Near the Eiffel Tower, Champ de Mars, Quai Branly Museum, Seine.
By metro/RER/bus
5 minutes: Eiffel Tower, Invalides
10 minutes: Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysées, Concorde, Louvre, Garnier Opera
25 minutes: Montmartre District, Sacré-Coeur
Metro/underground:
Dupleix (line 6).
RER (nearby):
Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel (line C).
Train station (nearby):
Gare Montparnasse (metro lines 4, 6, 12 and 13).
Bus:
Dupleix (line 42).
Paid parking:
104 rue du Théâtre a few meters from the hotel.
Airports
Paid shuttle services available / departure from the airports. The Air France bus leaves from Montparnasse and Invalides for the airport.
From Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport
Take RER line B towards Robinson-St Rémy lès-Chevreuse until St Michel/Notre Dame, then take RER line C towards Pontoise/Versailles until Champ de Mars Tour Eiffel.
From Orly Airport
Take the Orlyval to Antony, then take RER line B towards Roissy Charles de Gaulle until St Michel/Notre Dame. From there take RER line C towards Pontoise/Versailles until Champ de Mars Tour Eiffel.
Train Stations
From Gare du Nord
Take RER line B towards Saint Rémy-lès-Chevreuse until St Michel-Notre Dame, then take RER line C towards Pontoise/Versailles until Champ de Mars Tour Eiffel.
From Gare de l’Est
Metro line 4 towards Porte d'Orléans until Montparnasse Bienvenüe, then take line 6 towards Charles de Gaulle Etoile until Dupleix.
From Gare d'Austerlitz
RER line C towards Pontoise/Versailles until Champ de Mars Tour Eiffel.
From Gare Montparnasse
Metro line 6 towards Charles de Gaulle Etoile until Dupleix.
From Gare de Lyon
RER line A towards Saint Germain en Laye until Charles de Gaulle-Etoile, then take metro line 6 towards Nation until Dupleix.
From Gare St Lazare
Metro line 13 towards Châtillon Montrouge until Duroc, then take line 6 towards Charles de Gaulle until Dupleix.
From the motorway
Porte de Sèvres exit from the ring road (périphérique). See www.mappy.com.
THE SWISS VILLAGE ANTIQUE SHOPS
A few steps from the hotel, an exhibition of magnificent items and antique furnishings.
CRUISE ON THE SEINE
Walk over for a romantic cruise, discover Paris (dinner - lunch/cruise), then head up the Eiffel Tower to admire the panoramic view.
THE LIDO/THE MOULIN ROUGE/THE CASINO DE PARIS
Magical cabaret shows.
QUAI BRANLY MUSEUM
Museum of African, Asian, American and Oceanian art and civilisation (non-western civilisations), located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris at the location formerly occupied by the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
RESTAURANTS
Delightful restaurants surround the hotel, such as Le Volant (sophisticated bourgeois cuisine), Le Feyrouz (Lebanese cuisine), La Torre (Italian cuisine), the traditional Café du Commerce and the Villa Coloniale (brasserie).
MONTPARNASSE TOWER
Spend an enjoyable, relaxing time in the panoramic bar located on the 56th floor!
HOTEL DES INVALIDES
Embellished with 18 bronze cannons, it houses the Musée de l’Armée (military museum), the Musée des Plans-Reliefs (museum displaying a unique collection of relief maps), the Museum of the Order of the Liberation, Napoleon’s tomb as well as a magnificent dome.
JARDIN ATLANTIQUE
Located atop Gare Montparnasse (railway station), this atypical, futuristic garden is a breath of fresh air in this concrete jungle: a genuine technical feat.
IMPRIMERIE NATIONALE (NATIONAL PRINTING HOUSE)
Founded by Richelieu in 1640. Responsible for carrying out printing for the Government, this printing house has handled orders from major companies since 1997. It is a living museum of typographical tradition.
MUSEE DE LA POSTE (POSTAL MUSEUM)
This museum, designed to be educational, retraces the history of the French Post Office and mail distribution and provides a fascinating introduction to the world of stamp collecting.
BOURDELLE MUSEUM
Intimate and enjoyable, it presents the work of the sculptor Bourdelle and his workshop, bringing together more than 500 sculptures, plaster casts, bronzes and marbles.
MONTPARNASSE MUSEUM
Located on a pretty avenue lined with artists’ workshops, the museum sets out to let visitors experience the lifestyle of the area and its residents, bringing them to life through thematic exhibitions.
AQUABOULEVARD
This sports centre for recreation and relaxation (the largest in Europe) will make the children happy. Wave pool, countraflow river, spas, Jacuzzis, giant slides (Aqualooping and Aquaplouf), canoes, mats, balloons, etc.
CAP 15 BUSINESS CENTRE
On the banks of the Seine and 500 metres from the Eiffel Tower and Trocadéro, this high-tech convention centre provides space for seminars, conventions and events of between 50 and 1000 people.
JAPANESE CULTURAL CENTRE
Regularly hosting exhibitions on a variety of themes and organising cultural shows, the Japanese Cultural Centre also has a bookshop, a tea room and an arts and crafts boutique.
UNESCO
Founded in 1945, the headquarters of UNESCO in France is an imposing, modern structure in concrete and glass. It contains numerous works by French and foreign artists in its hall, in its conference rooms and in its Japanese garden.
Hôtel Opéra Lafayette : www.hoteloperalafayette.com
Hôtel Murat : www.paris-hotel-murat.com
Hôtel Lautrec Opéra : www.abpromhotels.com/hotel_lautrec/lautrecfr.asp
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