Hôtel du Champ-de-Mars

St-Germain & Les Invalides


With the bustling, cafe-laden foodie street of rue Cler just around the corner and the Eiffel Tower a 10-minute walk away, 25-room Hôtel du Champ-de-Mars is on everyone’s wish list. Its quietly stylish rooms sport a mellow pastel colour scheme and a couple of ground-floor rooms overlook a flowered courtyard. Book a month or two ahead.


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Nearby St-Germain & Les Invalides attractions

1. Wall for Peace Memorial

0.27 MILES

In the Parc du Champ de Mars, the Wall for Peace Memorial of steel and etched glass facing the École Militaire (Military Academy) is by Clara Halter.

2. Immeuble Lavirotte

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Let your eyes settle on the aesthetic minutiae of the fantastic art nouveau façade of this building, which is one of the most photogenic private edifices…

3. Musée de l’Armée

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North of Hôtel des Invalides, in the Cour d’Honneur, is the Musée de l’Armée, which holds the nation’s largest collection on French military history.

4. Parc du Champ de Mars

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Running southeast from the Eiffel Tower, the grassy Champ de Mars – an ideal summer picnic spot – was originally used as a parade ground for the cadets of…

5. Église du Dôme

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With its sparkling golden dome (1677–1735), the landmark church of Hôtel des Invalides is one of the finest religious edifices erected under Louis XIV and…

6. Hôtel des Invalides

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Flanked by the 500m-long Esplanade des Invalides lawns, Hôtel des Invalides was built in the 1670s by Louis XIV to house 4000 invalides (disabled war…

8. Musée des Égouts de Paris

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Raw sewage flows beneath your feet as you walk through 480m of odoriferous tunnels in this working sewer museum, which underwent important renovations…