The 15 hotels closest to the place Saint-Michel, on both banks of the boulevard, with their distance to the fountain and the RER B to the airports. Checked October 2026.
★★★ 3-star hotel · Atout France classification of 17 November 2023
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 1 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
Metro 4, 10 4 10 Odéon · 4 min walk
22 rue de l'Hirondelle, 75006 Paris · 16 rooms
The closest hotel to the fountain in our base, by two metres over Royal Saint-Michel (64 against 66 metres in a straight line), on rue de l'Hirondelle in the 6th. It is reached from the square by seven steps and a vaulted passage; the hotel's website offers an alternative route. Sixteen rooms decorated by Laurent Maugoust around François I and his favourites.
★★★★ 4-star hotel · Atout France classification of 30 March 2022
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 1 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
Metro 10 10 Cluny-La Sorbonne · 3 min walk
3 boulevard Saint-Michel, 75005 Paris · 39 rooms
At no. 3 of the boulevard, on the 5th-arrondissement side, about 100 metres from the fountain. Two bedrooms join to form family rooms for four or five, and the Double Deluxe rooms look onto the boulevard with Nuxe toiletries and a Nespresso machine. A “romantic stay” package exists; the hotel is not accessible to wheelchair users.
★★★ 3-star hotel · Atout France classification of 15 November 2021
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 1 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
Metro 10 10 Cluny-La Sorbonne · 3 min walk
38-40 rue Saint-Séverin, 75005 Paris · 59 rooms
Fifty-nine rooms in rue Saint-Séverin, about 100 metres from the square. The junior suite sleeps four on a sofa bed and the executive triples are sold to families; baby equipment is listed. The RIM Café, an Italian trattoria with wood-fired pizzas, occupies the ground floor. Pets are not accepted, except guide dogs.
★★★★ 4-star hotel · Atout France classification of 17 July 2023
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 1 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
Metro 4, 10 4 10 Odéon · 4 min walk
17 rue Gît-le-Cœur, 75006 Paris · 10 rooms
Ten rooms at 17 rue Gît-le-Cœur, a street of the 6th about 100 metres from the fountain. Rooms have a kitchen corner with a microwave; the quadruples of 30–35 m² take four people in two king-size beds. Breakfast is served across the street at the Résidence des Arts, a sister hotel. Not adapted for reduced mobility.
★★★ 3-star hotel · Atout France classification of 14 December 2021
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 1 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
Metro 10 10 Cluny-La Sorbonne · 4 min walk
1 rue de la Harpe, 75005 Paris · 43 rooms
Where rue de la Harpe meets rue de la Huchette, about 100 metres from the square, with breakfast served in a room overlooking La Huchette. The Deluxe rooms (16.5 m²) have a balcony facing the place Saint-Michel and the Seine, according to the hotel. A hotel of the Paris group Alvotel; no access for reduced mobility.
★★★★ 4-star hotel · Atout France classification of 22 February 2023
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 1 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
Metro 4, 10 4 10 Odéon · 4 min walk
9 rue Gît-le-Cœur, 75006 Paris · 19 rooms
The former “Beat Hotel” at 9 rue Gît-le-Cœur, where Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso and William Burroughs stayed from 1956–1957; the old hotel closed in 1963 and a plaque recalls the period. Today twelve rooms and seven suites with exposed beams, including a family suite with a mezzanine.
★★★ 3-star hotel · Atout France classification of 1 February 2023
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 1 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
Metro 4, 10 4 10 Odéon · 3 min walk
14 rue Gît-le-Cœur, 75006 Paris · 11 rooms
Eleven rooms and suites on rue Gît-le-Cœur, about 150 metres from the fountain. The top-floor Suite Prestige (55–60 m²) sleeps six and has a kitchenette; the junior suite takes four. Reception is in the Villa d'Estrées opposite. Pets are welcome, for a charge; the building is not adapted for reduced mobility.
★★ 2-star hotel · Atout France classification of 15 March 2023
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 1 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
Metro 4 4 Cité · 4 min walk
28 rue de la Huchette, 75005 Paris · 42 rooms
Two stars at 28 rue de la Huchette, about 150 metres from the square. A plaque at no. 28 honours Jean Albert Vouillard, killed by the Gestapo in May 1944. Its attached restaurant, Le Jardin du Roy, serves French classics until 1.30 a.m.; the hotel itself recommends a courtyard room for sleep.
★★★★ 4-star hotel · Atout France classification of 6 July 2023
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 1 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
Metro 4, 10 4 10 Odéon · 3 min walk
4 rue Danton, 75006 Paris · 109 rooms
With 109 rooms, by far the largest of these fifteen, at 4 rue Danton on the 6th-arrondissement side. Raphael Navot designed the interiors; the restaurant Pimpan has a garden in the courtyard, and the ninth-floor rooftop bar, open to the public, looks towards the Eiffel Tower and Notre-Dame. Gym open 24 hours, sauna, dogs welcome.
★★★ 3-star hotel · Atout France classification of 16 February 2022
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 1 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
Metro 10 10 Cluny-La Sorbonne · 2 min walk
18 rue de la Harpe, 75005 Paris · 46 rooms
On rue de la Harpe, about 150 metres from the fountain, a minute from the RER. Its entrance canopy was remade in 2019 by the Paris ironworker Pouenat on the 1920 model, says the hotel. Rooms for four or five, an adapted room reached through a small lift, and an airport shuttle on request.
★★★ 3-star hotel · Atout France classification of 8 February 2023
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 2 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
Metro 4, 10 4 10 Odéon · 3 min walk
31 rue Saint-André-des-Arts, 75006 Paris · 28 rooms
At 31 rue Saint-André-des-Arts, about 150 metres from the square on the 6th side. Reception is open 24 hours and speaks seven languages, Chinese, Arabic and Greek among them; breakfast is brought to the room at no extra cost on request. Triples sleep three; a police-prefecture waiver exempts it from wheelchair access.
★★★★ 4-star hotel · Atout France classification of 2 December 2022
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 1 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
Metro 4 4 Cité · 4 min walk
15 quai Saint-Michel, 75005 Paris · 10 rooms
On the quai Saint-Michel, about 200 metres from the fountain and a minute from the RER. According to the hotel, all ten rooms face the Seine and Notre-Dame; the 2022 renovation gave them a Paris-apartment look, with toile de Jouy, beams and bare stone. The hotel arranges a space in a nearby car park on request.
★★★ 3-star hotel · Atout France classification of 23 January 2023
Metro 4, 10 4 10 Odéon · 2 min walk
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 2 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
23 rue Serpente, 75006 Paris · 23 rooms
Twenty-three rooms, each one different, at 23 rue Serpente, between Saint-André-des-Arts and the École de Médecine. The hotel dates its building and its exposed beams to the seventeenth century. Odéon and Saint-Michel Notre-Dame stations are both two minutes away, though line 4 is closed at Saint-Michel until 19 December 2026. Rooms take three people at most, and the hotel is not adapted for reduced mobility.
★★★★ 4-star hotel · Atout France classification of 17 May 2022
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 1 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
Metro 10 10 Cluny-La Sorbonne · 2 min walk
22 rue de la Parcheminerie, 75005 Paris · 27 rooms
On the pedestrian rue de la Parcheminerie, named, says the hotel, after the parchment sellers of the fourteenth century. A communicating family room (30 m²) has two bathrooms. Breakfast, afternoon tea and room service with dishes from the restaurant Rocaille; pets under 5 kg are accepted. About 250 metres from the fountain.
★★★ 3-star hotel · Atout France classification of 30 July 2026
Metro 4, RER B, RER C 4 RER B C Saint-Michel Notre-Dame · 1 min walk Line 4: station closed through 19 December 2026 (works)
Metro 10 10 Cluny-La Sorbonne · 1 min walk
21 boulevard Saint-Michel, 75005 Paris · 30 rooms
At 21 boulevard Saint-Michel, where it crosses the boulevard Saint-Germain, about 250 metres from the fountain and a minute from two stations. The Suite Romance on the top floor looks towards the Eiffel Tower, according to the hotel; some doubles and twins have balconies. Classified three stars on 30 July 2026; no rooms adapted for reduced mobility.
We measured the distance between the Saint-Michel fountain and each of the 110 hotels in our base, using their coordinates, and kept the fifteen nearest; the list follows that order. Walking times are estimated: the straight-line distance is multiplied by 1.3 to allow for the streets, rounded to 50 metres and converted at 80 metres a minute. On this scale, all fifteen are between 100 and 250 metres away.
Stars come from the register of Atout France, the state agency that classifies French hotels, as published on 4 October 2026, and each card gives the date of the decision. We checked the same day that every hotel was open and could be booked on its own website. Nobody paid to be listed, and we quote no rates: the price band on each card (€ to €€€€) is estimated from the official category.
Two sides of one square
The place Saint-Michel sits where the boulevard Saint-Michel meets the Seine, opposite the Île de la Cité.
The 5th-arrondissement side, east of the boulevard: the lanes of La Huchette, rue de la Harpe and Saint-Séverin, with Royal Saint-Michel, Europe Saint Séverin, Albe, Mont-Blanc, Hôtel du Levant and Parc Saint-Séverin, plus Les Rives de Notre Dame on the quay and Cluny Square further up the boulevard.
The 6th-arrondissement side, west of the square: rue Gît-le-Cœur, rue de l’Hirondelle, rue Danton, rue Saint-André-des-Arts and rue Serpente, with the Relais Hôtel du Vieux Paris, Villa d’Estrées, Résidence des Arts, Le Clos Notre Dame, Dame des Arts, Eugénie and Hôtel du Lys.
Saint-Michel Notre-Dame station combines metro line 4 and RER lines B and C. Line 4 is closed there until 19 December 2026, but the RER platforms stay open; Cluny-La Sorbonne (line 10) and Odéon (lines 4 and 10) are the other stations within a few minutes. For a calmer base a little further south, see our lists near the Panthéon and near the Odéon; for views of the cathedral, hotels near Notre-Dame.
Before you book
Tourist tax. Paris charges a tax per adult and per night, collected with the room: €3.25 in a two-star hotel, €5.53 in a three-star and €8.45 in a four-star, regional surcharges included (City of Paris rates from 1 January 2026). Children under 18 pay nothing.
Access. Nine of these fifteen hotels state that they are not adapted for guests with reduced mobility: Royal Saint-Michel, Villa d’Estrées, Albe, Relais Hôtel du Vieux Paris, Résidence des Arts, Du Lys, Les Rives de Notre Dame and Cluny Square, plus the Eugénie, which holds a police-prefecture waiver. The Hôtel du Levant has one adapted room, reached by a small lift with a transfer chair, and the Dame des Arts offers access on request for one room category. Europe Saint Séverin says suitable rooms are assigned on request, without describing one; Le Clos Notre Dame lists accessibility among its features, but its street is reached from the square by steps. Mont-Blanc and Parc Saint-Séverin say nothing on the subject.
Driving. The limited-traffic zone of central Paris covers the 1st to the 4th arrondissements only, so the streets of the 5th and 6th remain open to cars. None of these fifteen advertises a car park of its own; Les Rives de Notre Dame reserves spaces in a public one.
Frequently asked questions
Which hotels are closest to the place Saint-Michel?
Six hotels are about 100 metres from the fountain by our estimate — Le Clos Notre Dame, Royal Saint-Michel, Europe Saint Séverin, Villa d'Estrées, Albe Saint-Michel and the Relais Hôtel du Vieux Paris. All fifteen in this list are within about three minutes' walk by our estimate.
Is the place Saint-Michel in the 5th or the 6th arrondissement?
The boulevard Saint-Michel separates the two. Odd-numbered addresses such as the Royal Saint-Michel (no. 3) or Cluny Square (no. 21) are in the 5th; the streets west of the square, rue Gît-le-Cœur, rue Danton and rue Saint-André-des-Arts, are in the 6th. This list includes both sides.
Is the Grand Hôtel Saint Michel on the place Saint-Michel?
No. Despite its name, it stands at 19 rue Cujas, near the Sorbonne, about 800 metres from the fountain — roughly ten minutes on foot by our estimate. It appears in our list of [hotels near the Sorbonne](/hotels-near-sorbonne-paris/).
How do I get from the airports to Saint-Michel?
RER B runs directly from Charles-de-Gaulle to Saint-Michel Notre-Dame station, which is a minute or two from most hotels here; from Orly, take the Orlyval to Antony and change to the RER B. By taxi, the flat fare to the Left Bank is €65 from Charles-de-Gaulle and €36 from Orly (service-public.fr, 16 January 2026).
Is the Saint-Michel area noisy at night?
Rue de la Huchette is a pedestrian street that the Hôtel Mont-Blanc itself calls very lively, and it advises guests to take a courtyard room. The hotels of rue Gît-le-Cœur and rue de l'Hirondelle, on the 6th side, stand off the square rather than on it.
