A Book Lover's Stay at Paris Boutik La Librairie
I recently spent a literary weekend break in Paris exploring the haunts and hangouts of Paris’ glittering literati. From cafes and cemeteries to bookstores and Bouquinistes I utterly indulged my inner bookworm. This alone made it a weekend to remember but our library themed suite made it the Man Booker prize winner of brilliant weekends! Read on for details...
The base for our Paris weekend break was a luxury suite in converted bookstore in Le Marais. Paris Boutik La Librairie is one of the quirkiest boutique hotels in Le Marais and the perfect book inspired bolt hole.
Paris Boutik La Librairie
La Librarie is a unique combination of luxury boutique apartment and a real Marais bookshop. From the outside it’s a bookshop with the original shop front window displaying all sorts of books. Step inside and you’ll find a stylish apartment with every kind of home comfort.
Time Magazine described La Librairie as one of the most Instagramable suites in Paris. I wouldn’t disagree…
The Suite
Old wooden ceiling beams, a comfy sofa (which doubles as a second bed) and a huge squashy king-sized bed give the suite a cosy feel. High quality bedding and plush furnishings make it a Parisian home from home.
Bookshelves line the walls and are packed with every type of book from paperbacks, hardbacks, fiction and biographies to massive tomes. There’s enough reading material to last a literary lifetime and plenty of reading lights to help illuminate the 2 a.m. page turners. The seating area has cool comic book art on the walls and the dining table and chairs are perfect for lingering over morning coffee and croissants. A flat screen TV and Bose sound system will entertain and there’s free Wi-fi.
The Kitchen and Bathroom
A fully equipped kitchen corner with glasses, crockery and cutlery, is home to a sink, fridge/mini-bar stocked with a selection of drinks, microwave, kettle and Nespresso coffee machine. Tea, coffee and herbal teas are supplied. We were also treated to a VIP welcome with Champagne and chilled champagne flutes.
Imagine cosying up in La Librarie surrounded by a lexicon of words, glass of bubbles in hand and getting lost in the pages of a good book. The suite is totally sound insulated so you’ll not be disturbed in this haven of peacefulness. In fact, you probably wouldn’t want to ever leave this literary land of loveliness.
Read more: A Literary Weekend Break in Paris | A Secret Paris Food Tour | Saint-Germain-des-Prés – Paris’ Sweet Spot
Le Marais
Le Marais is one of my favourite areas of Paris to wander around. La Librarie is in a quiet road less than two minutes-walk from some gorgeous cafes, Boulangeries and restaurants. Paris’ oldest covered food market Marché des Enfants Rouges, which we discovered on our Secret Paris Food Tour, is also very close.
The little lanes of Le Marais are nearby with Place des Vosges, the Picasso Museum, Jewish Quarter and the area’s concept shops and boutiques ripe for exploration. You could do what we did and spend time exploring the city's written heritage on our literary weekend break in Paris.
About Paris Boutik
David Lécuiller, formerly of L’Oréal, devised the idea to bring new, stylish life to Paris boutiques that had closed down. I love the idea that the original purpose of the boutique has been retained to give a unique and quirky place to stay. La Librairie was designed and decorated by Paris CKA, qualified hotel designers and it shows. Everything has been carefully thought out with superb attention to detail and a touch of luxury.
Paris Boutik has two concept one-room hotels. You already know about La Librairie but for foodie types there’s a renovated duplex grocery shop L'Epicerie laid out over two floors in Paris’ cool Bastille neighbourhood.
How would you like to indulge your inner bookworm and sleep amid 4500 books and manuscripts?
La Librairie : 12 rue Caffarelli, Paris 3. Metros near to La Librairie are Temple and Filles du Calvaire
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LOVE this hotel, Suzanne! I entered the contest, but apparently this one wasn't for me to win! Hope to stay there one day!
Thank you for entering the competition. I hope you get to stay there some time too. Yes, the winner's been notified.
This looks like such a fantastic place to stay, definitely one to bookmark for the future
Ha ha! Love 'bookmark' very apt!
Wow what a wonderful prize and an amazing place, I would love to take my other half as he is 50 next year and this would be bliss for us both!
Amazing prize in a beautiful romantic capital.Quirky, modern and luxurious hotel to spend time with my wonderful husband.
Good luck Di
I would take someone I like to hang out with ... although he is not my partner. ?
The place is spectacular... Paris is such a perfect city and I love this place....
Bon chance!
I would love to take my daughter Kate. We are both avid readers. She can be found with a book in hand whenever she has a free moment and I routinely have at least 2 books on the go -a bedtime book and a daytime book.We also have a family “round robin” with books constantly being circulated. Kate has only been to Paris for a day with children and certainly didn’t get to read a book there. This would be heaven for both of us.
Best of luck Susan
C'est magnifique! I'd absolutely love to stay here. I would take my partner Dominic. We've been in a long-distance relationship for the last three years and he's in Paris for a conference next March. I've been hoping to meet up with him there, but have been fretting about the cost. We met working in a bookshop, so it would be wonderfully appropriate for our reunion to be at La Librairie!
Good luck!
I would take my husband as he has always dreamt of going to parise. ...and would appreciate this as he's a bookworm once the kids are in bed?.
Best of luck Lynsey
I would take my wife to La Librairie and read to her in the worlds most romantic city
Good luck 🙂
I would take my husband to La Librairie. He loves to read but life at home is so hectic he never has that quiet moment to enjoy a book. We both love Paris so much and couldn't think of a more wonderful place to stay.
Good luck Susan!
It looks amazing! I'd love to take my daughter, who studied Creative Writing at university, and perhaps introduce her to some of the French literature texts I studied when I was at uni!
Good luck Jan!
I met my Pete at university, where I was studying French. I'd travelled all my life but he didn't have a passport, I made him get one and then, poor thing, his very first international flight I made him do alone, to come and meet me in Paris! So it became our city for the next few years we used to visit often. And yes, both book lovers, I used to love browsing bookshops and the second hand ones along the Seine. We haven't been back for, maybe twenty years, so it would be wonderful to go back for a romantic luxury visit. We were budget travellers back then!!
Good luck 🙂
What an amazing prize. It was my mother's 80th this year and she is a life-long book lover - currently in 4 bookgroups! - and I would love to share this with her!
It's the perfect place for her then - she'd have a lot of books to choose from! Good luck 🙂
I’d love to stay here - although I’d probably stay in bed and read! I’m sure my friend Becky would be up for that too!
Good luck!
What a wonderful prize! I’d love to be cuddling up here with my husband Chris for our anniversary. A real romantic retreat!
Good luck Abbi 🙂