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Hôtel des Grands Hommes (Hotel) 3 star

  • 17 PLACE DU PANTHEON
    PARIS 75005, FRANCE | View map
  • Price Range: Top end
  • Neighbourhood: 5e
  • Atmosphere: Opulent and Low-key

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Lonely Planet Review

Quotes This 31-room hotel is in a lovely 18th-century building, which rather chauvinistically makes reference to the 'great men' in the Pantheon across the square (a woman, Marie Curie, is also in the crypt and has been there since 1995), was given a complete overhaul in 2002 and is now more opulent than ever.

The style is Empire - stamped fabric and plaster medallions, canopy beds and large lamps in the shape of urns. There are rooms with balconies on the 2nd, 5th and 6th floors all with full views of the Pantheon. But if you want to see things farther afield go for a room on either side of the last two; on a clear day you'll see all the way to Montmartre and Sacré Coeur. There's a pleasant (though under-utilised) bar just off the lobby and behind it room 1, one of the longest guestrooms in town, which stretches from the street to the little leafy 'courtyard' in back and is wheelchair accessible. The hotel is air-conditioned throughout.

Review by author Steve Fallon

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How To Get There

-ORY- ORLY INTL APT- 12.4 MI SW FROM ORLY PARIS AIRPORT TAKE THE HIGHWAY A106 FOR 3.5 KM. FOLLOW THE HIGHWAY A6B UNTIL YOU SEE A6A OR A6B. FOLLOW THE A6A UNTIL ORLEANS BELTWAY. FOLLOW -AVENUE DE LA PORTE D ORLEANS- TO PORTE D ORLEANS- TAKE THE AVENUE DU G N RAL LECLERC TO ALESIA THEN DENFERT ROCHEREAU. ONCE YOU ARE THERE- FOLLOW THE BOULEVARD SAINT MICHEL TO THE RUE SOUFFLOT. YOU WILL DISCOVER IN FRONT OF YOU THE PANTHEON. -CGD- CHARLES DE GAULLE APT- 24.9 MI NE FROM ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT DIRECTION PARIS- DRIVE 1.7 KM THEN GO THROUGH TREMBLAY-EN-FRANCE- DRIVE 4 KM STRAIGHT- TAKE E15 FOR 5KM- THEN TAKE A3/ E15 FOR 14 KM- ENTER BAGNOLET GOING OUT AND TAKE A3/E15 FOR 0.4 KM. YOU ARRIVE IN PARIS *AVENUE IBSEN* FOR 0.060 METERS THEN FOLLOW AVENUE DE LA PORTE DE BAGNOLET FOR 0.3KM THEN FOLLOW RUE DE BAGNOLET FOR 1.4 KM TO THE RUE DE CHARONNE THAT YOU FOLLOW FOR 1.3 KM- TAKE THE AVENUE LEDRU ROLLIN UNTIL QUAI DE LA TOURNELLE - THEN RUE DES FOSSS SAINT BERNARD - THEN RUE DE JUSSIEU - RUE CARDINAL LEMOINE AND PANTHON PLACE.

En venant des deux aéroports (Roissy Charles de Gaulle and Orly) : Metro RER B. Arrêt à Luxembourg. Prendre la rue Soufflot jusqu'à la Place du Panthéon.

Nearby Points of Interest

  1. ARENES DE LUTECE LUTECIAS ARENA . 0.8 MI /1.3 KM
  2. FONTAINE DE L OBSERVATOIRE . . . . 1.6 MI /2.6 KM
  3. JARDIN DES PLANTES . . . . . . . . .2.4 MI /3.9 KM
  4. LATIN DISTRICT QUATER . . . . . . 0.5 MI /0.8 KM
  5. LUXEMBOURG GARDENS . . . . . . . . 1.6 MI /2.6 KM
  6. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS . . . . . . . .1.6 MI /2.6 KM
  7. PALAIS DE LOUXEMBOURG . . . . . . . 1.2 MI /1.9 KM
  8. PARIS CITY CENTER . . . . . . . . . 0.0 MI /0.0 KM
  9. CDG
  10. SAINT GERMAIN DES PRES . . . . . . .1.6 MI /2.6 KM
  1. CLUNY MUSEUM . . . . . . . . . . . .1.1 MI /1.8 KM
  2. INSTITUTE OF THE ARAB WORLD . . . . 1.3 MI /2.1 KM
  3. LA SORBONNE . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 MI /1.8 KM
  4. LOUVRE MUSEUM . . . . . . . . . . .4.8 MI /7.7 KM
  5. MENAGERIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 MI /3.6 KM
  6. ORLY PARIS AIRPORT ORY . . . . . .12.4 MI /20.0 KM
  7. PANTHEON CHURCH . . . . . . . . . .0.0 MI /0.0 KM
  8. ROISY CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT . 24.9 MI /40.1 KM
  9. RUE MOUFFETARD . . . . . . . . . . .0.5 MI /0.8 KM
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Check-in/Check-out

Earliest check-in: 2:00 PM
Latest check-out time: 12:00 AM

Author Tip

Just down from the hotel is Perraudin (157 rue St-Jacques, 5e), a traditional French restaurant that hasn't changed much in style or in what it serves since the late 19th century.

Curious Fact

André Breton and Philippe Soupault co-wrote surrealism's manifesto, Les Champs Magnétiques, in the Hôtel des Grands Hommes in 1921.