Anywhere near st Germaine pres. walk everywhere

Anonymous wrote:It’s a student area, but I love Saint Michel on the Left Bank. It happens to be a 2 minute walk from Notre Dame but doesn’t really feel swarmed. Easy access to the metro and RER and about a 15 minute walk from Luxembourg Garden. Also lots of good bakeries nearby!

We just stayed at Maison Colbert in this neighborhood and it was a fantastic location. Best croissants in the city at Maison d'Isabelle. Good restaurants. Easy to get around with metro. Might be more touristy than some of you are looking for, but we wanted to do lots of historical sites and museums and it was a perfect location. If you walk even a block or two away from Notre Dame, the neighborhood didn't feel touristy (it's by the Sorbonne). This was in winter, so not sure if the vibe would be different in a more typical travel month.

I think the Marais is a great location. If you want step away from the main tourist drag, the 11th is also a favorite.

I stayed in the st germain area between the 6th and the 7th. Lovely, residential area with great restaurants and shops and walkable to all the museums. We didn’t visit with kids and really walked almost everywhere, ubered a couple of times.

DH and I did a very similar-sounding trip last spring and we stayed at Hôtel Dame des Arts
4 rue Danton, Paris - France — I believe this is within several of the above recommendations. The area was fantastic for meandering, eating, wandering, just taking in the city. We didn’t bring our toddler but commented several times that this seemed like a good area to be if we would have.

It’s a student area, but I love Saint Michel on the Left Bank. It happens to be a 2 minute walk from Notre Dame but doesn’t really feel swarmed. Easy access to the metro and RER and about a 15 minute walk from Luxembourg Garden. Also lots of good bakeries nearby!

We love Hotel d'Aubusson in the 6th. (We haven't been since just before the Pandemic.) Easy access to a lot of things.

DP - looking for recs for a splurgy 2-3 nights.

I meant parks, not cafes twice

The 5th/6th might be nice. It’s close in but gets neighborhood-y only a few blocks from the Seine, and it’s nice to be convenient to Jardin du Luxembourg

Following. We are going in June and I'm currently holding a reservation for a hotel that's sort of halfway between the Opera area and Montmartre.

Help me decide where to stay in Paris. I've been before and loved momarte, but I'm not sure about what street/area to be in. I want a local, not touristy neighborhood. Also I have a child now so we need a quiet area. Not sure if we should be more centrally located in the city? Our itinerary includes lots of cafes, boulangeries and cafes. Not so interested in muesams this time around. Any suggestions?