Directions from the Hôtel Bellevue et Chariot d’Or, the Hôtel des Ducs de Bourgogne, or from our Office, to the Gare Montparnasse

Step 1: Getting to the Métro.

From the Hôtel Bellevue et Chariot d'Or

Walk out the front door of the hotel and turn right. You will be on the rue de Turbigo, walking with the flow of traffic.

At the end of your hotel’s block, cross the busy Boulevard de Sebastopol (traffic flowing to your right), and turn right on the far side of the Boulevard, thus following the Boulevard de Sebastopol in the direction of traffic.

2 short blocks ahead, you will come to the entrance of the Réaumur-Sebastopol métro station. Enter the station. Now see step 2, below.

From the Hôtel Ducs de Bourgogne

Walk out the front door of the hotel and turn left. You will be on the rue du Pont Neuf, walking with the flow of traffic.

At the end of the street, a block and a half away, you come to the edge of a park, the Jardin des Halles. In front of you is a set of stairs / escalators leading down underground. Take these.

When you get to the bottom, you will be at the center of a shopping mall. Directly in front of you as you step off the escalator, on the right, is an entrance to the métro. Take this. It will bring you into the Les Halles métro station. Now see step 2, below.

From our Office

• Walk out the door of the office and turn left.
• Turn immediately right at the corner, onto the rue Tiquetonne.
• Turn left at the first opportunity, onto the rue Française.
• At the end of a short block, cross the street that you come to (the rue Etienne Marcel), and turn left once across, to follow this along its far sidewalk.
• A block away, on the far side of the rue de Turbigo, you will come to the Etienne Marcel métro station. Enter.

Now see step 2, below.


Step 2, Riding the Métro to Gare Montparnasse

Whether you have entered the métro at Réaumur-Sabastopol, Etienne-Marcel, or Les Halles, the instructions are now the same.

Follow signs to line 4, in the direction of Porte d'Orléans. These will lead you to a platform. If you have time while you wait, walk to the far end of the platform, to position yourself at the rear of the train.

Take any train that comes on this platform, to the Montparnasse-Bienvenue station (10 stops from Réaumur-Sabastopol, 9 from Etienne-Marcel, or 8 from Les Halles). There is a map above every car door to help you follow your progress.


Step 3, Finding Your Train

Leave the platform via one of the two exits at the rear of the train, the one signed for any of Gare Montparnasse, SNCF, or some combination. Gare means station in French, and SNCF is the name of the railroad. Some signes may refer to SNCF Grandes Lignes (Grandes Lignes are main line trains).

You will walk underground, up and down a few sets of stairs, through some passages – passing skeletons of passengers who hadn’t packed sufficient provisions – eventually reaching a long, moving sidewalk.

At the far end of the moving sidewalk, you will go up a final set of stairs / escalators, and exit the métro. Keep going up until you reach the departure level of the Grandes Lignes (long distance) trains. Ignore signes for banlieu (suburban trains). Consult the departure board to determine from which track your train will leave. It will be posted between 30 and 15 minutes in advance of departure.