Upper Marais
Maison Saintonge
4-star hotel · Atout France classification of 7 July 2023
- Address
- 16 rue de Saintonge, 75003 Paris
- Area
- Upper Marais
- Rooms
- 22
- Price range
- €€€
Maison Saintonge, 16 rue de Saintonge: four stars, 22 rooms, a sweet shop at reception, a patio, metro line 8 and who it suits. Checked October 2026.
A hotel built around a sweet shop
Maison Saintonge stands at no. 16 rue de Saintonge, in the Enfants-Rouges quarter of the 3rd arrondissement, at the northern end of the Marais. Atout France, the national tourism agency that grants official star ratings, classified it four stars on 7 July 2023, for 22 rooms. On our price scale that means the upper-middle band (€€€); we leave rates to the booking platforms.
The hotel’s signature is its reception desk, which is also a confectionery in the old style, where guests fill paper bags with sweets from makers across France, and the website presents the whole place as a boutique hôtel-confiserie.
Rooms, breakfast and the patio
Air conditioning is individual, according to the hotel’s room page, and a cot can be added free of charge.
There is no bar and no restaurant. Breakfast is the meal the hotel puts forward, sourced from a nearby organic bakery, the Paris roaster Lomi and the charcutier Gilles Verot, and room service runs from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Guests can also sit out in the patio.
What we could not find matters too. The website mentions no room adapted for reduced mobility, no pet policy and no family room, and the only parking it cites is the public Interparking at 132 rue du Temple.
Rue de Saintonge and its neighbours
The Marché des Enfants-Rouges is two minutes away, the Musée Picasso four and the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature five. Filles du Calvaire and Saint-Sébastien – Froissart, both on line 8, are about six minutes on foot; Oberkampf, on lines 5 and 9, about eight.
Three other four-star hotels lie within three minutes on foot. The Hôtel du Petit Moulin has 17 rooms decorated by the couturier Christian Lacroix, in a former bakery whose shopfront is a listed monument; the Boudoir des Muses has 28 rooms and two private spas, one of them with a pool; the Hôtel Suzie Blue has 31 rooms and a coffee shop open to the street. Maison Saintonge mentions neither a spa nor a café of that kind; it has the sweet counter and the patio. For families who need connected rooms, the three-star Hôtel du Vieux Saule is three minutes away on rue de Picardie.
Location and metro
- Metro 8 Filles du Calvaire 6 min walk · 450 m
- Metro 8 Saint-Sébastien - Froissart 6 min walk · 450 m
- Metro 5, 9 Oberkampf 8 min walk · 650 m
Walking times are estimates: straight-line distance × 1.3, at 80 metres a minute, to the station, not to a specific exit.
Facilities
- Garden or patio
- Air conditioning
As listed on the hotel’s official website, checked on 2 October 2026.
History and distinctive features
- Reception doubles as an old-style confectionery, where guests make up their own bags of sweets sourced from confectioners all over France. Source : maisonsaintonge.com
- The hotel receives guests in its patio or around its confectionery. Source : maisonsaintonge.com
- Breakfast is billed as locavore, with organic bread from the neighbourhood bakery, coffee from the Parisian roaster Lomi and charcuterie from Gilles Verot. Source : maisonsaintonge.com
Nearby
Landmarks
- Marché couvert des Enfants-Rouges 2 min walk · 150 m
- Musée national Picasso-Paris 4 min walk · 300 m
- Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature 5 min walk · 400 m
- Musée Cognacq-Jay, musée du XVIIIe siècle 7 min walk · 550 m
- Musée des Archives nationales - hôtel de Soubise 8 min walk · 600 m
Other hotels
- Hôtel du Petit Moulin ★★★★ 1 min walk · 50 m
- Boudoir des Muses ★★★★ 1 min walk · 100 m
- Hôtel du Vieux Saule ★★★ 3 min walk · 200 m
- Hôtel Suzie Blue ★★★★ 3 min walk · 200 m
- Hôtel Jacques de Molay ★★★ 4 min walk · 300 m
Availability
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Frequently asked questions
What is the confiserie at Maison Saintonge?
A sweet shop set up in the reception, styled as an old-fashioned confectionery, where guests fill bags with sweets from French confectioners. The hotel calls itself a boutique hôtel-confiserie.
Maison Saintonge review — what do you get, and what not?
We give no score and copy no guest reviews. On the record, you get a distinctive concept, a patio, a breakfast built on named Paris suppliers and room service until 11 p.m. You do not get a bar, a restaurant or any stated accessible room.
Which metro station is closest?
Filles du Calvaire and Saint-Sébastien – Froissart, both on line 8, about six minutes on foot each. Oberkampf, on lines 5 and 9, is about eight minutes away.
Does Maison Saintonge suit families with young children?
Partly. A cot is free on request, but the website lists no family rooms and no communicating rooms.
Where can I park?
Not at the hotel. Its practical page refers to the public Interparking car park at 132 rue du Temple.
Checked on 2 October 2026