The quiet residential island behind Notre-Dame, lined with 17th-century town houses along Quai d'Orléans and Quai de Bourbon. Baudelaire and Gautier founded their Club des Hachischins here, and Berthillon's ice cream is on Rue Saint-Louis-en-l'Île.
- Address
- Île Saint-Louis, 75004 Paris
- Hours
- Open 24 hours (residential island)
- Best time to go
- Morning, Evening · About 45 min
- Price
- Free (public island)
- Price level
- €
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Cross Pont de la Tournelle for the view of Notre-Dame's apse, guarded by Landowski's statue of Sainte Geneviève.
- Walk Quai d'Orléans, Quai de Bourbon and Place Louis-Aragon at the island's western tip.
- Cross Pont Marie to the Marais side to continue along Quai des Célestins.