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Montparnasse, Paris — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Montparnasse lies in the south of Paris on the left bank of the Seine, centred where the Boulevard du Montparnasse crosses the Rue de Rennes.
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Where to stay in Montparnasse
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
The crossroads is the point. Rooms near the crossing of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes sit within reach of the Musée Bourdelle, the Musée Zadkine and the Luxembourg Museum, which is a dense museum run for one quarter of Paris. Three arrondissements share it.
Staying towards boulevard Raspail or towards the Église Notre-Dame-du-Travail gives quieter streets than the crossing itself, with the Church of Saint-Sulpice and the Musée Rodin still inside a walk.
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Boulevard du Montparnasse
The boulevard carries the crossroads the quarter is centred on, and the Musée Bourdelle and Musée Zadkine stand within the same streets.Find hotels in Boulevard du Montparnassesculpture and the Musée Maillol rather than the main crossingBoulevard Raspail
Boulevard Raspail marks one edge of Montparnasse in the record, and the Musée Maillol, the Musée Rodin and Saint-François-Xavier all fall inside the quarter.Find hotels in Boulevard Raspailwalks towards the Church of Saint-Sulpice and the Luxembourg MuseumRue de Rennes
Rue de Rennes is the second street the record names as an edge, and Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes and the Eugène-Delacroix National Museum stand on this side of the quarter.Find hotels in Rue de RennesHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Paris
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Museums & Galleries
3- Eugène-Delacroix National Museum Heritage
- Musée Pasteur Heritage
- Musée Rodin
Churches & Religious Sites
7- Church of Saint-Sulpice Heritage
- Saint-François-Xavier, Paris Heritage
- Église Notre-Dame-du-Travail Heritage
- église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin Heritage
- Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes Heritage
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- Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral Heritage
- Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Arche-d'Alliance Heritage
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About Montparnasse
What are the main landmarks in Montparnasse?
Museums outnumber everything. Montparnasse holds the Musée Bourdelle, the Musée Zadkine, the Musée Maillol, the Musée Rodin and the Luxembourg Museum, along with the Eugène-Delacroix National Museum and the Musée de La Poste. Churches thin the list only slightly.
The Church of Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes, Saint-François-Xavier and the Église Notre-Dame-du-Travail are all entered here, and further collections run to the Musée de Minéralogie, the Musée Pasteur and Mundolingua.
What is the history of Montparnasse?
Paris took it in 1669. That single date is the whole chronology the record supplies for Montparnasse, which the city has since divided between its 6th, 14th and 15th arrondissements rather than keeping whole. The Seine sets the side.
Left-bank ground throughout, the quarter carries the Maison d'Auguste Comte, the Crypte des Missions étrangères de Paris and the Musée Pasteur, buildings that hold what age the entry itself declines to date.
Where is Montparnasse?
Just over a square kilometre of left-bank ground, Montparnasse runs between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail, split across three arrondissements of Paris.
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What is the best area to stay in Montparnasse?
Boulevard du Montparnasse: a base at the Rue de Rennes crossing with the Musée Bourdelle close. Boulevard Raspail: sculpture and the Musée Maillol rather than the main crossing. Rue de Rennes: walks towards the Church of Saint-Sulpice and the Luxembourg Museum.
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Updated October 2026