make a reservation at Napoleon's Retreat

Historic Lafayette Square • One Mile from Downtown St. Louis • 1.314.772.6979

Dear Corporate Guest and Business Traveler

Welcome to Napoleon’s Retreat Bed and Breakfast Inn, St. Louis’s premier bed and breakfast lodging establishment, and oldest. At Napoleon’s Retreat, we offer a professional, quality, quiet and convenient lodging for our business guests. One mile from downtown and adjacent to Interstate I-64, 44 & 55, you are never more than a few minutes from your next meeting. Our guests enjoy comfortable, high quality queen size beds, phone, Cable TV/DVD and well as free Wireless in each room. We include a full breakfast with flexible serving times for those with early meetings. Government rates Monday thru Friday and long-term corporate discounts are available. Please ask the innkeeper for details.

Our amenities in each room include


  • Free Wireless
  • Office Desk
  • Queen Size Beds
  • Complimentary sodas & homemade cookies
  • All major credit cards accepted
  • In room alarm clock and radio
  • In room hair dryer, ironing board/iron
  • In room refrigerators
  • Flexible breakfast serving time Monday thru Friday
  • Breakfast to go
  • Two blocks to nine restaurants for lunch and dinner
  • Express Check Out/Boarding Passes printed
  • Elegant, yet relaxed setting in a private and quiet neighborhood
  • Adjacent to Lafayette Park, perfect for jogging
  • Fifteen minute walk to downtown Union Station, MetroLink & Amtrack


  • "One of the top inns in the nation for the business traveler.” -USA Today