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Hôtel des Grandes Écoles

75 rue du Cardinal Lemoine · 75005 Paris

A 51-room courtyard-and-garden hotel in the Cardinal-Lemoine and Contrescarpe part of the Latin Quarter.

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Watercolor illustration of the leafy courtyard and pale pink façade of Hôtel des Grandes Écoles.
Hôtel des Grandes Écoles’ courtyard and garden. Editorial illustration.

Why stay here

Choose Hôtel des Grandes Écoles for its courtyard and garden near Cardinal-Lemoine, Place de la Contrescarpe, and rue Mouffetard.

Good to know

AFAR describes the rooms as small by American standards and the bathrooms as simple; the courtyard and neighborhood are the main attractions.

Places to explore nearby

Place de la Contrescarpe

Keeps the Contrescarpe and Mouffetard literary geography central.

Notre-Dame de Paris

Adds the river and cathedral as a lower-quarter outing.

Shakespeare and Company, rue de la Bûcherie

Today’s Shakespeare and Company is in the lower Latin Quarter, closer to the Seine.