Sleeping Belle Hotel, 234 rue de Bercy

A four-star between the station and the river

Sleeping Belle is at 234 rue de Bercy, in the 12th arrondissement, between the Gare de Lyon and the quai de la Rapée. The administrative quartier is Quinze-Vingts, and the hotel belongs to the area we cover as Bercy and Gare de Lyon. It is independent. Atout France, the national classification body, has rated it four stars since 12 January 2023; the register lists 36 rooms.

The hotel claims an Art Deco, “Roaring Twenties” décor and stands near the Gare de Lyon belfry, a square tower 67 metres high with a dial on each of its four faces.

Rooms and services

The hotel lists a “Bar & Vin”, a library and board games. Room service runs round the clock, and breakfast is served in a vaulted room. Rooms have individual air conditioning, and some take three or four guests. Pets are accepted and accessible rooms are listed. A seminar room and a coworking space are also announced. We found no restaurant serving lunch and dinner.

Metro and trains

Quai de la Rapée (line 5) is 350 metres, five minutes. The Gare de Lyon, with lines 1 and 14, RER A and D and Transilien R, is 400 metres, five minutes. Paris Austerlitz (RER C) is 750 metres, nine minutes. Place Louis-Armand, at the station and 280 metres from the hotel, is our reference point. From it, theoretical transit journeys are about 17 minutes to the Louvre (line 1), 16 to Notre-Dame (lines 14 and 4) and 35 to the Eiffel Tower (RER A, B and C). Line 14 runs direct to Orly.

Against its neighbours

Sleeping Belle has 36 rooms and is the smallest of the five independent four-stars on our list of nine for Bercy and Gare de Lyon. Hôtel Bel Oranger, about 70 metres away, is a three-star of 25 rooms and Hôtel Riesner, about 115 metres, a four-star of 38. Maison Traversière, a four-star of 49, is about 220 metres away. The Mercure Paris Gare de Lyon TGV, about 310 metres away, is a four-star of 315 rooms. See the 12th arrondissement list for all of them.