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Paris — France
Maison Vergerol — Paris, France
Nine rooms in a former bookbinding workshop from 1878, between the Odéon and the Luxembourg gardens. An inner courtyard, planted with a lime tree, sets the house back from the street.
- Maison Vergerol — Paris1878 · Photograph Jmgobet
- Photograph Philippe Alès
- Photograph Guilhem Vellut
The place
The Vergerol family bound books here for three generations. The presses left in 1976; the glass roof and the terracotta floor stayed. The rooms take up the two floors of the former living quarters, above the common room.
Each room is named after a kind of paper. The walls are limewashed, the beds made of oak. Bathrooms are tiled in white, with brass taps.
The neighbourhood
The Odéon theatre is a four-minute walk, the Luxembourg gardens six. The covered Saint-Germain market opens Tuesday through Sunday. The bookshops of Rue de l'Odéon and the cafés of Carrefour de Buci are all within ten minutes on foot.
Good to know
- 9 rooms over two floors, no lift.
- Breakfast served from 8 to 10:30 am in the common room, under the glass roof.
- Odéon metro station (lines 4 and 10) five minutes on foot.
- The house does not take pets.
- Arrival from 3 pm, departure before 11 am.
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