Hotels in Latin quarter

The Latin Quarter and the Île de la Cité, along with the many bridges and monuments and Hotels in Latin quarter along the Seine River are a delight to watch as you take a night cruise on the Bateaux-Mouches. The Latin Quarter is the true heart of the happening and trendy Left Bank and you’ll have to cross the Seine to reach it. Catch one of these boats as it departs from the Right Bank between Pont des Invalides and Pont de L'Alma, these boats can be easilly found from one of the Hotels in Latin quarter  .

The Latin Quarter may have lost some of its charm and ambience, looks like an area in transition. However, it has managed to retain the sacred atmosphere of an academic community and is home to some of the most famous Universities in France including the University of Paris and the Sorbonne, 13th century old university.

As you walk down the Latin Quarter, stop by for a drink at the Deux Magots. This café is crowded with tourists from the Hotels in Latin quarter all the time, but is still charming and serves some great stuff. Once done, head on the Boulevard St Germain to the Boulevard St Michel, as you enter the University area that is home to the famous Sorbonne and do ignore the crowd of tourists who can’t dim the vibrancy and intellectual atmosphere of France’s oldest academic institution!

This area is a wonderful place to pick up second hand books. Lined with bookshops specializing in English language and second-hand books, its also teeming with bistros. Settle down in one that serves traditional onion soup but be careful of being over charged. Those on the main roads are over priced, so dart down for the ones on the street sides.

The Latin Quarter also has some very old relics such as the Gallo-Roman baths near Cluny, which are reminders of the ancient Roman Empire dominance in the city, or the Eglise St-Etienne du Mont, which has been built as a memorial to Paris’s patron saint - St Geneviève.

And if you want a change of pace or just relax in a picnic-like atmosphere, then there is the Luxembourg Garden. This garden was created by Napoleon for the children of Paris. Have fun riding the old carousel or head for some action to the playgrounds at the Botanic Gardens nearby.