National Library (Bibliothèque Nationale) – opposite
Stock Exchange (Bourse) – 2 blocks
Opera Garnier – 3 blocks
Louvre Museum – 2oo meters
Carrousel du Louvre (convention center) – 200 meters
Place de Vendôme – 200 meters
Place des Victoires – 300 meters
Madeleine – 300 meters
Place de la Concorde – 300 meters
Orsay Museum – 400 meters
Champs Elysées – 500 meters
Notre-Dame – 500 meters
Sacré Coeur – 500 meters
Saint Germain des Prés – 600 meters

Coaches and taxi cabs are available for transfer from the airport to the center of Paris. RER train, line B also serves the airport and takes passengers into central Paris.

The extensive Metro system connects the hotel with the rest of central Paris within 10 minutes. The metro station closest to the hotel is Bourse or Palais Royal. There is also a wide choice of buses. The hotel can order taxis on request.

This hotel has 29 air-conditioned guestrooms, all of which are decorated in restful mustard and maroon, with work desks, cupboards, luggage racks and en-suite white tiled and salmon-color wallpapered bathrooms. All rooms are double-glazed. Views are of a small courtyard or Rue de Molière.

The hotel does not have its own restaurant, but there are several dining options within the surrounding area.

Nearby restaurants:
Poquelin
Monte Grosse
Le Musset brasserie

What to expect: Although the hotel is in the 1st arrondissement (district) in grand, historic Paris, the narrow Rue Molière is quiet and has a local feel, with restaurants, grocers, hairdressers and patisseries. A plaque on the façade commemorates the visit of Peruvian poet Cesar Vallejo (1892-1938), who stayed in the hotel in the 1920s. Today, leisure travelers dominate but business travelers also enjoy the location, near to many financial institutions.

Amenity highlights: The small lobby has leather-covered chairs, a computer for high-speed Internet access (fee), and choice of teas or coffee.

Insider tip: At the end of the Rue Molière, at the point where it joins the Rue de Richelieu, sits a sculpture of the great eponymous comic playwright, whose canon (including the tale of the hypocritical Tartuffe are the staple diet of the classical repertoire of the Comédie Française, Place Royal. The sculpture depicts a contented Molière, with flowing locks (a wig, no doubt), pantaloons revealing well-defined calves and ribboned shoes. On either side, two angels hold up scrolls listing the titles of his works. Cherubs fly above.

The small lobby has leather-covered chairs, a computer for high-speed Internet access (fee), and choice of teas, or coffee (fee). The reception can help advise on sightseeing and organize secretarial or translation services for business travelers.