The central location (see MAP), next to the rightfully fabled Montorgueil Market is sure to make your stay unforgettable. The area is alive with stores, restaurants and cafes that are open late in the night. 100m from the Pompidou Center and 100 m from Les Halles you are in the center of Paris. You can walk to Chatelet, Opera, Notre Dame de Paris and St Eustaches churches as well as the Louvre.
Rue Montorgueil
The Rue Montorgueil neighborhood is a cheerful, vibrant pedestrian quarter in the heart of Paris. Some of the city’s best produce, meat and fish markets can be found here, patisseries, cozy bistros, boutiques, and bars diverse enough to please adventurists and traditionalists alike.
Don’t forget to visit the La Maison Stohrer patisserie one of the best and oldest in Paris.
At Au Rocher de Cancale, an always crowded bistro/restaurant on Rue Montorgueil, the waiters always managed to find a little table for us. We’d sit and sip our drinks amid history, and animated groups of Parisians, in the centuries-old restaurant celebrated by 19th-century French writer Balzac and other luminaries.
For contemporary hair styling, contact Richard at Coiff1rst 98 rue Montorgueil. The latest European exercising techniques? Try Vithalles right next to the Pompidou center for a 10 euros daily pass. Ready for a Traditional English pub? Try the Frog & Rosbif 116 rue Saint Denis.
Paris culture is just a few steps away? Get the Opera program at www.operadeparis.com. Music or ballet? Check www.chatelet-theatre.com or www.sallepleyel.fr. Finally www.nord-cinema.com will give you all the program from their 10 movies theaters.
A Walker’s Haven
Our neighborhood is much more than a gastronomic pleasure. The Rue Montorgueil area feels like a cozy, old-fashioned village since it and more than a dozen surrounding streets are closed to most vehicles, creating a pedestrian haven.
Lovers strolled and schoolchildren skip down the middle of the streets. French women lug home plastic bags of baguettes and cheese, fruit and fish, from the shops and market stalls on Rue Montorgueil. More upscale shoppers stroll out of the Passage du Grand Cerf, a glass-roofed 19th-century shopping arcade lined with antique and jewelry shops.
The neighborhood feels like a village, but in the heart of Paris, just a 15-minute stroll to the Louvre museum or Notre Dame cathedral. Be sure to visit Saint Eustache, a few blocks from the apartment. It’s a Gothic marvel of soaring stone pillars and arches, and almost as imposing as Notre Dame but without the crowds of tourists.
The Pompidou Center, the infamously modernist building with its ventilation pipes and escalators hanging on the outside, is a 10-minute walk away. Plan to spend hours there at its world-class modern art museum and splurge at the elegant, rooftop Georges restaurant.
Most days we save money by cooking dinner at the apartment instead of eating out. After a long day’s sightseeing, it’s relaxing to sprawl on the couch and watch soccer or tacky French quiz shows on TV.
Location
The Rue Montorgueil neighborhood is a small section of the Châtelet-Les Halles district, located at the city center. North of Rue Montorgueil is the area known as the Grands Boulevards; directly south is the Saint-Eustache Cathedral and Les Halles.
Main streets around Rue Montorgueil: Rue Etienne Marcel, Rue Tiquetonne, Rue Marie-Stuart.
Nearby: Les Halles, Centre Georges Pompidou, Hôtel de Ville
Get there by Metro:
- Reaumur Sebastopol (lines 3 & 4) Exit rue de Palestro, 50 meters from the apartment
Should you have any questions that are not answered in our web site, please feel free to contact Hadia at Hadia@parischezhadia.com.