Villa Lutece Port Royal

4 stars
52, 52 bis rue Jenner, Paris, 75013
Hotel Overview
Reviewer score
3.5
out of 5
76 reviews
17-19 /08/2012

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  • Kamil
  • Aug 21, 2012
Nice Hotel, friendly staff.

We stay in the "Villa Lutece Port Royal" for seven nigths and the experience was great. Nice Place,... See full review

  • Lyliam
  • Jun 7, 2012
Sophisticated Paris hotel close to the Latin Quarter

Travelers seeking proximity to the Latin Quarter target Villa Lutece Port Royal, a 45-room property with contemporary leanings. Art plays a huge role in design, from the hand-written inscriptions on the walls to the chic black-and-white décor in guest rooms. Guests rely on conveniences like Wi-Fi access, room service and a meeting room should business beckon during a trip to the City of Light.

Highlights
  • Affordable contemporary hotel near the Latin Quarter
  • Breakfast and room service
  • Hand-written inscriptions on the walls
Rooms

The Villa Lutece Port Royal houses 45 rooms, including nine deluxe rooms. A black-and-white theme dominates, with distinctive touches sprinkled throughout, starting with the hand-written inscriptions on the walls. Other notable features include a black-and-white checkerboard-tiled soaking tub viewable via a peekaboo wall, a double bowl sink, handsome plaid benches and striped drapes. Rooms are hardwired and Wi-Fi enabled.

Features

Villa Lutece Port Royal guests lounge in the lobby, a visual feast anchored by a plum-colored scroll carpet and curved terracotta-hued armchairs. Gallery lamps showcase artwork hung on the walls, which sets up just the right ambiance for a nightcap after exploring local attractions like the Latin Quarter, The Pantheon and the Sorbonne.

Transportation
  • Paris-Orly Airport (7.6 mi/12.2 km)
  • Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (15 mi/24.2 km)
Attractions
  • Centre Georges Pompidou (1.2 mi/2 km)
  • The Sorbonne and Latin Quarter (1.2 mi/1.8 km)
  • Notre Dame Cathedral (1.4 mi/2.2 km)
  • The Louvre (2.1 mi/3.4 km)
  • Musee D'Orsay (2.4 mi/3.8 km)
  • Tuileries Gardens (2.4 mi/3.8 km)
  • Champs-Elysées (3 mi/4.9 km)
  • Eiffel Tower (3.5 mi/5.6 km)
  • Sacre Coeur and Montmartre (3.7 mi/5.9 km)
Business
  • Meeting room
Policies and fees
  • The hotel prohibits smoking anywhere on the property.

This is not a comprehensive list of fees. Any amounts listed above may not include taxes and are subject to change.

Villa Lutece Port Royal Rooms

Standard
The room offers one single bed with satellite, pay TV, air-conditioned, safe and mini bar, and have an unexpected and successful decoration. Reproduced manuscripts hang on the walls, cloths printed with tests on armchairs or on bedroom wallpaper. Everything is made to create a walk into world of literature.
Standard
The room offers one double bed with satellite, pay TV, air-conditioned, safe and mini bar, and have an unexpected and successful decoration. Reproduced manuscripts hang on the walls, cloths printed with tests on armchairs or on bedroom wallpaper. Everything is made to create a walk into world of literature.

Amenities

  • Wireless internet
  • Smoke-free policy
General
Smoke-free policy
Pets allowed
Dining
Room service
Services
Conference facilities
Internet
Wireless internet

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Hotel Map

48.8363 2.3601
Area served
Paris.
Nearby airports
Orly and Roissy CDG International Airport.
Area description
Located in the Rue Jenner, in the 13th district, it is a stone’s throw from the Grande Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand, from the Faculte Jussieu, the Jardin des Plantes The Institut du Monde Arabe, the arenas of Lutece and further along, the Latin Quarter where student life spills along the Quai de Seine, the art galleries, the welcoming terraces.

Nearby points of interest

  • Gare d'Austerlitz train station: 0.5 mi
  • Gare de Lyon train station: 0.9 mi
  • Bastille and République: 1.2 mi
  • Notre Dame Cathedral: 1.3 mi
  • Denfert-Rochereau: 1.3 mi
  • Saint Michel - Saint Germain des Pres: 1.3 mi
  • Hotel de Ville: 1.5 mi
  • Châtelet - Les Halles: 1.7 mi
  • Porte d'Orleans: 1.8 mi
  • Place de la Nation: 1.9 mi
  • Gare Montparnasse train station: 1.9 mi
  • Louvre Museum - Beaubourg: 2 mi
  • Orsay Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Marais Quarter: 2.4 mi
  • Porte de Vincennes: 2.5 mi
  • Gare d'Austerlitz train station: 0.5 mi
  • Gare de Lyon train station: 0.9 mi
  • Bastille and République: 1.2 mi
  • Notre Dame Cathedral: 1.3 mi
  • Denfert-Rochereau: 1.3 mi
  • Saint Michel - Saint Germain des Pres: 1.3 mi
  • Hotel de Ville: 1.5 mi
  • Châtelet - Les Halles: 1.7 mi
  • Porte d'Orleans: 1.8 mi
  • Place de la Nation: 1.9 mi
  • Gare Montparnasse train station: 1.9 mi
  • Louvre Museum - Beaubourg: 2 mi
  • Orsay Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Marais Quarter: 2.4 mi
  • Porte de Vincennes: 2.5 mi
  • Grands Boulevards: 2.6 mi
  • Les Invalides: 2.7 mi
  • Opera: 2.7 mi
  • Gare de l'Est train station: 2.8 mi
  • Madeleine: 2.8 mi
  • Champs-Élysées: 3 mi
  • Gare du Nord train station: 3.1 mi
  • Buttes Chaumont: 3.2 mi
  • Gare St Lazare train station: 3.2 mi
  • La Villette: 3.3 mi
  • Flame of Liberty: 3.3 mi
  • Eiffel Tower: 3.4 mi
  • Montmartre - Pigalle: 3.5 mi
  • Exhibition Center Porte de Versailles: 3.5 mi
  • Passy: 3.7 mi
  • Trocadero: 3.8 mi
  • Etoile - Ternes: 4.2 mi
  • Exhibition Center Porte Maillot: 4.5 mi
  • Parc des Princes: 4.9 mi
  • Stade de France Saint-Denis: 6 mi
  • La Defense and Nanterre: 6.7 mi
  • Exhibition center Paris-Nord: 11.8 mi
  • Disneyland Train Station: 19.3 mi

Dining

Restaurant
For breakfasts you have choice between hot dresser & room service.

Hotel Policies

Check-in:
1400
Check-out:
1200

Terms and conditions

Rates quoted in currencies other than the hotel's base currency are subject to the rate of the international exchange. Rate may change throughout stay. Rate may reflect average nightly rate. Extra charges may apply. Incidental charges, such as room service, are not included in the rate.

The amenities and/or facilities may not be located at the hotel, but within a reasonable distance, and additional charges may apply for use.

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Guest Reviews (76)

Ratings and reviews for Villa Lutece Port Royal

Overall score

3.5 / 5
76 out of 76
Amenities:
3.3
Room cleanliness:
3.9
Hotel staff:
3.6
Room comfort:
3.4
Location:
3.6
Value:
3.7

75% would recommend to a friend.

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Reviewer score

2
Anonymous
Denmark
Jun 11, 2009

Not that good of an expereince

The locations is kinda good since its moreor less place centrally between three metro stations . There are quite a number of restraunts around including a nice Indian cuisine . The Eifell tower is aorund 6 stops awasy would recommend ot take a metro to tracadero ...that has the best view of the tower with nice hotels to dine . The staff during the day time is really good and freindly but night staff at the front office guy sounded pretty rude . the rooms are extremly small and open to a school so noisy .Not sure if the AC acutally worked . t would not recommend the same for a couple .

Hotel features (5 = best, 1 = worst):
Amenities:
2
Room cleanliness:
3
Hotel staff:
3
Room comfort:
2
Location:
3
Value:
3
Review of Villa Lutece Port Royal

Reviewer score

4
the Greeks
Rio Rico, Arizona
Jun 10, 2009

Rain did not stop the fun!

Our daughter was married in Provence on Saturday. We decided to spend time in Paris. It rained the whole time, but the hotel was good and clean and the staff was very helpful. We would recommend it.

Hotel features (5 = best, 1 = worst):
Amenities:
5
Room cleanliness:
5
Hotel staff:
5
Room comfort:
4
Location:
4
Value:
4
Dining tip: Short walk from hotel

Our 23 year year old son loved the Turkish restaurant across the street from our Hotel. A small place with great food and reasonable prices.

Review of Villa Lutece Port Royal

Reviewer score

1
Anonymous
minneapolis; mn
Jun 10, 2009

worse hotel and staff ever

this was the worse experience ever; the rooms were so small and the staff were not friendly at all

Hotel features (5 = best, 1 = worst):
Amenities:
1
Room cleanliness:
1
Hotel staff:
1
Room comfort:
1
Location:
1
Value:
1
Review of Villa Lutece Port Royal

Reviewer score

3
Anonymous
Business
Los Altos, CA
Jun 4, 2009

Definitely not a four-star hotel

Grossly overrated as a four-star hotel, with tiny rooms and away from the metro, though nicely and recently renovated. Daytime desk staff was friendly and helpful. Room faced on a quiet rear courtyard and a quiet wall of the Salpietre Hospital, but the night bartender allowed guests to move bar furniture outdoors well after midnight on a warm night. The bartender was still serving drinks to the noisy party for at least an hour after two complaints, making sleep impossible. A complaint to the front desk cleared it up for the following night. Hotel bar and minibar grossly overpriced...go to the minimart around the corner for provisions.

Hotel features (5 = best, 1 = worst):
Amenities:
3
Room cleanliness:
3
Hotel staff:
4
Room comfort:
3
Location:
3
Value:
4
Trip purpose:

Business

Review of Villa Lutece Port Royal

Reviewer score

3
kasigaadu
Los Angeles, CA
May 31, 2009

Average Hotel

This room is not close to the train station and right next to a school, hence lot of noise in the day time. The room is very small (which is common in Paris) and the lobbies are not clean. However, the room's bathrooms are very clean. A/C was not turned on and when enquired, we were told that they enable A/C service only in peak summer. It was very hot inside the room, without AC the stay was not very pleasant!

Hotel features (5 = best, 1 = worst):
Amenities:
3
Room cleanliness:
4
Hotel staff:
3
Room comfort:
3
Location:
3
Value:
3
Review of Villa Lutece Port Royal

Reviewer score

2
American traveler in Europe
America
May 26, 2009

My hopes were too high

While my husband and I were in Paris we traveled to all the well known land marks and took a cruise on the seine river. We traveled by walking and taking the convenient metro, it was a 4 block walk from the hotel. It was nice that no matter what time we came back, there was always someone there to greet us which isn't normal for a european hotel. The hotel is decortated tastefully with contrasting colors with designs that keep your eyes dancing. The showers were like mini-showers but had good water pressure and temperature. Definately not a ritzy hotel but something that was alright for someone not spending any time in their room. It was cramped quarters (we stayed in a classic/standard room) and no matter if we hung the 'do no disturb' sign on the door or not, our bed was made and fresh towels were waiting for us. I don't want to forget to mention that there was a hospital 4 blocks from the hotel and sireins were going off all night. There was a safe, an over priced mini bar in the mini-fridge, a tv w/ 1 english channel (news only), and ironing was not allowed in the room (I had to go to the basement of the hotel to iron). All in all, if I could stay there again I would pick a different location closer to fun shops and cafes. Hope this helps someone! Best of luck!

Hotel features (5 = best, 1 = worst):
Amenities:
3
Room cleanliness:
3
Hotel staff:
5
Room comfort:
2
Location:
2
Value:
2
Entertainment tip: Not Applicable

If you're planning to see the Crazy Horse show, don't. This was my 2nd time seeing the show and I was bored and very dissappointed. The first show I saw made me want to see a show again but it's going down the drain. I would NOT reccommend the show to anyone!

Review of Villa Lutece Port Royal

Reviewer score

5
Anonymous
France
May 2, 2009

Excellent price for a truly classy hotel

Great location. Orbitz offered a deal for this hotel that was unbelievable considering the class of service. I think I paid 1/5 of what the normal room price is. This is a four star that should be a five star.

Hotel features (5 = best, 1 = worst):
Amenities:
5
Room cleanliness:
5
Hotel staff:
5
Room comfort:
5
Location:
5
Value:
5
Review of Villa Lutece Port Royal

Reviewer score

4
Tour Eiffel
Biel, Schweiz
May 15, 2013

4 Tage in Paris

Das Hotel befindet sich nahe einer Métro (Campo Formio). In der Nähe eine gute Bäckerei und ein Indisches Restaurant. Etwas befremdet hat uns am Abreisetag, als an der Reception gesagt wurde, sie hätten nur den Betrag für 1 statt 2 Doppelzimmer erhalten. Also bitte alle Buchungs- und Bezahlungsbestätigungen mitnehmen!

Hotel features (5 = best, 1 = worst):
Amenities:
4
Room cleanliness:
4
Hotel staff:
3
Room comfort:
3
Location:
4
Value:
4
Dining tip: Short walk from hotel

Bäckerei gleich um die Ecke mit guten Croissants und Pain au chocolat. Gutes indisches Restaurant. Bett im Hotel eher hart. Unbedingt am Abend zum Trocadéro und von da Eiffelturm mit Beleuchtung bestaunen. Um 23 Uhr wechselt das Licht! Wunderschön!

Review of Villa Lutece Port Royal

Reviewer score

2
Ladies auf Paristripp
Zürich
May 14, 2013

Heruntergekommen, kein Service, oft kein WiFi

Leider wurden wir sehr unfreundlich empfangen und mussten unser Gepäck selbst in den Raum zum aufbewahren bringen. Check-in erst ab 14.00 Uhr. Der Eingangsbereich riecht sehr intensiv nach komischem Männerparfum. Die Zimmer sind schön und toll eingerichtet, aber alles ist sehr heruntergekommen. Wir hatten zweimal Stromausfall und Alarm. Ständig Probleme mit dem WiFi. Wenn man spät Nachts zurück ins Hotel kommt, muss man Glück haben, wenn jemand öffnet, weil das Personal auf dem Sofa schläft und nichts hört. Gut ist, das Hotel ist sehr nahe an der Metro, zwei Supermärkten und einer Bäckerei. Frühstück unbedingt in der Brasserie gegenüber oder sonst wo. Im Hotel sehr ungemütlich und überteuert.

Hotel features (5 = best, 1 = worst):
Amenities:
3
Room cleanliness:
5
Hotel staff:
2
Room comfort:
3
Location:
4
Value:
3
Review of Villa Lutece Port Royal

Reviewer score

3
parimatkat
helsinki
May 3, 2013

hotelliarvio

Ilmoitettu neljä tähteä on yläkanttiin tästä hotellista. Sijainti kohtuullinen, parin minuutin kävely lähimmlle metrolle Campo Formiolle. Hotelli pieni ja rauhallinen. Hotellin vieressä parikin kauppaa iltapurtavaa yms. varten. Huone oli vaatimaton ja valaistus puutteellinen, mutta täytti oleskelulleni asettamani vaatimukset. Kylppäri ok.Hotellin aamiainen oli ranskalaiseksi monipuolinen ja runsas hintaan 14,5 €/hlö. Henkilökunta oli ystävällinen ja voisin yöpyä uudestaankin.

Hotel features (5 = best, 1 = worst):
Amenities:
3
Room cleanliness:
3
Hotel staff:
4
Room comfort:
3
Location:
3
Value:
3
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