Hôtel Bastille de Launay

Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville


Spread over two buildings separated by a small courtyard, this smart hotel with 35 colourful rooms is good value. Large windows and a judicious use of mirrors create a bright (and very quiet) environment just steps from busy bd Beaumarchais and place de la Bastille.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville attractions

1. Place des Vosges

0.24 MILES

Inaugurated in 1612 as place Royale and thus Paris' oldest square, place des Vosges is a strikingly elegant ensemble of 36 symmetrical houses with ground…

2. Maison de Victor Hugo

0.27 MILES

Between 1832 and 1848 the celebrated novelist and poet Victor Hugo lived in an apartment in Hôtel de Rohan-Guéménée, a townhouse overlooking one of Paris'…

3. Musée Carnavalet

0.29 MILES

Paris' history museum, spanning Gallo-Roman times onwards, rambles over a pair of remarkable hôtels particuliers (private mansions), the 1560-built Hôtel…

4. Musée National Picasso

0.29 MILES

One of Paris’ most treasured art collections is showcased inside the mid-17th-century Hôtel Salé, an exquisite private mansion owned by the city since…

5. Musée Cognacq-Jay

0.33 MILES

This museum inside the Hôtel de Donon displays oil paintings, pastels, sculpture, objets d’art, jewellery, porcelain and furniture from the 18th century,…

6. Place du Marché Ste-Catherine

0.34 MILES

Clad with benches and shaded by trees, this pretty pedestrian square is framed on three sides by atmospheric cafe pavement terraces that are perfect for…

7. Hôtel de Sully

0.36 MILES

In the southwestern corner of place des Vosges, duck beneath the arch to find two beautifully decorated, late-Renaissance courtyards festooned with…

8. Colonne de Juillet

0.37 MILES

Soaring 52m high in the middle of place de la Bastille, the green-bronze July Column is topped by a gilded, winged Liberty. It was built between 1835 and…