Late nights or a quiet courtyard. Le Pigalle, from about €285, if you want DJs downstairs and a turntable in a Pigalle 21; Le Pavillon de la Reine, from about €550, if you would rather have a garden courtyard behind the Place des Vosges, a hammam and a starred dinner.
A 40-room South Pigalle hotel whose ground floor is a café, bar and record library for the whole neighbourhood, with the Métro at the door and the quarter's cafés and grocers all around.
€From about €285 a night
Choose Le Pigalle if
Couples
Nights out
Music lovers
Montmartre on foot
The catch
The ground-floor bar runs until 2am from Thursday to Saturday, the other bars on Rue Frochot keep the street lively at night, and noise can reach the rooms, most of all at weekends; the courtyard side is quieter.
Through the 17th-century Place des Vosges arcade and across a cobbled courtyard garden to a house green with creeper from late spring to autumn, with a MICHELIN-starred table inside.
€€From about €550 a night
Choose Le Pavillon de la Reine if
Couples
Anniversaries
A Marais weekend on foot
A starred dinner without a taxi
The catch
Entry rooms are small: the Classic is an attic room of about 21 m² on the top floor, and the Superior is 22 m².
Late nights or a quiet courtyard. Le Pigalle, from about €285, if you want DJs downstairs and a turntable in a Pigalle 21; Le Pavillon de la Reine, from about €550, if you would rather have a garden courtyard behind the Place des Vosges, a hammam and a starred dinner.
Good questions about Le Pigalle vs Le Pavillon de la Reine
Le Pigalle or Le Pavillon de la Reine?
Late nights or a quiet courtyard. Le Pigalle, from about €285, if you want DJs downstairs and a turntable in a Pigalle 21; Le Pavillon de la Reine, from about €550, if you would rather have a garden courtyard behind the Place des Vosges, a hammam and a starred dinner.
Is Le Pigalle worth it?
Le Pigalle is a Paris hotel for people who want a neighbourhood more than the sights, at a fraction of what the grand hotels ask. Book a Pigalle 21 for the records and pack earplugs for Friday and Saturday. A small, characterful hotel that works as a café and bar for Pigalle as much as a place to sleep, at a fraction of grand-hotel prices. You book it for the street, the records and the ground floor, not for space, silence or a spa.
Does Le Pigalle have a pool or a beach?
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
Is Le Pavillon de la Reine worth it?
A private house behind the Place des Vosges, with a starred dining room inside and the Marais at the gate. Spend on a Junior Suite rather than the attic Classic, and plan Sunday and Monday dinners elsewhere. A small, quiet, family-run house behind the arcades of the Place des Vosges that feels more like a private residence than a grand hotel. The starred dining room is a reason to stay in one night; the rest of the time the Marais is at the gate.
Does Le Pavillon de la Reine have a pool or a beach?
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
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