Hôtel de Roubaix, Paris

Rue Greneta

Hôtel de Roubaix is at 6 rue Greneta, in the 3rd arrondissement and the Arts-et-Métiers quarter, close to Réaumur - Sébastopol. That station (lines 3 and 4) is two minutes away on foot, Arts et Métiers (lines 3 and 11) four, and Étienne Marcel (line 4) five.

Atout France, the national classification agency, rated it two stars on 19 October 2022, for 54 rooms. It is independent, with no group behind it.

A family house

The hotel presents itself as a family house: by its own account, it was bought in the 1960s and taken over in 2012 by the next generation. The hotel says its first investor, in 1861, came from Roubaix, and that the decoration refers to the Paris-Roubaix race; Limoges porcelain from the family is on show. Those details come from the hotel’s own history page.

The hotel gives music a page of its own. A piano is at guests’ disposal, and the hotel publishes videos of musicians who stopped to play. Rooms are for one to three people and are air-conditioned; an accessible room is listed and pets are accepted. There is no restaurant or bar, only a paid drinks machine and a lounge with board games. The public Saint Martin car park stands 50 metres away.

On foot from rue Greneta

In a straight line, the Musée des Arts et Métiers is about 192 metres away; our Musée des Arts et Métiers guide has hours and prices. The Museum of Jewish Art and History is about 550 metres off, and the Centre Pompidou, closed for works, about 595.

Against its neighbours

The nearest hotel is the four-star Hôtel National des Arts et Métiers, 64 rooms, at 35 metres. Another two-star, the Hôtel Bellevue et du Chariot d’Or, has 59 rooms and stands 81 metres away. Les Bains, a five-star of 39 rooms, is 192 metres off, and Solly Hotel, a four-star of 53, 242.