Hôtel National des Arts et Métiers

A Haussmann building on rue Saint-Martin

The hotel occupies 243 rue Saint-Martin, in the Arts-et-Métiers quarter of the 3rd arrondissement, three minutes on foot from the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, whose museum fills the former priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs. Behind the hotel’s Haussmann-era façade, Raphael Navot drew on that neighbour for his designs.

Atout France, the national agency that grants hotel stars, classified it four stars on 10 August 2022 for 64 rooms. It belongs to La Clé Group, which also runs the Bachaumont, a hotel in the 2nd. The MICHELIN Guide lists it in its selection, without a Key.

Rooms, table and rooftop

For families, the hotel offers a family suite and a penthouse for four; for guests with reduced mobility, certain rooms are specially adapted. Pets weighing up to 9 kg are accepted. A gym is reserved for hotel guests, and a treatment room offers face and body care by appointment — the hotel does not present it as a spa.

Ristorante National is described by the hotel as a chic trattoria, and the hotel describes itself as stretching from rue Réaumur to a bright patio. The Herbarium cocktail bar programmes DJ sets at the weekend. The seventh-floor rooftop with its view over the roofs of Paris is seasonal: when we checked on 2 October 2026 the website still showed a closure notice for the season, so confirm its status with the hotel.

The pages we checked do not mention air conditioning. Parking is outside: there is no valet, and the hotel refers guests to the public car park at no. 254.

The neighbourhood and nearby four-stars

The Musée des Arts et Métiers, in the former priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs, is about three minutes away. The Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme is nine minutes on foot, the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature about ten; the Centre Pompidou, ten minutes away, has been closed for renovation since 22 September 2025, with reopening announced for 2030.

Several four-star hotels are within six minutes. Solly Hôtel, four minutes away, has 53 rooms, a bar and an open kitchen, and lists no restaurant, gym or rooftop. Hôtel Georgette and Une Autre Chambre, both about four minutes away, are smaller, with 19 and 17 rooms. The five-star Les Bains, with its pool, is also four minutes away on rue du Bourg-l’Abbé. With 64 rooms, the National is the largest of these addresses.