Détails
- Adresse: 17 Rue Ferdinand Fabre, 75015 Paris
- District: 15
Description
Hôtel Grey Elephant is listed at 17 rue Ferdinand Fabre in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, a two to three minute walk from Convention station on Metro line 12. The listing is unclaimed and carries no guest reviews or traveller photos, and the property does not appear on Booking.com, Expedia, Hotels.com or Trivago, so no verifiable rate, room type or amenity list has been published for it. The surrounding Saint-Lambert quarter is well served: 137 restaurants and 25 attractions sit within 0.3 miles, and bus lines 39, 62, 70, 80 and 88 stop nearby. Treat the property itself as unverified and see the bookable 15th-arrondissement alternatives listed on this page.
Carte
Hôtel Grey Elephant is listed at 17 rue Ferdinand Fabre in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, a two to three minute walk from Convention station on Metro line 12. It appears on Tripadvisor as a “specialty inn,” but the listing is unclaimed, carries no guest reviews and no traveller photos, and the property does not appear on Booking.com, Expedia, Hotels.com or Trivago. That means nobody has published a verifiable rate, room type or amenity list for it. If you came here to book a room, the practical answer is that you cannot book this property through the usual channels today, and the rest of this page covers what is genuinely verifiable about the address, what is around it, and which nearby 15th-arrondissement hotels you can actually reserve.
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Hôtel Grey Elephant at a Glance
Every row below is drawn from the property’s Tripadvisor listing (record d23922972) or from public transit data, checked in July 2026. Where a fact could not be confirmed by any primary source, the table says so rather than guessing.
Détail |
What we verified |
|---|---|
Adresse |
17 rue Ferdinand Fabre, 75015 Paris |
Arrondissement |
15th (Saint-Lambert / Vaugirard quarter) |
Listing category |
Specialty inn (Tripadvisor) |
Nearest metro |
Convention, line 12, about 160 m |
Walk grade |
88 out of 100 (Tripadvisor walkability score) |
Guest reviews |
None published |
Traveller photos |
None published |
Listing ownership |
Unclaimed by the property |
Bookable on major OTAs |
Not found on Booking.com, Expedia, Hotels.com or Trivago |
Star rating |
Not published |
Room rates |
Not published by any source we could verify |
Where Exactly Is Hôtel Grey Elephant?
The listed address is 17 rue Ferdinand Fabre, 75015 Paris. Rue Ferdinand Fabre is a short residential street in the Saint-Lambert quarter of the 15th arrondissement, named after the French novelist Ferdinand Fabre (1827-1898). It runs off rue de Vaugirard, a few doors from the Convention metro entrance.
This is a working residential district rather than a tourist strip. Property listings for the street are almost entirely apartments and furnished flats, which matters if you are picturing a hotel lobby: the entry describes a small inn, not a full-service hotel, and the address sits in a residential block.
How Do You Get There from the Airports and the Metro?
The location itself is genuinely well connected, which is the strongest thing about this address. Convention and Vaugirard are both on line 12, which runs north through Montparnasse to Sèvres-Babylone and Concorde.
Depuis |
Distance or time |
Remarques |
|---|---|---|
Convention metro (line 12) |
About 160 m, 2-3 min walk |
Closest station |
Vaugirard metro (line 12) |
5-6 min walk |
Second option on the same line |
Les autobus |
Lines 39, 62, 70, 80, 88 |
All stop near the street |
Aéroport d'Orly (ORY) |
13.4 km / 8.3 miles |
The closer of the two main airports |
Charles de Gaulle (CDG) |
26.6 km / 16.5 miles |
Roughly an hour by public transport |
Older versions of this page described both airports as being conveniently close. Only Orly reasonably qualifies. Charles de Gaulle sits 26.6 km away on the opposite side of the city and involves at least one change plus the RER B, so budget a full hour each way.
Can You Actually Book Hôtel Grey Elephant?
Not through any mainstream channel that we could find in July 2026. Searches for the property name on Booking.com, Expedia, Hotels.com and Trivago return either nothing or a different Paris property, Le Grey Hotel in the 9th arrondissement, which is a separate four-star boutique hotel between the Opéra Garnier and Montmartre. The two are frequently confused because of the similar name, and they are not related.
The Tripadvisor entry offers a “check availability” panel, but that panel searches partner inventory across Paris rather than confirming rooms at this address. There is also no official website, no published phone number and no rate card attached to the listing.
The honest conclusion: treat Hôtel Grey Elephant as an unverified listing. If you find it offered somewhere at an unusually low rate, that is a reason for more caution, not less.
What Do Guest Reviews Say?
There are none. As of July 2026 the Tripadvisor page states plainly that there are no reviews and no traveller photos for this property, and it still carries the “Claim Your Listing” prompt that Tripadvisor shows when an owner has never taken control of the entry.
An unclaimed listing with zero reviews is not proof that a property is bad. It usually means one of three things: the entry was created by a third party and never used, the property is very small and has never attracted a review, or the business has closed or changed name since the entry was made. None of those situations gives you anything to book against.
Earlier versions of this page summarised traveller reviews praising clean rooms and the central location. Those summaries did not correspond to any published review and have been removed. You can browse verified Tripadvisor reviews for Paris hotels to compare properties that do have a track record.
What Is Actually Around 17 Rue Ferdinand Fabre?
This part checks out well. Tripadvisor counts 137 restaurants and 25 attractions within 0.3 miles of the address, and several of the closest ones rate highly.
- AlKaram: Lebanese, about a minute away, rated 4.8 out of 5 from 898 reviews. The closest well-reviewed restaurant to the address.
- Le Bélisaire: French bistro, about four minutes, 4.6 out of 5 from 857 reviews.
- Les Vignes du Liban: Lebanese, about four minutes, 4.5 out of 5 from 426 reviews.
- Le Cambodge: Asian, about five minutes, 4.6 out of 5 from 227 reviews.
- Square Saint-Lambert: a neighbourhood park about five minutes away, one of the larger green spaces in the district. See our guide to Paris parks for the bigger ones.
- Square Adolphe-Chérioux: a smaller square about four minutes away.
- Église Saint-Lambert de Vaugirard: the local parish church, a short walk from the street.
One correction worth flagging: a previous version of this page pointed readers toward Ciel de Paris as a nearby dining option. That restaurant, on the 56th floor of the Montparnasse Tower, closed permanently on 20 June 2025 for the tower’s renovation, which is expected to run to around 2030. It is no longer an option for anyone staying in the area.
For sightseeing, the Eiffel Tower is about 2.5 km away, a walk of roughly half an hour or a short ride, and the Louvre is a metro ride with one change. If you want to skip the queue there, the Louvre skip-the-line entrance ticket saves the worst of the wait. Our wider guide to choses à faire à Paris covers the rest.
Where Should You Stay Instead, Near Convention?
If the Saint-Lambert location is what attracted you, these are properties in the same arrondissement that you can actually research and book:
- Hôtel Avenir Vaugirard: on the same metro corridor, closest in spirit to what this listing promised.
- Hôtel Carladez Cambronne: a little further north in the 15th, nearer the Eiffel Tower side.
- Campanile Paris 15 – Tour Eiffel: a reliable chain option in the same district.
- Chouette Hotel: another budget-leaning 15th-arrondissement choice.
Our full Paris hotel guide compares districts and price bands. If you are willing to trade central location for space and parking, we also cover hotels outside Paris in the wider Île-de-France region.
Is the 15th Arrondissement a Good Base?
Yes, for a particular kind of traveller. The 15th is Paris’s most populous arrondissement and reads as a real neighbourhood rather than a visitor district. Rooms are usually cheaper than in the 1st through 8th, the streets are quiet at night, and lines 12, 10, 8 and 6 give you fast access to the centre and to Montparnasse.
The trade-off is that you will not step out of your door into a postcard. There are no headline monuments in the immediate area, evenings are subdued, and most sightseeing means a metro ride. If you want to weigh that against the other districts, our guide to Paris by arrondissement lays out what each one is good for.
Mistakes to Avoid When Booking an Unverified Paris Listing
- Do not treat a directory entry as a bookable hotel. Tripadvisor, Google and mapping apps all carry entries that were created once and never maintained. An entry is not an inventory.
- Check whether the listing is claimed. A “Claim Your Listing” prompt means the business has never verified the page. Anything on it is unconfirmed.
- Be careful with similar names. Hôtel Grey Elephant and Le Grey Hotel are different properties in different arrondissements, and search engines mix them up constantly.
- Confirm the arrondissement, not just “Paris.” A 75015 postcode puts you in the 15th, several kilometres from the Louvre and the Marais and a metro ride from most headline sights. Plenty of listings still describe it as central.
- Prepay only through a platform with a cancellation record. If the only route to a room is a direct bank transfer or a payment link, walk away.
Notre Paris trip-planning guide and our Paris travel tips cover the rest of the booking process.
Questions fréquemment posées
Where is Hôtel Grey Elephant located?
At 17 rue Ferdinand Fabre, 75015 Paris, in the Saint-Lambert quarter of the 15th arrondissement, about 160 metres from Convention station on Metro line 12.
Is Hôtel Grey Elephant open?
We could not confirm that it is trading. The Tripadvisor listing is unclaimed, has no reviews or photos, and the property does not appear on the major booking platforms. Treat its status as unverified.
How much does a room at Hôtel Grey Elephant cost?
No verifiable rate exists. Any price you see quoted for this property, including the figures that previously appeared on this page, is not backed by a primary source. For context, aggregator listings for 15th-arrondissement hotels started around $88 a night in July 2026, with cheap-hotel filters running to roughly $139.
Is Hôtel Grey Elephant the same as Le Grey Hotel?
No. Le Grey Hotel is a four-star boutique property in the 9th arrondissement between the Opéra Garnier and Montmartre, with hundreds of published reviews. They share nothing beyond a similar name.
Which metro station is closest?
Convention on line 12, about a two to three minute walk. Vaugirard, also on line 12, is five to six minutes away. Bus lines 39, 62, 70, 80 and 88 serve the street.
Quels sont les horaires d’arrivée et de départ ?
None are published for this property. Earlier versions of this page listed 3:00 PM check-in and 11:00 AM check-out, but no source supports those figures and they have been removed. Paris hotels typically open check-in between 14:00 and 15:00 and ask for check-out by 11:00 or 12:00, so use that as a working assumption anywhere you do book.
What amenities does it have?
Unknown. No amenity list, star rating or room-service information has been published by the property or by a booking platform. The earlier amenity table on this page contradicted itself, marking the property as not air-conditioned in one row while listing air conditioning in every room in another, so it has been removed rather than corrected.
How far is it from the airports?
Orly is 13.4 km (8.3 miles) away and Charles de Gaulle is 26.6 km (16.5 miles). Allow about an hour from Charles de Gaulle by public transport.
Sources and Method
Address, walkability grade, airport distances, metro walking times, restaurant ratings and the review and photo counts come from the property’s Tripadvisor listing (record d23922972), checked in July 2026. Metro and bus detail was cross-checked against public transit routing for rue Ferdinand Fabre. Booking availability was tested by searching the property name on Booking.com, Expedia, Hotels.com and Trivago. The Ciel de Paris closure date comes from Paris press coverage of the Montparnasse Tower renovation.
We removed material from the earlier version of this page that we could not verify: a room-rate table quoted in US dollars, a summary of guest reviews that do not exist, a star rating, and an amenity list that contradicted itself on air conditioning. Where a fact could not be confirmed, this page now says so instead of filling the gap.
Last updated July 2026. This update corrected the walkability grade from 89 to 88, removed unverifiable rates and review summaries, added the verified address and transport data, flagged the Ciel de Paris closure, and added bookable alternatives in the same arrondissement.