Planes

Paris’ Orly and Charles de Gaulle airports are both about an hour’s drive from the hotel.

Trains

Eurostar services from London, Brussels, Amsterdam and Lausanne all pull in at Gare du Nord, the city’s largest station. From there, hop in a cab or take Métro Line 5 (the orange one) to Bréguet-Sabin, a two-minute walk from the hotel.

Automobiles

Haussmann’s Paris was designed for strolling, and the Métro has you covered when it’s too far to walk. If you do bring a car, there’s public parking nearby for €35 a day.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

With the alluring 11th on the doorstep, you’ll want to be fighting fit if you’re to make the most of the local divertissements. Supercharge your morning with a session in the hammam or sauna, then swing by reception to book in a massage for late afternoon – there’s no better remedy if you’ve been flitting up and down the Marais all day. For lounging and libations, head to the greenery-girdled patio (a luxury in central Paris) or the vaulted bar, serving cocktails dreamt up by globe-trotting mixologist Nicolas de Soto.

On Thursdays and Sundays, the Marché Richard Lenoir (also known as Bastille Market) gets under way. It’s a minute’s walk from the hotel and one of the largest produce markets in Paris, making it an excellent place to stock up on saucisse, cheeses, patisseries and fruit. If the weather is in your favour, take your picnic to Place des Vosges, the oldest planned square in the city. The square – and the regal houses that line it – attracted the fashionable elite in the 17th and 18th centuries, cementing the Marais’ reputation as a haunt of nobility. Former residents include writer Victor Hugo and lady of letters Madame de Sevigné. For space, silence and monumental masonry, stroll westward to the Cimetière du Père Lachaise, resting place of Edith Piaf, Frederic Chopin and Oscar Wilde. For shopping, try the southern end of Rue Oberkampf and Rue Charlot, populated with the ateliers and boutiques of the next generation of Parisian designers.