Less tourist than Island of the City, Island Saint-Louis is still one of the most sweet place of Paris. It' stayed near the same since 4 century, its architecture and its look like "independant" village make of Island Saint-Louis a perfect place for a walk. Learn more...
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Monuments
Church of Saint Louis en l'Ile
This church has a Baroque style and was built by Louis Le Vau’s brother, François le Vau. It was looted during the Revolution, but most ornaments and interior decorations date from the 19th century.
Square Barye
Barye Square is located at the end of Saint-Louis Island and is framed by the Sully Bridge that crosses the island. It has a triangular shape and houses an important monument in memory of the sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye.
Hôtels
Hôtel Lambert
2 Street Saint-Louis en l'Ile, this hotel was designed by Louis le Vau who is an architect of Louis XIV, to whom we owe in particular the famous castle of Vaux-le-Vicomte. The Hotel Lambert is one of the most beautiful in Paris. It belongs to Abdallah Ben Abdallah-Al-Thani of the princely family of Qatar. However, part of the hotel was unfortunately ravaged during a major fire in 2013, eliminating very rare 17th century decors.
A small anecdote, Voltaire lived in this hotel in the 18th century, hosted by his mistress the Marquise du Chatelet.
Hôtel de Lauzun
17 Quai d'Anjou, it is a 17th century mansion and is famous for having welcomed from 1845 the meetings of the Club des Haschischins, of which included among others Charles Baudelaire and Théophile Gautier. This hotel is also called Pimodan Hotel. The Hotel de Lauzun is famous for two characteristics: its baroque interior decor and the history of its occupants. It was built in the late 1650s by architect Charles Chamois. It is one of the most beautiful 17th century interior decoration preserved in Paris.
Hôtel de Chenizot
52-53 Street Saint-Louis en l'Ile,this hotel dates back to the 17th century and has one of the finest facades on the island, sumptuously decorated around the porch. Moreover, it is the only important hotel built in the rue Saint-Louis-en l'Ile because the Hotel Lambert also overlooks a wharf and on one of the points of the island.
Streets
Saint-Louis en l'Île Street
Street Saint-Louis-en-l'Île is a pretty shopping street, and the most lively artery of the Island that crosses it from West to East.
At n ° 31 is the famous Berthillon glacier, classified every year as one of the best in Paris.
At n ° 51-53, the Hotel de Chenizot
Regrattier Street
At the corner of Rue Regrattier and the Quai de Bourbon, the old street name "Rue de la Femme sans Teste" is still engraved. A name that some attribute to the broken statue that stands above the name, a statue that actually represented St. Nicholas, broken during the Revolution. Another version exists and would come from the sign of a shop of the 17th century which represented a woman without head ...
Docks
Go now on the four quays of the Seine which proposes a delicious romantic atmosphere, which reminds us of the romanticism of the city of Paris, feet in the water, animated in fine days by the Parisians and tourists who came to picnic or Relax on these docks.
anjou's dock
Located between Pont Sully and Pont-Marie, which is 320 m long and faces the former port of Les Célestins Saint-Paul.
Bourbon's dock
It begins at Pont-Marie and constitutes the downstream end of the island. It is 370m long
Orléans's dock
It begins at Pont de la Tournelle and extends as far as the Saint-Louis bridge. It is in the south-west and enjoys an exceptional situation due to its shelter from traffic and noise. It has a length of 275m.
Béthune's dock
It is 365m long, and begins at Pont Sully and ends at Pont de la Tournelle.
Ponts
Sully Bridge
More precisely the two Sully bridges that cross the island and link Henri IV Boulevard and Boulevard Saint-Germain. This bridge is made up of three arches on the big arm and one on the small one.
Pont-Marie
The Marie bridge is classified as a historical monument. It is composed of five stone arches. The front beaks are surmounted by four niches, always left empty of statues.
Bridge of the Tournelle
It is a bridge in reinforced concrete covered with stone. It measures 120m long and 23m wide.
Saint-Louis Bridge
This bridge links Saint-Louis Island to Île de la Cité. It is made of steel and a single arch.
Pont Louis-Philippe
Located between the Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville on the other side of the island and the quai Bourbon. It is a masonry bridge that is 160m long and 15m wide and has three elliptical arches of 32m.