, just outside the door
Places to discover nearby
museum · Invalides (7th)
Musée Rodin
An eighteenth-century Paris mansion where Auguste Rodin rented four rooms in 1908, later took the whole building, and which he gave away in advance — donating his entire output to the French State on condition it buy the house and turn it into his museum. It opened in 1919, two years after his death.
Explore this place
apartment · Champ de Mars (Gros-Caillou)
2 Square de Robiac
James Joyce's longest Paris address — the family flat in a quiet cul-de-sac off the rue de Grenelle, with the cool quiet study where Work in Progress cost twelve hundred hours a chapter.
Explore this place
salon · Invalides (7th)
Comtesse Rosa de Fitz-James's salon, 142 rue de Grenelle
The Faubourg Saint-Germain salon where Edith Wharton found her Paris society — the Comtesse Rosa de Fitz-James's Tuesdays, and the circle in which her relationship with Morton Fullerton developed.
Explore this placeBefore you go
Useful questions, clear answers
Where is Le Cinq Codet?
The hotel is at 5 rue Louis-Codet, 75007 Paris, near Les Invalides. École Militaire and La Tour-Maubourg Métro stations (line 8) are a few minutes' walk away.
Which rooms have a view of the Eiffel Tower?
The Eiffel Suite and the Eiffel Tower Dome Spa Suite look towards both the Eiffel Tower and the dome of Les Invalides. Several other suites face the dome only.
Does the hotel have a pool?
No. The spa has an open-air hot tub, a hammam and a gym, which guests use at no extra charge.
Is there parking?
There is no garage, but valets park cars from 7 am to 10 pm for €40 a night.
What are the check-in and check-out times?
Rooms are available from 3 pm and must be vacated by noon.
Are pets allowed?
Small pets are accepted on request for a fee. They are not allowed in the restaurant or the spa.
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Sources & image credits
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Hotel information & sources
Image credits
Illustrations and reconstructions are labelled throughout this page.
- The hotel on rue Louis-Codet in August 2024.CVB, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSource & reference
- The former telephone exchange at 3–5 rue Louis-Codet in July 2012, before it became a hotel.Bibliophyl, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSource & reference
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