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CIRP Winter Meetings

2026 CIRP Winter Meetings in Paris - France

 

CIRP WINTER MEETINGS in PARIS - 18-20 February 2026

The CIRP Winter Meetings are located at the "Maison de la Mutualité", a 1920's building in the heart of the Quartier Latin. The venue is close to the river Seine, a walk away from "Notre-Dame de Paris" and the lovely two old islands "Ile de la Cité" & "Ile Saint Louis", the "Panthéon" surroundings (through the old climbing Rue de la Montagne Sainte Geneviève), the "Quartier Latin" (Latin Quarter) stoned pedestrianized streets, the Rue Mouffetard, the Rue de la Huchette surroundings, the large gardens "Jardin des Plantes" & "Jardin du Luxembourg", the University of "La Sorbonne" and the beautiful "Conciergerie" and "Sainte Chapelle" as well as several museums.

Location: Maison de la Mutualité - 24 rue Saint-Victor, 75005 Paris   -   see map 
Nearest Metro station: Maubert-Mutualité (line 10)  - Nearest RER station: St Michel (RER B and C)


MEETINGS

Programme of the 2026 Winter Meetings (click)

Agendas and Minutes of the STCs and CWGs will be available for CIRP Members and Research Affiliates from next January 2026 onwards, through the Button "Scientific Groups", in each group.

Agendas and Minutes are also directly available in your Dashboard as usual  through this link

The agendas are now available for our guests through this link: Agendas for the guests (coming soon)

 

ATTENDANTS' LIST

  The participants list is automatically updated with your name once you have registered online, please check that you have well registered: Click

 

GUESTS POLICY

  • Only Fellows and Honorary Fellows (not Emeritus), even if not attending the meetings, can invite one guest together with another Fellow from any country (two Fellows are needed for one guest, and each Fellow can only invite one guest in total).

    Guests have to be sponsored by two Fellows/Honorary Fellows from any country to be able to participate in the Winter Meetings, in order to keep reasonable the number of guests. Guests will be requested a contribution fee of 300 €.

  • Guest Form to be downloaded from the Members' Dashboard and to be filled out by one of the two CIRP Fellows / Honorary Fellows and e-mailed to CIRP Office.

  • STC / CWG / CMAG Chairs are free to invite exceptional guests from outside the CIRP's usual network, who may, for example, bring specific expertise that is not available among CIRP members and their colleagues, to make a particular presentation during their meeting. – those guests will not be requested any registration fee to attend that specific meeting (download the form in your Dashboard).

CORPORATE MEMBERS
Corporate members are limited to two internal representatives per company. If they are not the official representatives in the CIRP Directory and they have no account to register online, then they should be invited by the official representatives directly at the CIRP Office in Paris (Corporate Guest Form to download from the Members' Dashboard). They have no registration fee to pay. They cannot invite any other guests inside or outside their company.
 
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REGISTRATION

Registration should be made through our CIRP Website before 9 February 2026  and is mandatory to be able to participate. Members and RAs do not pay any registration fee.

Be careful: your name tag is automatically generated from the information you give in your online Profile (name, surname, organization, country). Please check that this information is still correct.

To register to the Winter Meetings, CIRP MEMBERS and RESEARCH AFFILIATES   should log in and then REGISTER HERE  or from their own Profile (edit "my meetings").  No confirmation is sent by email, please check in the participants' list above that your registration has been well validated.

Don't forget to validate your Registration when filled out (click on "Update" on the electronic Form) - please check that you are well registered:  Click
 
 

LOCATION / ACCOMMODATION

 
List of Hotels where you can book around the Meeting Centre 
List of Restaurants around the Meeting Centre and their location in the district  -  Restaurants located in the historical streets.
Paris Transports Information and Costs (Maps, Metro, Taxis, Bus and RER from/to Airports)
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List of Hotels around La Mutualité

2026 CIRP Winter Meetings - Hotels around the venue

The following list of hotels around La Mutualité has been sorted from the best rated hotels, and then per distance inside each rate.

Be careful: the tourist tax has been raised in Paris and must be added per person per night: 3.25€ (2* hotels), 5.53€ (3* hotels) or 8.45€ (4* hotels).

The here under "early rates online" have been recorded from the hotels' websites in end-October and will increase with time. 

Of course for each hotel the price increases with the size of the room, we give the smallest size and price as an indication. 

**** 4 Stars Hotels

The Best Rated 

Hotel Résidence Henri IV **** - Early rates online from 207 € (17 m2) 
50 rue des Bernardins  – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.44 41 31 81 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site: Website
Note: Warm small residence at 2 minutes walk from the Mutualité (140 m). With kitchenettes. Quiet street. Metro Maubert Mutualité. Map of the itinerary

Hotel Parc St Severin **** - Early rates online from 178 € (16 m2) 
22 rue de la Parcheminerie – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.43 54 32 17 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site: Website
Note: Charming warm hotel in a pedestrianized calm street in the heart of the Latin Quarter, 8 minutes walk from the Mutualité (620m). Metro Cluny-La-Sorbonne or St Michel. Map of the itinerary 

Rated as "Very Good"

Hotel Villa Pantheon **** - Early rates online from 175 € (14 m2)
41 rue des Ecoles - 75005 Paris - Tel.  33 1 53 10 95 95 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site:  Website
Note: Comfortable British styled hotel at 4 minutes walk from the Mutualité (300 m). Metro Maubert Mutualité. Map of the itinerary

Hotel Les Bulles de Paris **** - Early rates online from 180 € (11 m2) - breakfast around 20 € 
32 rue des Ecoles – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.46 34 12 90 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site:  Website
Note: Formerly California Hotel completely renovated in an amazing refurbished 4* hotel, at 4 minutes walk from the Mutualité (300 m). Metro Maubert Mutualité. Map of the itinerary

Best Western - Hotel le Jardin de Cluny **** - Early rates online from 230 € (13 m2) - *Special CIRP price   (mention the discount code "CIRP2026" when booking online and get 10% discount on flexible or non refundable prices) 
9 rue Sommerard – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.43 54 22 66 - Send an E-MAIL
Internet Site:  Website
Note: Renovated hotel at 5 minutes walk from the Mutualité (380 m). Metro Maubert Mutualité.  Map of the itinerary

Hotel des Carmes **** - Early rates online from 187 € (12 m2) 
5 rue des Carmes – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.43 29 78 40 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site:  Website
Note: Completely renovated hotel in a quiet street, 5 minutes walk from the Mutualité (330 m). Metro Maubert Mutualité. Map of the itinerary

Hotel & SPA St Jacques **** - Early rates online from 164 € (12 m2)
35 rue des Ecoles – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.44 07 45 45 - Send an Email
Internet Site:  Website
Note: Very nice hotel with SPA, 4 minutes walk from the Mutualité (270 m). Metro Maubert Mutualité. Map of the itinerary

Rated as "Good" 

Hotel Mercure Paris Notre-Dame **** - Early rates online from 190 €  (small rooms) - Meeting-room.
20 rue Sommerard – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.43 54 47 60 -  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 Internet Site:  Website
Note: Small rooms but nice refurbished hotel. In a calm street, 7 minutes walk from the Mutualité (500 m). Metro Cluny-la Sorbonne.  Map of the itinerary

 *** 3 Stars Hotels

The Best Rated

Hotel du Collège de France *** - Rates online from 186 € (12 m2) - 2 nights minimum
7 rue Thénard – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.43 26 78 36 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site:  Website
Note: Renovated hotel, in a quiet street - 6 minutes walk from the Mutualité (450 m). Metro Cluny-la Sorbonne. Map of the itinerary

Hotel Henri IV Rive Gauche *** - Early rates online from 176 €   
9-11 rue St Jacques - 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1. 46 33 20 20 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site: Website    
Note: Nice and cosy XVIIth Century decoration hotel, 7 minutes walk from the Mutualité (600 m). Metro Cluny-la Sorbonne. Map of the itinerary

Hotel Europe St Severin  *** - Early rates online from 150 € (11 m2)
38-40 rue St Séverin - 75005 Paris - Tel. 33 1 46 34 05 70 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site:  Website
Note: Charming hotel located in the pedestrianized heart of the Latin Quarter, 9 minutes walk from the Mutualité (630 m). Metro Cluny-la-Sorbonne or St Michel. Map of the itinerary

Hotel des Grands Hommes ***  - Early rates online from 184 € (14 m2) - Meeting-Room
17 Place du Panthéon - 75005 Paris - Tel. 33 1 46 34 19 60 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site: Website
Note: Elegant comfortable Napoleonian-style hotel facing the Panthéon, 10 minutes walk from the Mutualité (700m). Metro Cluny-la-Sorbonne or Cardinal Lemoine, RER Luxembourg. Map of the itinerary

Rated as "Very Good"

Hotel Oratio *** - Formerly Hotel Agora St Germain - Early rates online from 190 € (12 m2) 
42 rue des Bernardins – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.89 16 57 51 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site: Website
Note: Renovated hotel at 1 minute walk from the Meeting Centre (100 m). Quiet street. Metro Maubert Mutualité. Map of the itinerary

Hotel Abbatial St Germain *** - Early rates online from 170 €  (10 m2)
46 Boulevard St Germain – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.46 34 02 12 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site: Website
Note: Contemporary hotel on the boulevard, at 2 minutes walk from the Mutualité (160 m). Metro Maubert Mutualité. Map of the itinerary

Hotel Quartier latin *** - Online from 160 € (15 m2) -  *Special CIRP price: breakfast included: 160 € (single or double) / 175 € (twin) - 260 € (triple)  - book by email.
9 rue des Ecoles - 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.44 27 06 45 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site:   Website
Note: Contemporary style, at 2 minutes walk from the Mutualité (160 m). Metro Maubert Mutualité. Map of the itinerary

Hotel Minerve *** - Early rates online from 158 € (12 m2)
13 rue des Ecoles – 75005 Paris Tel. 33.1.43 26 26 04 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site: Website
Note: Warm hotel at 2 minutes walk from the Mutualité (130 m). Metro Maubert Mutualité. Map of the itinerary

Hotel Wyld St Germain (formerly Le M. - Hotel Moderne St Germain) *** - Early rates online from 150 € 
33 rue des Ecoles – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.43 54 37 78 - Send an E-MAIL
Internet Site:  Website 
Note: Contemporary renovated rooms, at 3 minutes walk from the Mutualité (240 m). Metro Maubert Mutualité. Map of the itinerary

HVSG - Hotel Vendôme St Germain *** - Early rates online from 186 € (11 m2)
8 rue d’ Arras – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.43 26 80 98 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site:  Website
Note: Renovated hotel in a quiet street, 3 minutes walk from the Mutualité (220 m).
Metro Cardinal Lemoine. Map of the itinerary

Hotel des Grandes Ecoles *** -  Early rates online from 230 € (15 m2) 
75 rue Cardinal Lemoine - 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.43 26 79 23 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site: Website
Note: ❤️ Beautiful & peaceful country house in a nice park with parking - 6 minutes walk from the Mutualité (450 m). Metro Cardinal Lemoine. Map of the itinerary

Hotel des Nations St Germain *** - Early rates online from 135 € 
54 rue Monge – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.43 26 45 24 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site:  Website
Note: Standard refurbished hotel, ask on the backyard if you don't bear noise, 6 minutes walk from the Mutualité (480 m). Metro Place Monge. Map of the itinerary

Best Western - Hotel Quartier Latin Panthéon *** - Early rates online from 143 € - Hammam
71 rue Monge – 75005 Paris- Tel. 33.1.43 31 25 64 - Send an Email
Internet Site: Website
Note: Contemporary refurbished hotel, with hammam, 7 minutes walk from the Mutualité (600 m). Metro Place Monge.  Map of the itinerary

Hotel St Christophe *** - Early rates online from 150 € 
17 rue Lacépède – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.43 31 81 54 - Send an Email
Internet Site:  Website   
Note: Good hotel near the Jardin des Plantes, 8 minutes walk from the Mutualité (630m). Calm street. Metro Place Monge. Map of the itinerary

Rated as "Good" 

Hotel Claude Bernard *** -  Early rates online from 144 €   *Special CIRP price: breakfast included  169€ (single) - 179€ (double), only by email 
43 rue des Ecoles – 75005 Paris - Tel. +33.1.43 26 32 52 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site:  Website 
Note: Renovated Hotel at 5 minutes walk from the Mutualité (330 m). Metro Maubert Mutualité. Map of the itinerary

Hotel Home Latin *** - Early rates online from 155 €
15 rue du Sommerard – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.43 26 25 21 - Send an Email
Internet Site:  Website
Note: Renovated hotel  - 5 minutes walk from the Mutualité (400 m). Metro Cluny-la Sorbonne. Map of the itinerary

Hotel des Arènes *** - Early rates online from 100 €  (small rooms)
51 rue Monge - 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1. 43 25 09 26 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site: Website
Note: Ask for the pleasant (and calm!) view on the "Arenes de Lutece", a Roman amphitheatre in a public garden located behind the hotel! 6 minutes walk from the Mutualité (450 m). Metro Place Monge. Map of the itinerary

Hotel du Jardin des Plantes  *** - Early rates online from 148 €  
5 rue Linné - 75005 Paris - Tel. 33 1 47 07 06 20 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site:  Website
Note: small rooms but hotel completely renovated - 8 minutes walk from La Mutualité (600 m). Metro Jussieu. Map of the itinerary

** 2 Stars Hotels

The Best Rated

Rated as "Very Good" 

Hotel Cluny Sorbonne ** - Rates online from 135 € 
8 rue Victor Cousin - 75005 Paris - Tel. 33 1 43 54 46 46 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site:  Website
Note: Clean, simple, very small rooms, just neaby the Sorbonne, 10 minutes walk from the Mutualité (800m). Metro Cluny-la-Sorbonne. Map of the itinerary

Rated as "Good" 

Hotel Familia ** - Rates online from 135 €
11 rue des Ecoles – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.43 54 55 27 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site: Website
Note: Charming old style hotel at 2 minutes walk from the Mutualité (130 m). Metro Maubert Mutualité. Map of the itinerary

Hotel du Brésil ** - Early rates online from 99 €  
10 rue Le Goff – 75005 Paris - Tel. 33.1.43 54 76 11 - Send an Email
Internet Site: Website
Note: Simple hotel at 13 minutes walk from the Mutualité (950 m), near the Pantheon. Metro Cluny-la-Sorbonne. Map of the itinerary

* 1 Star Hotel

The Best Rated

Hotel Marignan * - Rates online from 75 € - 3 nights minimum - Breakfast included -  Free kitchen & laundry
13 rue du Sommerard - 75005 Paris - Tel. 33 1 43 54 63 81 - Please contact them directly for booking - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet Site: Website
Note:  Simple but refurbished rooms, 6 minutes walk from the Mutualité (400 m). Metro Cluny-la Sorbonne. Map of the itinerary

Restaurants around the venue

List of Restaurants per category around La Mutualité for the Paris Winter Meetings

with the ratings given by the sites La Fourchette / TripAdvisor (same company)
Make your life easier: book online through "La Fourchette" (and get discounts in some restaurants)
MOST RESTAURANTS NOW PROPOSE SOME DISHES GLUTEN FREE OR VEGETARIANS OR FOR SPECIAL DIETS - ASK THEM!

 

Best rated gastronomic French cooking around la Mutualité

Restaurants referenced in the famous Gault & Millau restaurants’ guide:

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L'Initial  - (Rating Tripadvisor: 5/5) - French cooking by Japanese chefs - 9 rue de Bièvre, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 42 01 84 22 - Website

Kitchen Ter(re) - (rating Tripadvisor: 4.5/5) - 26 Bd St Germain, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 42 39 47 48 - Website

Vent d'Armor - Fresh fish (Rating La Fourchette: 9.6/10) - 25 Quai de la Tournelle, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 46 34 50 99 - Website

❤️L' Atelier de Maitre Albert - (Rating TripAdvisor: 4/5) - open fire grilled meat (large restaurant) - 1 rue Maitre Albert, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 56 81 30 01  -   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   - Website

Le Réminet - (Rating La Fourchette: 9.1/10) - 3 rue des Grands Degrés, 75005 Paris - Tel 01 44 07 04 24  -  Website

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Cucina Mutualité - Italian cooking by Chef Ducasse, at La Mutualité (Rating La Fourchette: 8.5/10). 20 rue St Victor, 75005 Paris.  Tel. 01 44 31 54 54 - Website 

Hébé  -   (Rating Tripadvisor: 4,5/5) - 15 rue Frédéric Sauton, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 46 34 08 91 - Website

La Rotisserie d'argent - (Rating Tripadvisor: 4/5) - 19 Quai de la Tournelle, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 54 17 47 - Website

Au Moulin à Vent - Chez Henri - (Rating TripAdvisor: 4.5/5) - specialities of beef - 20 rue des Fossés Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 54 99 37 - Website

Le Sergent Recruteur - (Rating La Fourchette: 9.4/10) - 41 rue Saint Louis en l'ïle, 75004 Paris - Tel. 01 85 15 26 80 - Website

La Petite Périgourdine - Bistrot (Rating Tripadvisor: 4/5) - 39 rue des Ecoles, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 26 33 35 - Website

BonVivant - (Rating Tripadvisor: 4.5/5) - 7 rue des Ecoles, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 26 51 34 - Website

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Best rated French cooking Parisian Bistrots & Restaurants around

Le café Siams - bistrot - (Rating La Fourchette 9/10) - 23 rue Frederic Sauton, 75005 Paris

❤️ Le Petit Pontoise - (Rating La Fourchette: 9.3/10) - 9 rue de Pontoise, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 29 25 20 - Website

Le Passage - (Rating TripAdvisor 4/5) - 46 rue des Fossés Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 29 37 24

Le Buisson Ardent - (Rating La Fourchette: 8.6/10) - 25 rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 54 93 02

Comme Chai Toi  - Nice view on Notre-Dame - (Rating La Fourchette: 9.3/10) - 13 Quai Montebello, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 46 34 66 12 - Website

Le Bistrot 65 - (Rating La Fourchette: 8.9/10) - 65 Quai de la Tournelle, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 85 15 26 52 - Website

Chez René Traditional local dishes (Rating TripAdvisor 4/5) - 14 Bd St Germain, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 54 30 23 - Website

Chez Gladines Saint Germain Traditional cooking for South-Western France - duck specialties - (Rating TripAdvisor 4/5) - 44 Bd St Germain, 75005 Paris - Tel 01 46 33 93 88

Bistro des Lettres (Rating TripAdvisor: 4.5/5) - 52 Bd St Germain, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 73 71 72 39 - Website

Le Coupe Chou (Rating TripAdvisor: 4/5) - 11 rue de Lanneau, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 46 33 68 69 - Website

Lava - (Rating La Fourchette: 9/10) - 9 rue de la Montagne Sainte Geneviève, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 29 12 12 - Website

❤️ Le Vieux Bistrot (Rating La Fourchette: 9.3/10) - typical restaurant from Savoie region - 54 rue Mouffetard - 75005 Paris - Tel. 09 54 69 37 74 - Website

Le Flore en l'Ile - (rating La Fourchette 9.2/10) - nice location on St Louis Island: 42 Quai d'Orléans, 75004 Paris - Tel. 01 43 29 88 27 - Website

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Best rated International cooking around La Mutualite

Ricette Ristorante - (Rating La Fourchette: 9.4/10) - Italian cooking - 10 rue Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 26 52 12 - Website

Cucina Mutualité  - (in Gault & Millau guide) - Italian cooking by Chef Ducasse, at La Mutualité (Rating La Fourchette: 8.5/10). 20 rue St Victor, 75005 Paris.  Tel. 01 44 31 54 54 - Website

Inagiku Teppanyaki - (Rating TripAdvisor: 4/5) - Typical Japanese cooking in front of you - 14 rue de Pontoise, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 54 70 07 - Website

L'Atlas - (Rating TripAdvisor 4/5) - Moroccan cooking (and decoration) - in Gault & Millau guide - couscous - tajines - 12 Bd St Germain, 75005 Paris -Tel. 01 44 07 23 66 - Website

Happiz - Vegan and bio pizzeria (Rating La Fourchette : 9.6/10) - 9 rue Monge, 75005 Paris - Tel. 09 84 52 56 52 - Website

Pizza Roma - (Rating TripAdvisor: 3.5/5) - Pizzeria - 27 rue des Ecoles, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 54 18 57 - Website

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Best rated small restaurants around the Pantheon 

Desvouges - (in Gault & Millau guide) - (Rating Tripadvisor: 5/5) - 6 rue des Fossés Saint Marcel, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 47 07 91 28 (book) Website

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Best rated Vegetarian restaurants

Le Grenier de Notre-Dame - (Rating La Fourchette: 9.4/10) - 18 rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 29 98 29 

Happiz - Vegan and bio pizzeria (Rating La Fourchette : 9.6/10) - 9 rue Monge, 75005 Paris - Tel. 09 84 52 56 52 - Website

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Crêperies Bretonnes  (French pancakes from Brittany) - for a friendly cheap meal!

You can find several Crêperies in the district, they are all good:

Crêperie La Petite Bouclerie - Small room (Rating TripAdvisor 4.5/5) - 33 rue de la Harpe, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 54 18 03

Crêperie Les Galandines - Small room (Rating La Fourchette : 9.1/10) - 57 rue Galande, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 83 06 28 66

Crêperie La Petite Bretonne - Medium room - (Rating Tripadvisor: 4.5/5) - 48 rue Mouffetard, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 31 45 15

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Best rated Wine bar

5e Cru (in Gault & Millau guide) - (Rating TripAdvisor 4.5/5) - 7 rue du Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris - Tel 01 40 46 86 34 

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Brasseries around La Mutualite

Café le St Victor - Just opposite La Mutualité building (Rating TripAdvisor: 3,5/5) - 11 rue Monge, 75005 Paris - Tel. 01 43 54 30 50 - Website

Le Petit Cardinal - (Rating TripAdvisor 3.5/5) 29 rue Monge, 75005 Paris

Le Twickenham (Rating TripAdvisor: 3.5/5) - 68 Bd St Germain, 75005 Paris

Brasserie Le Royal Jussieu (Rating TripAdvisor: 3.5/5) - 1 rue des Ecoles, 75005 Paris - 01 42 02 29 59

Brasserie Balzar (rating TripAdvisor: 3.5/5) - 49 rue des Ecoles, 75005 Paris - 01 43 54 13 67

PeeBee - (Rating TripAdvisor 4.5/5)) - large pizzeria but not only - 9 rue Lagrange, 75005 Paris - Tel. 09 84 12 12 40 - (5 min. walk) Map of the itinary

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Other restaurants all along a nice walk to the well-known historical rue Mouffetard: See the map of the tour
Streets around with lots of restaurants: Rue de la Montagne Sainte Geneviève, Rue de la Huchette, Rue de la Harpe, all around Bd St Germain, Bd St Michel and Place St Andre-des-Arts, and also Odéon district with its lively pedestrian precinct towards the Seine: rue de Seine, rue Grégoire de Tours, rue de Buci.... (go straight forward on Bd St Germain and you arrive at Odéon place - 2 métro stations)...

Transports in Paris

Transport Information and Maps

Meeting Place: Maison de la Mutualité,
24 rue St Victor, 75005 Paris
Métro station : Maubert-Mutualité (line 10) or Jussieu (lines 7 & 10)
Nearest RER station (700 m, 8 minutes walk) : St Michel (RER B and RER C)

TRANSPORTS

All transports (taxi, bus, RER, metro) from/to both airports Charles de Gaulle or Orly take about 30 to 45 minutes (up to  90 minutes in rush hours traffic on the road). If you are short in time, the train/metro is the safest way to arrive on time at a cheap price (Charles de Gaulle: RER B - stations St Michel-Notre Dame or Luxembourg. Orly: Metro line 7 at Jussieu and then line 14). The RER B is direct to Roissy airport (north direction). To go to Orly, you can take line 7 near the Mutualité and change for line 14 going to Orly airport. See more information below at "Metro-RER-bus".

 

TAXIS VS CHAUFFEURS: comparison

During rush hours taxis can be quicker than chauffeurs in Paris as they can use the taxi-bus lanes that chauffeurs are not allowed to use. Moreover during rush hours - because there are lots of demands - chauffeurs' price can rise a lot and become more expensive than taxis.

On the other hand, UBER and other chauffeurs follow the quickest route with Waze and often manage to avoid traffic jams - moreover, in case of traffic jam, your price will stay fixed from the very beginning with a chauffeur, when your price can rise very high if you get stucked in traffic jams in a taxi.

If you are not in a hurry, and out of the rush hours, prefer chauffeurs, they are usually less expensive (also from/to airports). 


TAXIS Company G7

Prices for all taxis companies are the same in Paris for trips to/from the airports:

65 € between Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport and Paris left bank (where the Mutualité is located)
36 € between Orly airport and Paris left bank (where the Mutualité is located)

Taxis G7 is the biggest company in Paris. You can book your taxi online or download their app in your phone to pay by credit card via your app (like UBER except that you do not know the exact price before the drive). Taxis can charge between 2,60 € and 4,40 € at the start of the drive. To order a taxi G7 through your app, you will have 4 € in addition for immediate order, or 7 € for an order in advance.


TAXIS IN THE STREET

You can go to the Taxis Station nearby the venue, located Place Maubert, or you can stop any taxi passing by in the street. All taxis can charge between 2,60 € and 4,40 € at the start of the drive.
All taxis have a fixed price to/from airports: 65 € to/from Roissy - 36 € to/from Orly (prices from/to Paris left bank)


CHAUFFEURS UBER - HEETCH - BOLT

Chauffeurs companies for those who have an account in their mobile phone - lots of cars are available all over Paris and airports (UBER: about 45 €  to/from Charles de Gaulle airport)


METRO - RER -  BUS

There are no paper tickets anymore. You have to load tickets on your phone via the bonjourRATP app (to download on your phone) or load tickets on an magnetic card that you have to buy for 2€ (the card is called Navigo Easy). 

From January 2025, the price policy changes: you have three different kind of tickets for the whole Paris Region: bus/tram tickets (for all busses and tramways except Orlybus and Roissybus), metro/RER (for all trains) tickets, airport by train tickets (Charles de Gaulle and Orly with trains). Airport Busses Roissybus and Orlybus are special tickets.

We advise you to buy your tickets one by one. There is no price reduction if you buy several tickets at the same time. When you have some tickets stored in your phone or in your navigo easy card, you cannot store a different kind of ticket. For example: if you have stored 2 metro/RER tickets on your phone or navigo easy card, you cannot buy an airport ticket on your phone/card, you have to "finish" your metro/RER tickets to buy a different kind of ticket. That's why: buy your tickets one by one, so you are free to buy the ticket you need at the moment you need! 

Find all information and route planner on the RATP website.

Maps of the public transports.

Tickets via the Bonjour RATP App

Download the free app   "BONJOUR RATP" - create your account and get all needed electronic tickets in your phone, as well as itinerary information and all maps of transport networks. Using the Bonjour Ratp App is the simplest way to get tickets. We advise you to buy your tickets one by one (see above).

Tickets on a Navigo Easy magnetic card

At transportation desks, at certain ticket machines and inside of Paris in some kiosks, you can buy a navigo easy magnetic card for 2€ that you can load with the ticket(s) of your choice. We advise you to buy your tickets one by one (see above).

Journeys from/to the airport:

RER B from/to CHARLES DE GAULLE (quickest journey): Between Charles de Gaulle airport and Saint-Michel Notre Dame RER station (10 min walk to/from la Mutualité), it's on the same line RER B and takes 45 minutes (airport ticket).

METRO LINE 14 from/to Orly (quickest journey): Line 14 of the metro goes directly to Orly Airport. There is a connexion at the station Maison Blanche between line 7 (close to la Mutualité) and line 14. You can use the same ticket (Airport ticket) for both lines. See map

BUS from/to CHARLES DE GAULLE airport: the ROISSYBUS (all information online) takes you to/from the Opera station, then you take the metro line 7 up to Jussieu station, just nearby La Mutualité (15 minutes métro). Please note that you will have to buy 2 different tickets : one for the bus (special Roissybus ticket), one for the metro.

BUS from/to ORLY airport: you can take the ORLYBUS  (all information online). It takes you to/from Denfert Rochereau station, at 2 RER stations from St Michel Notre Dame (close to la Mutualité). Please note that you will have to buy 2 different tickets : one for the bus (special Orlybus ticket), one for the metro/RER.

From your computer, to find your itinerary or for any information about the Metro, Bus, Tramway or RER lines, itineraries, maps, fares, etc… go to https://www.ratp.fr/en

Difference between Metro and RER:
Metro = goes from one station to the following one.
RER = only linking some selected stations in Paris, so that it is much quicker to reach those stations. RER is also going to the suburbs & airports, and then is often called "Train".

Free Maps from the Metro, Bus and RER are available in all the metro stations - ask at the welcome desk ("Accueil - Information"). Also see our maps below.

 

Railways Stations

Direct access to the metro lines from all the train stations in Paris: look at the Metro map below.


MAPS

Metro, Bus and RER Maps inside PARIS

- Metro-RER map - print this clear coloured map (format size A4) and keep it in your pocket!

- Map of Paris with the main streets and Metro-RER lines (not for printing - enlarge the pdf page up to the visibility of 100%)

- Online Interactive Metro, Bus, Tram and RER plans

MAP of Paris online

If you wish to have a look at the district
Go to: http://www.mappy.com
Then, in the window, type the name of the street you wish to see, Paris, France.
When you see the street on the map, click on "+" to see in bigger size the surroundings.

What to do around La Mutualité

Visit the monuments / museums around in the district

(you can buy your tickets online on their websites to avoid queueing up)

- The Conciergerie and the beautiful Sainte Chapelle. (XIII Century). BEAUTIFUL: TO SEE ABSOLUTELY! Cross the bridge down Bd St Michel: entrance 2 Boulevard du Palais, on the "Ile de la Cité". Open from 9.30 to 17.00 (13 € each or 20 € for a combined visit). See Sainte Chapelle.  See Conciergerie.  Be careful, entrance is stopped 30 mn before the closing time.

- Le Pantheon. At the top of rue de la Montagne Sainte Geneviève. Place du Pantheon. Nice monument where lots of famous people are burried. Open from 10.00 to 18.00 (13 €). See le Pantheon. Be careful, entrance is stopped 45 mn before the closing time.

- Musée de Cluny. National Museum of Middle-Age.   Located in the gothic Hotel de Cluny, a beautiful little castle behind rue des Ecoles,  6 place Paul Painlevé (see map down their web page). Open from 9.30 to 17.45 (13 €). Closed on Monday.

- Cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris. In the Ile de la Cité, just opposite the Seine river. OPEN AGAIN ! Free entrance. Due to high attendance, we advise you to book your entrance in advance: Notre-Dame.

Sport Center: Swimming Pool - Fitness - Sauna - Squash

This sport centre has a very nice Art-Deco swimming pool, 19 rue de Pontoise, just nearby La Mutualité. It has been completely renovated and re-opened in January 2024.

Nice gardens around

- Les Arenes de Lutece. Gallo-Romain classified arenas (1st-2nd Century) just nearby la Mutualité, located N° 49 rue Monge. Free entrance open to public. Go and have a look! See Website.

- Les Jardins du Luxemblourg - several places to see: the Fontaine Medicis (old fountain), the Luxembourg Palace (where the French Senate is located), the Luxembourg Museum, the Orangerie, some very old trees from XIX century, bee hives...  At the top of Boulevard St Michel, just opposite the Pantheon. Free entrance in the gardens. See Website.

- Le Jardin des Plantes. Large garden with glasshouses, animals and botanical gardens. Take rue Monge up to rue Lacépède. Turn left in rue Lacépède and you arrive rue Geoffroy St Hilaire - go on the left side to N°36 where there is one of the entrances. Free entrance except for some buildings. See Website.

Go out for a drink late in the evening

- The well-known "Caveau de la Huchette" jazz club - where you can spend the whole evening listening to or dancing on very good lively jazz band concerts - Entrance 13-15 € per person (drinks are not included in the entrance price). 5 rue de la Huchette. Map of the itinerary.

- Irish-style Pub "O'Jason",  with music, 12 rue de la Huchette. Map of the itinerary.

- South African bar "La Pomme d'Eve" located in a beautiful gothic cellar from the XIIth Century, 1 rue Laplace (at the top of rue Montagne Sainte Geneviève). Map of the itinerary.

Go out for a walk around

- Walk in the historical streets behind the Pantheon - up to the well-known rue Mouffetard

- Walk all over Ile St Louis and Ile de la Cité (the two islands on the Seine), the heart of old Paris

- Walk near Place St Michel in the little streets nearby Quai St Michel: rue de la Huchette, rue de la Harpe, rue St Séverin, etc...

- Walk on the Boulevard St Germain up to Place de l'Odéon and stroll around the small streets up to St Germain des Prés. Very lively in the evening: rue de Seine, rue de Buci, etc...

Discover Paris

Day-trips outside Paris

Day-tours to Versailles Castle, Loire Valley Castles, Fontainebleau Castle, Mont Saint-Michel, Giverny (Monet's house), etc. See more information.