Luggage storageJardin des Plantes

Storage and bag rules at Jardin des Plantes

The Jardin des Plantes sits in the 5th arrondissement, where it forms the historic heart of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, so it attracts plenty of visitors with a few hours to spare between other plans.

Suitcases and large bags are not allowed inside the garden, as items larger than 55 cm x 35 cm x 20 cm are prohibited. The lockers there need a €1 coin to operate, which is returned when you retrieve your belongings.

If you're arriving with something larger, Gare d'Austerlitz is one of the 13 major stations listed as providing an official left-luggage service. The garden can also be reached from Gare d'Austerlitz station on metro lines 5 and 10 and RER C.

Trains from Gare d'Austerlitz also serve the south of the Île-de-France region, with OUIGO Train Classique, INTERCITÉS, INTERCITÉS de nuit, TER, and RER C routes. With Stasher, you can store bags from €1.49 per bag per day at 20+ locations near the Jardin des Plantes.

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Nearby sights and their own bag rules

Notre-Dame de Paris, a Roman Catholic place of worship welcoming visitors for over 860 years, is free to enter, though reserving a time slot on its own website is recommended to avoid a long wait. The cathedral is served by several stations, including Cité or Saint-Michel (Line 4), Hôtel de Ville (Lines 1, 11), Maubert-Mutualité or Cluny – La Sorbonne (Line 10), Châtelet (Lines 7, 11, 14), and Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame (RER Lines B and C).

The Panthéon has no luggage locker or cloakroom, and bags or luggage larger than 20x40x40 cm are not permitted inside. It's served by RER B at Luxembourg and Metro lines 10 and 7 at Maubert-Mutualité and Place Monge, with daily opening from 10:00 am, closing at 6:30 pm from April through September and 6:00 pm the rest of the year.

Place des Vosges is a historic, enclosed public square in the Marais known for its uniform 17th-century architecture of red brick buildings with stone quoins and slate roofs. There is no luggage storage or cloakroom available for the public at Place des Vosges itself; however, the Maison de Victor Hugo, located at number 6 on the square, provides a free cloakroom exclusively for its museum visitors. It is served by the Saint-Paul station (Line 1), Chemin Vert station (Line 8), and Bastille station (Lines 1, 5, and 8).

The Rue Mouffetard neighbourhood likewise has no luggage storage or left-luggage facilities within it, and no official facility is provided there by the city or transport authorities.