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Hôtel Familia, Paris — 11 rue des Écoles

2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 15 January 2025

Address
11 rue des Écoles, 75005 Paris
Area
Mouffetard
Rooms
30
Price range
€

Hôtel Familia, 11 rue des Écoles — two stars, 30 rooms, hand-painted sepia frescoes, eight balcony rooms, Cardinal Lemoine metro in two minutes. Checked October 2026.

By Mathilde Saverne Our method Updated

Rue Mouffetard, a short walk south of rue des Écoles; it shows the area, not the hotel

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Rue des Écoles, near Cardinal Lemoine

The Hôtel Familia is at 11 rue des Écoles, in the 5th arrondissement, in the sector of Cardinal Lemoine and Jussieu. We file it with the Mouffetard hotels as a borderline address: the Arènes de Lutèce are about 300 metres away and place Maubert about 350. The nearest station is Cardinal Lemoine on line 10, with Jussieu and Maubert-Mutualité a little further.

Atout France, the state body that awards French hotel stars, classified it two stars on 15 January 2025, for 30 rooms. The hotel is independent and shows no chain.

Frescoes and balconies

The Familia’s distinguishing feature is its decoration. The hotel dates its building to 1865, in the Haussmann style, with balconies on the second, fifth and sixth floors, and no heritage record we consulted confirms it, so it stays the hotel’s claim. Many walls and rooms carry sepia frescoes of Paris monuments, painted, according to the hotel, by an artist trained at the École des Beaux-Arts. Eight rooms have a balcony with a table and chairs, some of them with a view of Notre-Dame, and others have exposed beams or a canopy bed.

The list of facilities is short. The hotel names wifi, a shower or bath, cable TV, a hair dryer and double glazing, but does not mention air conditioning, and a room for guests with reduced mobility appears only as a line in the footer of the website. Triple rooms are offered; nothing takes four. There is no restaurant and no bar, breakfast is served in a lounge, and a conference room takes two to fifty people. Pets and parking are not mentioned.

Among the rue des Écoles hotels

Rue des Écoles has several hotels within a few doors of each other. The Hôtel Quartier Latin, 29 rooms at no. 9, and the Hôtel Minerve, 54 rooms at no. 13, are three-stars; the Paris Art Hotel, 35 rooms at no. 1, is another. The Hôtel des Grandes Écoles, 51 rooms on rue du Cardinal-Lemoine, is larger. For the arena and its park, the Arènes de Lutèce guide covers the walk, and our list of hotels around rue Mouffetard compares the block.

Location and metro

  • Cardinal Lemoine 2 min walk · 150 m
  • Jussieu 5 min walk · 400 m
  • Maubert-Mutualité 6 min walk · 500 m
Hôtel Pilgrim 5 Paris Art Hotel 4 Hôtel Vendôme Saint-Germain 3 Hôtel Minerve 2 Hôtel Quartier Latin 1 Hôtel Familia ★
Schematic map. Boundaries: City of Paris open data (ODbL), simplified. Hotel positions: OpenStreetMap and the French National Address Base.

Walking times are estimates: straight-line distance × 1.3, at 80 metres a minute, to the station, not to a specific exit.

Facilities

  • Family rooms
  • Accessible rooms

As listed on the hotel’s official website, checked on 4 October 2026.

History and distinctive features

  • According to the hotel, the building dates from 1865, in the Haussmann style, with balconies on the second, fifth and sixth floors. familiahotel.com
  • Many walls and rooms carry sepia frescoes of Paris monuments, painted by an artist from the École des Beaux-Arts, the hotel says. familiahotel.com
  • Eight rooms have a balcony with a table and chairs, some with a view of Notre-Dame; others have exposed beams or a canopy bed, according to the hotel. familiahotel.com

Nearby

Landmarks

  1. Arènes de Lutèce 5 min walk · 400 m
  2. Place Maubert 6 min walk · 500 m
  3. Contrescarpe 6 min walk · 500 m
  4. Panthéon 7 min walk · 550 m
  5. Collège de France 7 min walk · 550 m

Other hotels

  1. Hôtel Quartier Latin ★★★ 1 min walk · 50 m
  2. Hôtel Minerve ★★★ 1 min walk · 50 m
  3. Hôtel Vendôme Saint-Germain ★★★ 1 min walk · 50 m
  4. Paris Art Hotel ★★★ 1 min walk · 100 m
  5. Hôtel Pilgrim ★★★★ 3 min walk · 250 m

Availability

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Frequently asked questions

Where is the Hôtel Familia?

At 11 rue des Écoles, in the 5th arrondissement. Cardinal Lemoine (line 10) is about two minutes away on foot, Jussieu (lines 7 and 10) five and Maubert-Mutualité (line 10) six.

Can I get a room with a view of Notre-Dame?

Some of the eight balcony rooms have one, according to the hotel; it does not say which, so ask when booking.

Does the Hôtel Familia have air conditioning?

The hotel does not mention it. Its listed comforts are wifi, a shower or bath, cable TV, a hair dryer and double glazing.

Is the Hôtel Familia a two-star or a three-star?

Two stars, classified by Atout France on 15 January 2025, for 30 rooms.

What does a Hotel Familia review come down to?

We keep scores and guest quotes out of this page. Among the facts we checked, the frescoes, the balconies and the line 10 station at the door count for it; the silence on air conditioning and the one-line mention of access count against it.

Checked on 4 October 2026