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Saint James Paris
The entrance gate on place du Chancelier-Adenauer in August 2018.
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About Saint James Paris
A 48-room five-star hotel and private club in the 16th arrondissement, in the former Fondation Thiers, a mansion of 1890–1892 set in a garden. It has a Michelin-starred restaurant, a library bar and a Guerlain spa with a pool.
Best for
- Travellers who want a quiet country-house hotel with a garden on the western edge of Paris.
- Couples who want a private pavilion with its own sauna and hot tub.
Know before you book
Check-out is by noon. The hotel does not publish a check-in time. Before 7 pm the restaurant at lunch, the bar and the garden terrace are reserved for hotel guests and Club members.
- The house
- Fondation Thiers, 1890–1892Façades, gate and staircase are a listed historic monument.
- Bellefeuille
- One Michelin starChef Grégory Garimbay.
- Library Bar
- Open to the public from 7 pmUntil midnight, without reservations.
Saint James Paris is at 5 place du Chancelier-Adenauer in the 16th arrondissement, near the Bois de Boulogne. Porte Dauphine Métro station (line 2) is 200 metres away and Avenue Foch station on RER line C 350 metres, according to the hotel. The house stands behind a gate in its own garden.
There are 22 rooms and 26 suites, redesigned by Laura Gonzalez. Rooms measure 20 to 40 m² and look onto the garden or, on the top floor, over the rooftops. Some suites have two levels or a winter garden under the glass roof. Two pavilions beside the entrance gate are named after Élise and Félicie Dosne, the sisters who founded the Fondation Thiers here in the 1890s. Each has a private terrace, a sauna and a hot tub.
Hotel guests share the house with the members of the Saint James Club. Bellefeuille, the restaurant led by the chef Grégory Garimbay, holds a Michelin star. Lunch there is for guests and members only. The Library Bar opens to the public from 7 pm to midnight, and an outdoor bar opens in the garden from May to September. The Guerlain spa has a pool, a whirlpool, a hammam, a sauna and three treatment rooms.
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
Boudoir Room
20–24 m² · up to 2 guests · bath or walk-in shower
Room details
On the first or second floor over the garden, or on the top floor with a skylight.
02 / ROOM CATEGORY
Superior Room
27–34 m² · up to 2 guests · marble bathroom
Room details
Some on the garden floor have a terrace.
03 / ROOM CATEGORY
Deluxe Room
34–40 m² · up to 2 guests
Room details
Over the garden or the rooftops. Accessible rooms are in this category.
04 / ROOM CATEGORY
Junior Suite
42–56 m² · up to 3 guests · sofa bed
Room details
On one or two levels; those on the top floor have a winter-garden living area.
05 / ROOM CATEGORY
Suite and Prestige Suite
49–80 m² · up to 4 guests · sofa bed
Room details
Vaulted ceilings on the garden floor or a winter garden under the glass roof.
06 / ROOM CATEGORY
Pavillon Élise and Pavillon Félicie
80 m² · up to 4 guests · private terrace
Room details
Each has its own entrance, a sauna, a hot tub and an exercise bike.
The practical details
Amenities & guest services
- Bellefeuille restaurant
- Library Bar
- Garden with summer bar
- Guerlain spa with pool
- Gym, open 24 hours
- Valet parking
- Electric car charging and free bicycles
- Pets accepted for a fee
Breakfast
Served at Bellefeuille from 7 am to 10 am, for hotel guests and Club members, from €39.
Restaurant
Bellefeuille serves lunch and dinner from Monday to Friday. Lunch is for hotel guests and Club members only. Shorts and sandals are not allowed.
Pool and spa
The pool is open to hotel guests and Club members from 8 am to 9 pm, and spa treatments are given from 9:30 am to 7:30 pm.
Pets
Well-behaved pets are welcome for €70 a night, on a lead in shared areas, but not in the dining room.
The Paris Atlas · Beyond the booking
History & cultural connections
The history of the Fondation Thiers
Place du Chancelier-Adenauer was called the rond-point Bugeaud until 1974, when it was renamed after Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967), Chancellor of West Germany from 1949 to 1963.[1]
The house was built in 1890–1892 as the Fondation Thiers, a residence where about fifteen young scholars without money could live and study free of charge for three years. Félicie Dosne commissioned it to carry out the last wish of her sister Élise, the widow of the statesman Adolphe Thiers, on land the family had owned. The architect was Alfred Aldrophe. Félicie Dosne visited the building site every day, according to Le Figaro in April 1891.[2][3][4]
The first five scholars of the Fondation Thiers moved in by May 1893. The house had a library of more than 8,000 volumes from the collection of Adolphe Thiers, President of France from 1871 to 1873, and a monumental double staircase. Its first director, the historian Barthélemy Hauréau, lived in the building. The façades, the entrance pavilions with their gate and the staircase have been a listed historic monument since 1980.[3][4]
In the 1980s the building became the home of a private club, the Saint James Club, and it has been run as a hotel and club since the early 1990s. The hotel says its Library Bar was the library of the Fondation Thiers, the scholars' residence that occupied the house from 1893. The designer Laura Gonzalez later redesigned the whole house.[5][6]
PhotographSources for this history
- 1.Ville de Paris open data — street names and origins (place du Chancelier-Adenauer)
- 2.Le Figaro, 23 April 1891, p. 1 — "Fondation Thiers" (Gallica)
- 3.Le Figaro, 23 October 1893, p. 1 — "La Fondation Thiers" (Gallica)
- 4.French Ministry of Culture, Mérimée database — Immeuble dit Fondation Thiers (PA00086681)
- 5.Saint James Paris — services and the Library Bar
- 6.Saint James Paris — official homepage (redesign by Laura Gonzalez)
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Saint James Paris
5 place du Chancelier-Adenauer, 75116 Paris
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Useful questions, clear answers
Where is Saint James Paris?
The hotel is at 5 place du Chancelier-Adenauer, 75116 Paris, near the Bois de Boulogne. Porte Dauphine Métro station is 200 metres away.
Can non-guests visit the hotel?
The Library Bar is open to the public from 7 pm to midnight, and Bellefeuille serves dinner from Monday to Friday. Before 7 pm most of the house is reserved for hotel guests and Club members.
Does the hotel have a pool?
Yes. The Guerlain spa has a pool, a whirlpool, a hammam and a sauna, open to hotel guests and Club members from 8 am to 9 pm.
What was the building before it was a hotel?
The Fondation Thiers, a residence for young scholars built in 1890–1892 by the architect Alfred Aldrophe for Félicie Dosne, the sister-in-law of the statesman Adolphe Thiers.
What is the check-out time?
Rooms must be vacated by noon. The hotel does not publish a check-in time.
Are pets allowed?
Well-behaved pets are welcome for €70 a night, but not in the dining room.
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Sources & image credits
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Image credits
Illustrations and reconstructions are labelled throughout this page.
- The entrance gate on place du Chancelier-Adenauer in August 2018.Celette, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSource & reference
- The main façade of the former Fondation Thiers, built in 1890–1892, in September 2012.Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSource & reference
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