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1. Grand Hotel Du Palais Royal

2. Hôtel Grand Powers

3. Cler Hotel

4. Victoria Palace Hotel

5. Hotel de Londres Eiffel

6. Hôtel Bradford Elysées - Astotel

7. Hotel du Danube Saint Germain

8. Hôtel Molière

9. B Montmartre Hotel

10. Hotel d'Orsay - Esprit de France

11. hotel relais bosquet by malone, 12. hôtel henriette, 13. hotel signature st germain des pres, 14. hotel saint-marc, 15. hotel marignan champs-elysées, 16. la chambre du marais, 17. hotel le six, 18. relais hotel du vieux paris, 19. hotel therese, 20. hotel d'angleterre, saint germain des pres, 21. hôtel monsieur aristide, 22. hôtel la lanterne & spa, 23. hotel mayfair paris, 24. hôtel adèle & jules, 25. hôtel de buci, 26. hotel da vinci, 27. west end hotel, 28. hotel brighton - esprit de france, 29. hotel duquesne eiffel, 30. hotel saint germain, popular destinations for boutique hotels.

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12 most beautiful boutique hotels in Paris 2024

Stay somewhere out of the ordinary with our pick of the best boutique hotels in Paris

If you've ever stayed in a boutique hotel, then you know they're the real deal when it comes to creating a more unique and tailored experience during your stay  –   it's the middle ground between a B&B and a hotel, and in some cases even fancier. Of course, this is Paris we're talking about, a city never lacking in wow factor when it comes to exceptional restaurants , architecture, museums and things to do , so beautiful boutiques are just another on the list.

Whether you're honeymooning in Paris for the weekend, you're visiting with friends or flying solo, do Paris in style. It'd be criminal not to…

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La Maison Favart

• Grands Boulevards

Small in stature, yet grand in style. This playful tribute to Justine and Charles Favart  is best characterised by its romantic 18th-century decor and artistic flair that provides guests with a blissful momentary escape  –  a journey that begins in one of the small but comfy, uniquely-furnished rooms and suites  –  though, is likely to end with a massage at the stone vaulted spa. You'll find this little charmer nestled in the 2nd arrondissement, just a five-minute stroll to Opéra Garnier and Grands Boulevards. 

The mood? Charming and theatrical.  Location perks? It's all about French-style hospitality here.   Budget range? Moderately-priced.

Hôtel Design Secret De Paris

• Saint-Georges
• price 2 of 4

At Secret De Paris, there's no need to peel back your curtains to get a glimpse of the city. Each guestroom is individually designed to pay tribute to Paris' most iconic monuments like the Eiffiel Tower, Musée D'Orsay and Trocadéro. Some even contain a Jacuzzi for when you need to reset from roaming the busy boulevards. The only trouble is, you won't want to leave. 

The mood? A romantic rendezvous.   Location perks? A stone's throw away from Monmarte and Saint-Lazare (the real ones).  Budget range? An economical couples stay.

Maison Souquet

While we're on the topic of hedonism, we may as well indulge a while longer by putting a spotlight on the infamous Maison Souquette - a former brothel, turned glamorous underworld. Here you'll find walls lined with 1895 cordova leather, Moorish earthenware, porcelain, copper and bric-a-brac furniture. Once you've dropped your bags, you can grab a drink at the cocktail bar and later, head to the spa, complete with a swimming pool you can rent by the hour.

The mood? Lavish and mysterious. Location perks? Situated in the Montmartre district: full of cobbled lanes, street artists and cute little confectioners. Budget range? A frivolous two nights.

Grand Pigalle Hotel

In the heart of Pigalle, just a few yards from the Moulin Rouje, in a classic Hausmanian building, you'll discover retro-style rooms that feel just about as laid-back and cool as SoPi itself. Sporting brassy tones, and dark, sultry greens and blues that capture both the hedonism and cosmopolitan spirit of this historic neighbourhood. 

The mood? Bobo, chic.   Location perks? The must-try Frenchie restaurant has racked up a lot of press for its edgy take on gourmet and late-night cocktail bar.   Budget range? Budget-friendly weekend, or make that adventure. 

Le Pavillon de la Reine & Spa

Like something straight off a Pinterest board, discover Le Pavillion de la Reine on one of the most beautiful squares in Paris. No ordinary stay means, no ordinary entrance either.  Once you pass the discrete threshold of this vine-trailed 17th-century build, it's through to the blissful flower-filled courtyard for a quiet read or some refreshments. Rooms here are elegantly decorated, spacious and fit for royalty. Should you fancy, you can also pedal around Le Marais on one of the hotel's complimentary bikes.  The mood? Magical.  Location perks? The chef's signature chocolate soufflè of course.   Budget range? Pricey.  

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• Saint-Germain-des-Prés
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What could be more exquisite a stay in the former home of Wilde himself? After all, it has quite the glitzy A-list reputation, with the likes of Dali, Sinatra and Grace Kelly, Richard Burton and many more paying a visit to these incredibly chic quarters. Stay in one of the 20 Baroque-style guestrooms and you'll feel like you've fully arrived in Paris. 

The mood? Utterly lavish.   Location perks? After a bit of cultural indulgence? The Louvre, Orsay Museum and Notre Dame are all within walking distance.   Budget range? Mid-high. 

Hôtel La Belle Juliette

• Rennes-Sèvres

This hotel gets its name from notorious 19th-century it-girl and  literary salon host  Juliette Récamier - a homage located in the Saint-German, with each floor carrying inspiration from Juliette's life. Each room contains a vibrant colour palette and a blend of modern and antique furnishings. 

The mood? Modern kitsch. Location perks? Close to J ardin du Luxembourg and Saint-Placide and Vaneau Metro Stations.  Budget range? Affordable price tag.  

Grand Hôtel Du Palais Royal

Everything about this hotel feels so quintessentially Parisian. From its Hausmanian facade to its balconies to its impressive staircase and high ceilings. And no one does it quite like the French when it comes to refinement. Rooms are brightly furnished with soft pastels, linens and antiques to offer you the height of comfort.     

The mood? Pov: you're Emily in Paris.   Location perks? Home of the famous Cafe 52 Paris 1er who are all about well-being and responsibly sourced cuisine.   Budget range? For those with expensive taste. 

Hôtel Da Vinci

Muse over some of Da Vinci's most famous works, like the 'Madonna of the Carnation', the 'Mona Lisa' and the rearing horse sketch, all while enjoying a remarkable stay in the 6th Arrondissement. Each of these elegantly made-up guestrooms invites you to peer into the genius of the artist, in some cases, transporting you altogether. 

The mood? Elegant and refined. Location perks? A stone's throw from Musée d'Orsay and  Tuileries Garden. Budget range? Pricey, but truly one of a kind. 

Hôtel Vernet

• Champs-Elysées

Since there isn't a really word in the English language that can describe Hotel Vernet's boisterous yet elegant style, we've just gone with cool. Adored for almost  100 years, it sits between the Golden Triangle and Place de l'Etoile, and continues to stun with Carrara marble basins, glass mosaics, brass fittings, glass lift and domed roof whose geometric wizardry demands you look up and sneak a quick pic during brunch. 

The mood? Hip and elegant. Location perks? Close to Champs Elysée and Arc de Triomphe. Budget range? Top dollar, but worth the five-star treatment. 

Hôtel de Joséphine Bonaparte

Given that it's housed in an old 17th-century convent, Hôtel de Joséphine Bonaparte can be forgiven its various idiosyncrasies. Such as the wavy beams that span the ceilings – all original no less – or its modestly sized rooms, some of which are really quite snug. But the decor and vibe more than makes up for it. Each dwelling is uniquely adorned with thick busy drapes, elaborate wallpaper and chevron parquet flooring. There are sleek Victorian-style bathrooms, tea and coffee making facilities, free wifi and TVs in every room too. And when you venture out, it's less than a five-minute walk to Saint-Paul metro station and just a little further to the beatiful Place des Vosges, the oldest planned square in the city.

The mood? Ecelctic dreams. Location perks? In the heart of the trendy Le Marais district. Budget range? Pretty spenny.

The Originals Boutique, Hôtel Maison Montmartre Paris Les Puces

While the decor at The Originals may not wow you, the view will. Atop this Jenga-style modernist grey block is a fab rooftop bar that offers stunning vistas of the hilly Montmartre district. Each of the 185 modest rooms are tastefully fashioned and come equipped with a kettle, coffee machine, flat-screen TV and desk – or you can make use of the co-working areas. Plus, if per chance you're planning to drive, there's a secure parking garage beneath it (at an extra cost).

The mood? Modernist on the outside, simple modern inside. Location perks? Drop-dead views of Sacré Coeur, which is just a 30-minute walk, and the Eiffel Tower. Budget range? Surprisingly affordable.

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• 1 Hotel Paris Bastille Boutet - MGallery by Sofitel
• 2 Hôtel Providence
• 3 Hotel L’Echiquier Opera Paris - MGallery by Sofitel
• 4 Le Pigalle
• 5 Le Roch Hotel & Spa
• 6 Les Bains Paris
• 7 Hotel Henriette
• 8 Hôtel Saint-Marc
• 9 Hotel Bachaumont
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10 Best Boutique Hotels in Paris

With affordable boutiques at an all-time premium, cookie-cutter hotels are simply out of the question when it comes to a Parisian rendezvous. Here, 10 of our favorites from sexy stays in Le Marais to Art Deco-inspired pied-à-terres in the relatively tourist-free 2nd arrondissement.

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Hotel Paris Bastille Boutet - MGallery by Sofitel

Housed in the Bastille neighborhood’s Maison Boutet—the former abode of an exotic wood importer and cabinetmaker, then a chocolate factory— Hotel Paris Bastille Boutet opened in 2015 holding steadfast to its industrial roots. While the exterior is all Art Deco mosaics, the minimalist guestrooms—which are best reached via a commanding, six-story central staircase—feature sleek dark woods, high ceilings, warm tones, and floor-to-ceiling windows. Once you’ve adequately unpacked, make a beeline for the basement where the hotel hides a petite white and blue pool that looks straight out of a Wes Anderson film.

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Hôtel Providence

There’s nothing subtle about Parisian bar mogul Pierre Moussié’s 18-room, 10th arrondissement boutique. In fact, waking up in Hôtel Providence is like finding yourself in your most eccentric aunt’s jewelry box. The 1854 Haussmann-style building is dripping in beyond bold wallpapers, rich and brooding color palettes, concentrated splashes of brass, marble mosaic flooring, and postcard-worthy Montmartre and Sacré-Cœur views. Although rooms run the aesthetic gamut from classic Parisian to bohemian chic, common themes are expertly woven throughout. Head to the ground floor Gothic speakeasy-esque bar and restaurant for regional specialities like duck foie gras with smoked eel and vinegar reduction and oysters from the Normandy coast.

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Hotel L’Echiquier Opera Paris - MGallery by Sofitel

Step into your own 1930s-style Parisian apartment at Hotel L’Echiquier Opera Paris , set on a quiet side street not far from the Grands Boulevards and Opéra Garnier. Seductive Belle Époque decor comes in the form of Haussmann chandeliers, heavy velvet curtains, and lacquered wooden wall paneling; plus—from the top floors— unobstructed views out over the rooftops of Montmartre are thrown in for good measure. Traveling with tots? They’ll enjoy Le Petite Prince-themed amenities while adult interests are piqued at ground-level Le 38 Bar Lounge, an intimate winter garden cocktail den done up in sparkling mosaic tiles, rattan armchairs, and intimate seating alcoves.

On the border between the 9th and 18th arrondissements, Paris’ red-light Pigalle district used to be strictly known for its sleaze factor—that is; sex shops, erotic adult theaters, and the iconic Moulin Rouge cabaret. But over the past few years, naughty “Pig Alley” has undergone something of a renaissance, ushering in au courant fashion labels, cocktail dens, and bobo boutiques—all of which draw it comparisons to trendy Brooklyn nabes like Williamsburg. Le Pigalle’s exterior is in typical Neoclassical / La Nouvelle Athènes fashion (like the rest of the 9th arr.), while 40 design-led rooms are done up in second-hand furniture, vintage art posters, stacks of books, and turntables with a selection of vinyl records.

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Le Roch Hotel & Spa

Set on a quiet historic street between Place de l’Opera and Place Vendôme in Paris’ 1st arrondissement, this boutique sleep is sure to spur some serious postcode envy. A 15-minute walk in any direction can land you at the city’s most coveted attractions, including the Louvre, Champs-Élysées, Palais Royal, and Le Marais neighborhood. Indoors, thirty-seven design-forward guestrooms go all in on Carrara marble, walnut flooring, brass trimmings, and boldly-patterned area carpets. As comfortable as the accommodations are, be sure to hit the swimming pool—a black lava rock number flooded with natural light. Looking to score a hot dinner reservation or track down a new art gallery? Chat up Le Roch’s head concierge Benjamin—the youngest Clefs d’Or concierge in the world.

Les Bains Paris

The Marais neighborhood’s Les Bains Paris has lived more than a few lives since it opened in 1885. Initially, the Haussmann-style building served as the city’s first bathhouse, attracting high-profile customers like Marcel Proust. Then, in 1978, the spot took a hedonistic turn as it transitioned into club that saw the likes of David Bowie, Prince, Mick Jagger, and more. Finally, in 2011 it relaunched as a luxury hotel with the help of French architect Vincent Bastie and interior designers Tristan Auer and Denis Montel who filled 39 airy guestrooms with contemporary artworks, distressed gray Gainsbourienne carpeting, and vintage-style replica sofas à la Warhol (who was a regular face at the club). Seasonally-inspired neo-brasserie La Salle-à-Manger is still one of the hottest tables in town; drop by the red lacquer dining room for a locally-sourced menu including honey from Les Bains’ rooftop beehive.

Hotel Henriette

Tucked away on a narrow cobblestoned street in the Mouffetard neighborhood, Hotel Henriette ’s hip conceptual design comes by way of fashion journalist Vanessa Scoffier. Thirty-two guest rooms mix and match 1950s Danish tables, palm-printed wallpapers, technicolored pastel and plywood walls, sleek brass lighting fixtures, and faux-fur desk chairs. Need a moment of contemplative quiet? Hang out in the conservatory winter garden which makes way to a bijou stone patio (think vine-covered walls, wildflower-filled shabby-chic pitchers, and worn bistro tables and chairs).

Hôtel Saint-Marc

A two-year overhaul by Milanese designers Dimore Studio was what it took to transform this once five-story circa-1791 mansion into a glam Art Deco boutique. Today, each of Hotel Saint-Marc ’s 25 pied-a-terre-style rooms are a perfect marriage of vintage and modern, featuring palm-printed drapes, Dedar velvet sofas in hues like mustard yellow and dusky blush, rugs from Louis de Poortere, and geometric brass headboards. Aside from slick design, the restoration also introduced a glass-topped, trellis-lined courtyard and a basement-level counter-current lap pool and hammam. Since you’ll be just a stone’s throw from trendy Opéra Garnier and Rue Vivienne, plan on devoting ample time to the 2nd arrondissement's boutique shops and laid-back brasseries.

Hotel Bachaumont

Ask anyone who lives in a shoebox-size apartment in Manhattan, and they’ll tell you location is everything. The same sentiment applies to Parisian boutiques, and 49-room Hotel Bachaumont plants its roots in the Montorgueil quartier, just minutes from emblematic attractions like Musee du Louvre, the Notre Dame, and the right bank of the Seine. The hotel’s minimalist Art Deco-inspired aesthetic comes courtesy of interior designer Dorothée Meilichzon; clean and cosy guestrooms feature antique mid-century accents, herringbone parquet floors, deep blue color palettes, and lots of natural light supplied by French balconies.

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Saint James Paris

Franco-American designer Bambi Sloan is the eclectic-eyed visionary behind Saint James Paris’ ostentatious decor. Enter through the three-story chateau’s Neoclassical facade—which rests behind a private water fountain and circular drive—and you’ll wander through nearly every decorative period. Power-clashing decor (think: tartan wallpaper, leopard-print carpets, velvet loveseats, and a grand staircase lined with hot air balloon print) in common rooms hints at what’s waiting behind guestroom doors; while all 49 rooms and suites reside behind identical red entranceways, you’ll find no two follow the same aesthetic. Head offsite to gape at Monet’s waterlilies at the little-known Musée Marmottan , get your fix of elegant Asian art at the Guimet , or take in the Frank Gehry-designed Louis Vuitton Foundation in the the Bois de Boulogne. Once back at your temporary home, get acquainted with the Guerlain Spa; there, East meets West with boudoir-style rooms, two Turkish baths, and sensorial face and body treatments.

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The 51 Best Hotels in Paris

By Lindsey Tramuta and Sandra Ramani

The very best hotels of Paris encourage lingering. Whether you’re in the City of Light for business or pleasure, there’s a hotel here to suit your style, mood, and budget—and to tempt you to stay longer. They occupy every kind of space, from repurposed historic mansions to barges on the Seine river, everywhere from the beating heart of the city to up-and-coming neighborhoods. And just when you think there couldn’t possibly be another new hotel to enhance the experience, one comes along to the Paris landscape alongside tried-and-true institutions to make a lasting impression. No matter what you’re looking for in this trip, our list of Paris's best hotels has you covered. Feel like you can’t choose only one? That’s reason enough to return.

For more recommendations, see our pick of the best family friendly hotels in Paris , and our edit of the best hotels with a view in Paris . For a more affordable stay, we've rounded up our favourite cheaper hotels in the city, along with a selection of some of the best Airbnbs in Paris to book right now.

Read our complete Paris travel guide here .

Every hotel on this list has been selected independently by our editors and written by a Condé Nast Traveler journalist who knows the destination and has visited that property. When choosing hotels, our editors consider properties across price points that offer an authentic and insider experience of a destination, keeping design, location, service, and sustainability credentials top of mind. This gallery has been updated with new information since its original publish date.

The best hotels in Paris 2024 at a glance:

• Best for families: The Peninsula Paris
• Best for views of the Eiffel Tower: SO/ Paris
• Best hotel near the Louvre: Le Meurice
• Best for couples: Cheval Blanc
• Best for peak luxury: The Ritz

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The Marais neighborhood’s Place de Vosges has often been called one of the most beautiful squares in the world, so it’s a good thing that this family-owned hotel’s ivy-covered, 17th-century façade fits right in. The insides are pretty photo-worthy, too: past the extensive private garden courtyard—a fairytale come to life when all lit up—the interiors by Didier Benderli of Kérylos Interiors mix Old World touches like original antiques, marble fireplace mantles, and richly-colored oil portraits of aristocratic faces with contemporary-styled furnishings and clean lines, resulting in a vibe that’s both plush and un-fussy. Take note: The 56 rooms and suites each feature a different style and décor, so be sure to ask in advance if you prefer antique over modern, or vice-versa.

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This place is made for falling in love—with Paris, above all. Hidden away on a side street in the ever-evolving 10th arrondisement, this 19th-century townhouse has been impeccably crafted under the direction of Pierre Moussie, known for his upscale bistros, including the nearby Chez Jeannette. Bespoke doesn’t begin to cover it: every finish, fabric, and fixture has been hand-picked from a mix of contemporary, vintage, and flea-market finds, resulting in a atmosphere that’s at once refined and playful.

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In the beating heart of historic literary Paris, this retro-chic five-star on the left bank cleverly plays up the writers and philosophers who have spent time both in the Saint-Germain neighborhood and the hotel’s previous incarnation. Books published by Gallimard, whose headquarters are a short walk away, abound in cozy lounges, from the moody library to the fireplace salon, and in guest rooms, setting an artistic tone throughout the hotel. All 47 rooms and suites feel like little apartments, each with Haussmanian high ceilings, crown moldings, plush 70s-style furnishings, parquet floors, curvaceous angles and decorative pieces (mirrors, pillows, bedspreads, wall lights, and more) and a slightly different color palette. Keeping with the retro-chic aesthetic, double basins in the bathroom are set within a custom-designed wood and brushed brass cabinet while the Terrazzo floor shifts nicely from the Chevron floors. Of course, the most spectacular of the rooms is the top-floor (aptly-named) Joyce Suite—nearly 753 square feet of space with exposed wood beams, two bathrooms, and unobstructed views over the rooftops of Paris. 

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Located on a discreet corner near Les Halles in what was once Paris ’s only 24-hour post office, Madame Rêve Hotel is where well-heeled guests spend the night in stylish rooms with monument views, or at the hotel’s 10,000-square-foot rooftop and restaurant, primed for peak summer socializing. This is as central Paris as you can get: Walk south a mere four blocks to the Seine and the newly reopened La Samaritaine department store; east to the spectacular Bourse de la Commerce Pinault Collection and Les Halles; west to Palais Royale and the Louvre . Essentially, you can’t sneeze without bumping into 1,000 years of Paris history and culture. The pedestrian thoroughfare rue Montorgueil is also nearby for all your artisanal desires, be it a box of chocolates from À la Mère de Famille or a specialty pastry from Fou de Patisserie. Guests here range from tattooed fashion designers to white-haired entrepreneurs in pink Saint Laurent sneakers. The 82 rooms give off Bond-meets-Balmain vibes, with onyx desks and tables, tan leather chairs, and sumptuous linens—and, if you choose wisely, views of the Eiffel Tower . Enjoy a sexy, dimly lit dinner at La Plume, a Franco-Japanese offering that’s definitely the property’s pride and joy. 

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César Ritz opened this limestone bastion of French hospitality in 1898 and, in the course of running it, he and his wife, Marie Louise, who would take over the business, flipped the industry on its head. It was the first hotel in Paris with telephones, the first to offer private baths, and the first to install electricity throughout the property. It was also one of the first places in town where women could come without chaperones and meet friends for five o’clock tea. From the start, The Ritz Paris has been a Grand Siècle-style hotel with a modern soul and, much as in 1898, change is afoot. It’s said that when he was too ill to dine out, Marcel Proust had chicken and potatoes sent over from The Ritz Paris—now those hallowed kitchens are home to their first female head chef, Eugénie Béziat. Chef Béziat was born in Gabon to French parents and spent her childhood in Africa, so the flagship restaurant, Espadon , features dishes such as chicken yassa, a Senegalese speciality, and barbecued lobster with cassava semolina. Meanwhile, down a warmly lit hall is Bar Hemingway, named for the American novelist who scrimped for a cocktail a week at The Ritz. Last spring, longtime head bartender Colin Field (inventor of the Clean Dirty Martini, served with an ice cube of olive juice) stepped aside, and his protégé Anne-Sophie Prestail, has come in from the wings. — Jo Rodgers

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The Quartier Latin is, of course, a famously artsy part of Paris—one with strong cinematic associations. But you needn’t have stumbled out of a screening room at the nearby Le Champo rubbing your eyes with one hand and clutching an issue of  Cahiers du Cinéma in the other to appreciate what designer Raphael Navot has done with Hôtel Dame Des Arts. It’s all about the interplay between curved and straight lines, hard and soft textures, glossy and matte surfaces—you’ll inhale its essence the moment you step inside. Style-wise, the 109 rooms are similarly got-up in a way that is at once spartan and spoiling, chic and subdued. The in-house restaurant serves up elevated contemporary Mexican cuisine with fusion of French, Mexican, and Japanese flavors, while the 360-degree views from the rooftop bar alone are a reason to book. If your faith in Paris is flagging—which does happen but seldom lasts—a visit to the rooftop of Hôtel Dame des Arts will restore it. —Steve King

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The carefree spirit of the roaring twenties lives on in this affordable and eminently fun eight-story Art Deco relic, with well-designed rooms, an elegant brasserie popular with locals, and a nightclub to keep the action going until late. The 106 rooms were given an autumnal, woody touch with burl wood headboards, curved armchairs or sofas, retro tiled bathrooms and alabaster suspension lamps, thoughtfully whisk guests to another time. The Sacré Coeur looms large from northern-facing room windows (and in some cases, balconies) but is accessible to all from the rooftop lounge bar. Be aware, if you don’t splurge on a suite, rooms will be compact in true Parisian style. The old-world brasserie on the ground-floor is destination among Parisians that has plush banquettes, soaring ceilings, and comforting Parisian classics like chicken liver pâté and roasted pork belly with crisp frites.

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Paris is a city of pools—in fact, it's home to 38 public swimming spots—but none have the history of the Molitor. The bikini debuted here, and they say the water is so clear you can make your morning coffee with it. After a $100 million investment, the Molitor has been resurrected as the city's latest cool hangout. This is like staying at a beach club in the least likely of cities, where you'll meet an artsy, bon-vivant bunch looking to escape the summer heat. Perhaps the most transformative addition of all is the new hotel, most of whose 124 rooms have pool-facing portholes for prime people-watching. The mostly neutral colors (browns and creams) and modern design scheme of the interior offsets the pop-y yellows blues and whites of the pool area.Its lobby is a mélange of styles: industrial exposed ceiling, Art Deco furniture, and a graffiti-splattered Rolls-Royce—perfect to set the scene for a place that's used to making history.

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Themed hotels devoted to literary giants may be nothing new. Happily, the uber-stylish 23-suite Maison Proust belongs to another rarefied category, designed for an international luxe clientele who appreciate beauty, art, history, and—why not?—love. In other words, not just for book snobs or self-proclaimed esthetes. And it’s perfectly okay if you’ve never read a single page of Proust. The subtle conjuring of the French novelist is more about the Belle Époque atmosphere, as glowing with exquisite detail as the writer’s haunting seven-volume masterwork  In Search of Lost Time . When you step inside this gorgeously restored six-story townhouse, set back on a quiet street in Le Marais, guests are immediately caught up in the enchantment—an enveloping whoosh of exoticism—where, in the blink of an eye, you gaze in wonder at the sumptuously furnished Belle Époque salon/bar and slide a century back in time. —Lanie Goodman

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Previously the administrative headquarters for Zadig & Voltaire spanning three buildings from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, the hotel is fashion designer Thierry Gillier’s first foray into the hotel industry. He tapped the right talents to bring his interpretation of Parisian elegance and hospitality to life, including the designers behind Festen Architecture known for skillfully updating historic spaces and designing hotels that feel more like private residences (such as  Les Roches Rouges and Le Pigalle). There’s no standard room given that the property is composed of three different buildings from three different periods. But some details are shared, from fringed velvet furnishings, nature-inspired rugs, seashell light fixtures (which nod to the 16th century ornamentation on the hotel’s listed façade), bespoke headboards, solid oak wall lights, manor-style woodwork, and a soft, earthy color palette. The minibar is a compelling decorative  touch on its own, set inside a dedicated cupboard and features an array of local, gourmet snacks, antiqued wine and cocktail glasses, and an anniversary edition of the 1935 Illy espresso machine for your morning and afternoon coffees. 

Saint James Paris Arrow

Set in a neoclassical former private residence and surrounded by a sizable structural garden, Paris’ s only château-hotel underwent a radical decorative transformation last year—courtesy of Laura Gonzalez, who made it feel like a one-of-a-kind Parisian home once again. The 50 rooms and suites are perfect examples of Gonzalez’s maximalist design style: Think nature-inspired wallpapers, ornate moldings, and plush fabrics in mixed colors and textures. The wellness program also got a total reboot and was relaunched in 2021 as a three-room Guerlain spa, with large vaulted spaces, a stone staircase, and an aesthetic reminiscent of Greco-Roman thermal baths .

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The ornate, Beaux-Arts frame of the InterContinental Paris Le Grand has been around since 1862, when the building was first inaugurated as Le Grand Hotel. Since then, its reputation for grandeur, along with its prime location—just across the avenue from the gilded Palais Garnier, home to the Paris Opera—has made it a magnet for international royalty (Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra, King Edward VII of England) and regular, if well-heeled, folk alike. But it's the buttoned-up Café de la Paix, housed on the ground floor of the hotel, that should shimmy to the top of your to-do list: Not only is the foie gras first-rate, but if you sit out on the terrasse long enough, you might start to soak in the genius of Émile Zola or Guy de Maupassant, just a few of its former patrons.

Kimpton St Honoré Arrow

In the shadow of the  Palais Garnier , the hotel immediately draws onlookers with its preserved Belle Epoque façade, trimmed with turquoise metal, embellished with stylized floral patterns, marble panels, copper and wrought iron balconies, and arched bay windows that once housed product displays when it was a department store (more on that below). On the inside, soaring volumes and historic decorative touches serve as chic eye candy. This is the first Kimpton property in France and sets a high design bar in a listed Art Deco building on the historic Boulevard des Capucines. Much of the historic (former department store) interior remains intact; the imposing spiral stairway, interior balconies, mezzanine-level alcoves and monumental period elevators. But the design scheme throughout, led by local design darling Charles Zana, elegantly updates the Art Deco style of 1930s luxury hotels through French artisans to contribute to the Parisian pied-à-terre esthetic. Perhaps the most un-Parisian place in the building is the 190 seat Montecito restaurant designed by Humbert & Poyet that channels Palm Springs insouciance; the main dining room is built around a patio with a photo-worthy green wall, and furnishings pop in a refreshing seaside color palette. The Cali-inspired menu has dishes you’re not likely to find at other Parisian hotels such as fish tacos, crab cakes, and huevos rancheros for breakfast.

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The Palais Royal Gardens are many people's favorite place in Paris. Their number two? The Grand Hôtel du Palais Royal, the only one in the area with views over the gardens. The 57 rooms and 11 suites, Pierre-Yves Rochon-designed confections of light greens, powdery pinks, velvet, leather, and silk, are managed more like they're part of a family-owned boutique property; really, it feels like a series of apartments, complete with elegant, understated design schemes, and just enough space to feel like you're at home. It's affordable luxury in one of the very best locations in the city. Another happy surprise is Le Lulli Restaurant, a fine dining option set in a beautiful, garden-inspired dining room.

Le Bristol Paris Arrow

Yes, Le Bristol is grand—the polished marble, the Louis XVI armchairs, the boiserie -paneled walls—but it has never felt cold or stuffy. I tend to go for Paris Fashion Week, and any sense of froideur is eliminated with one stroke of Fa-raon, the fluffy white Burmese cat and unofficial hotel mascot (he’s since had a son and heir, called Socrate)—usually draped over the concierge’s desk. Le Bristol has had a stylish insouciance ever since it opened on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in 1925, and it held on to its gilded soul after a six-year facelift that was unveiled in 2018 by its owners, the Oetker Collection. Suites are about chandeliers, Pierre Frey fabrics, and a very pure devotion to comfort overlooking the wonderfully serene enclosed garden by Arabella Lennox-Boyd, with its geometric lawns, fountains, and osmanthus topiaries. Eric Fréchon’s macaroni with black truffle and duck foie gras at three-Michelin-starred Epicure is a thing of wonder, as is Café Antonia, where the fashion crowd all seem to order the green bean, artichoke, and hazelnut salad. The spa by La Prairie does possibly the best massage in Paris.

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When this landmark hotel on Paris’s bohemian Left Bank was unveiled in 1910 it became an instant hangout for Hemingway and Joyce, then Matisse and Camus. Last summer, its glass doors reopened after a spectacular four-year restoration by French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, who also designed the Mandarin Oriental across the Seine. Determined to honor Lutetia’s glamour, Wilmotte cut the room count down to 184 and enlarged the 47 suites, adding Hermès silk throw pillows, Art Deco-style pieces by Poltrona Frau and Statuario marble in the bathrooms; the bigger rooms have balconies with views of the Eiffel Tower. Yet in keeping with Lutetia’s social legacy, special attention was given to the public spaces. The famous bar that lured in the luminaries is now Joséphine—named for Baker, also a regular—with a menu that includes Champagne-topped vodka cocktails and croque caviar toasted sandwiches. Star chef Gérald Passédat dishes up marinated langoustines and oysters soaked in aloe vera at Brasserie Lutetia, while exquisite millefeuille is served inside the sun-flooded Saint Germain salon just as in Hemingway’s day, but now under a graffiti-colored glass roof by conceptual artist Fabrice Hyber. With Paris’s hotel scene skewing more boutique by the minute, Lutetia’s masterful restoration reminds us that this has always been a grande dame city at its core.

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It’s hard to imagine that a single corner of the French capital has been left unexplored by hoteliers over the past decade. But, as proven by Adrien Gloaguen’s latest spot in unsung Little India, there are still overlooked pockets to be happened upon. When he first visited the site, then a glum two-star number, and saw the skyline views over the train tracks linking two of the city’s main stations , he knew that he could make something special of it—and that the right person for the job would be British wunderkind Luke Edward Hall. The interior designer’s first hotel project is full of joy, with nods to the past everywhere but also contemporary excitement. The Haussmann-style corner building is awash with bold color combinations, which is what drew the creative crowd who booked out the place even before it opened. “It’s my own, very personal and playful take on Parisian style,” says Hall. French antiques sit next to mid-century lamps; checkerboard contrasts with leopard print, and there are seventies geometric carpets alongside Art-Deco details. Edward Hall also transformed the tired bar across the street into the Café Les Deux Gares. The bistro already has a following of locals and food writers who feast on a lunch menu of plates, such as succulent pork loin with beetroot, washed down with natural wines. It takes a bold move to persuade savvy travelers to loiter near the stations, but the duo behind this hotel have cracked it.

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Transport yourself out of Paris with this high-gloss hotel, where the past—charming, though it is—doesn't trump the present. You might call it another elegance; but it makes sense that this would be the case at a Mandarin, where the codes for 'luxury' are different, where guests and staff alike swear by impeccable service from start to finish; stylish modern decor; and high-class dining and spa options. The unapologetically modern Thierry Marx overseeing Sur Mesure and Camélia is another way to bridge the divide: having him on board is a clear nod to the local culture and culinary prowess, but his inventiveness and diverse culinary background matches the hotel's contemporary spirit. Another feature that sets Mandarin apart? The to-go Cake Shop located at the entrance to Camélia, one of the only properties in Paris that has this on offer.

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Reflecting its surrounding area—where the Tuileries gardens, Place Vendôme and iconic Colette boutique mingle with residential buildings and neighborhood schools and churches—Le Roch tempers high design and haute cuisine with a relaxed, unassuming vibe. The first hotel project for designer Sarah Lavoine, known for her Parisian boutiques and lifestyle product collections, the tucked-away hotel opened in 2016 (pronounced “la rock”) and nails the home-away-from-home feel.

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Le Grand Mazarin is the fourth in a budding collection of high-profile properties from Maisons Pariente, which includes Crillon-le-Brave in Provence, Le Coucou in Méribel and Lou Pinet in Saint-Tropez, and the first urban hotel for the group. Atmospheric could suitably describe all of the group’s hotels but Le Grand Mazarin is the most eclectic and maximalist of them all—a result of the Swedish designer Martin Brudnizki’s singular touch. And while it would be fair to assume the hotel’s name or location were somehow inspired by Louis XIV's famous minister, Cardinal Mazarin, the connection is related instead to a feature of his time—the literary salons that proliferated during the 17th century and saw the era’s greatest thinkers, performers, and artists gather in lavish locales to dialogue and indulge. It’s hard to beat chef Assaf Granit’s award-winning team when it comes to food and wine, and a Wes Anderson meets Alice in Wonderland literary-salon vibe is most apparent in each of the 50 guest rooms and 11 suites; some of which boast private balconies with views of the BHV/Marais and the neighborhood.

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The staid 16th (arrondissement) hasn’t exactly drawn visitors over the years. So it’s a testament to the cool factor of Evok Hotels that it can take a former mail-sorting facility in this bourgeois, residential district and make it le talk of Paris . After a four-year renovation overseen by designer Philippe Starck, the resulting hotel is as much about a lifestyle as it is a place to crash. For one thing, the buzzing restaurant draws fashionable locals from breakfast until the early hours with its patisserie, plates to share, and potent drinks. A terrace bar lures the pretty people, as does the rooftop vegetable garden, which doubles as a place to picnic and take in views of the city. The subterranean fitness club channels a ’30s boxing gym and had a wait list the minute it opened. Even the swimming pool booms with a killer sound system. The party continues in the rooms, each with its own mini concept store (the minibar is so 2018), stocked with pre-made cocktails by the Avantgarde Spirits Company. The design smacks of Starck’s typical sassy eclecticism: walls covered in rich rosewood and leather, African masks and Maasai-style beadwork, and potted cacti next to the bathroom sinks hewn from unfinished blocks of marble. Who knew that the 16th, of all places, would become the city’s next hip address?

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The Nolinski feels almost too cool—in a good way—for the neighborhood. The Jean-Louis Deniot interiors balance an aristocratic look with playful touches (take the Grand Salon, which matches polished-brass Deco-style tables with an electric-teal piano). This is high-comfort too: a candle-lit spa awaits you downstairs, and you'll find a deep bathtub in your enormous bathroom. Almost everything is available for purchase, in case you fall so in love with the linens you need them at home. The location and the design are unbeatable, and they come at a price point far more accessible than Paris's Palace hotels.

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This boutique charmer, set in a triangle-shaped 19th-century building at the intersection of two bustling streets. Designer Dorothée Meilichzon has crafted the lobby restaurant and lounge with lots of—dare we say it?—panache, with light from the oversized windows shining on mosaic floors, cushy navy and rust velvet seating, and book shelves that seem to glow from within.

The Peninsula Paris Arrow

After sitting empty for decades, a former 1908 hotel has been transformed into the first Parisian outpost for the Hong Kong-based Peninsula brand—and one of Paris’s newest Palace-grade hotels. Four years of work by a stable of skilled artisans has resulted in airy, refined public spaces, where a muted cream palette is accented by restored original wood, decorative stone work, and 40,000 pieces of gold leaf. And with six in-house dining venues, you hardly have the venture out: Standouts include LiLi, serving Cantonese cuisine (including a range of dim sum); the sixth-floor L’Oiseau Blanc, a two-Michelin-star indoor/outdoor French restaurant themed around the early days of aviation; and Le Bar Kléber, where original 1908 oak paneling, oversized mirrors, and terrace views set a sexy scene for cocktails.

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Ageless Le Meurice has always been tolerant of experimentation and eccentricity. No wonder it was Salvador Dalí’s favorite. Most of its suites, including the penthouse, Belle Étoile, have been redone in silk and velvet. Set just off the Tuileries Garden , the iconic spot—considered one of the first luxury hotels in the world when it opened in 1815—has a long history with the art world, from hosting Picasso's wedding dinner to, most famously, serving as the Persistence of Memory painter's Parisian home for over three decades. When renovating the Dorchester Collection hotel in 2016, father-daughter design duo Philippe and Ara Starck looked to Dalí for whimsical inspiration, so you'll now find classic elements like stately columns, marble-topped tables, and copper-rimmed mirrors balanced by original Eero Saarinen Tulip chairs and portraits of 18th-century personalities traced on the backs of leather seats. If you value location, are interested in design, and appreciate service that puts a premium on privacy, Le Meurice is worth the splurge. 

Relais Christine Arrow

Slip away from the lively cafés and chic boutiques of Saint-Germain-de-Prés, head down a quiet side street and through a leafy passageway and you’ll find one of Paris’s best-kept hotel secrets—and the regulars are inclined to keep it that way. Opened in 1979 in a 17th-century former private mansion (that itself was built on the vestiges of the 13 th century Saint-Denis College of the Grands-Augustins Abbey), the hotel marries classic French design with contemporary materials and a fresh look dreamed up by designer Laura Gonzalez. If you want a memorable morning meal, you can have your coffee and croissant beneath the building’s vaulted cellar which doubles as the intimate breakfast room.

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After three years of renovations, the former Grand Hotel Bachaumont—which checked out its last guests in the ’70s—has been transformed into an Art Deco dream that’s as much a hit with locals as visitors. Designed by Dorothée Meilichzon, who’s also envisioned several of Paris’s recent boutique hotel projects, the breezy spaces are accented by black-and-white geometric tiles, marble floors, and sculptural furniture.

Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel Arrow

Like the Ritz , Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel is a case study in how to stay relevant in the 21st century. But while the Ritz carried on in the same splendid fashion as always, the Crillon blasted off in search of something new. The result is a fascinating postmodern triumph. In the end, the refurb took four years and the hotel reopened in 2017 under the Rosewood brand. The best of what was the best of the Crillon has been thoughtfully preserved, while the best of what is new (the bar, the barbershop, L’Ecrin restaurant, and the stupendous suites by the late Karl Lagerfeld) is gobsmacking in its boldness and daring. After a day out on the town, relax in the Les Ambassadeurs lounge, which draws see-and-be-seen Parisians with live music and a selection of over 100 Champagnes, or in the spa, with its indoor heated pool and treatments inspired by the beauty secrets of French grandmothers and great-grandmothers. The Crillon has long been a sentimental favorite among the French. It's a splurge, but fans of French history and style or hotel junkies with a running list of global icons to check in to won't be disappointed. —Steve King

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Greek magnate Umbert Saltiel religiously went to Blake’s Hotel in London , Anouska’s Hempel’s first hotel, which she opened in 1978, every week for years on end. When it came to transforming his own latest hotel, in a handsome Hausmann building in Paris just a beat from the Champs-Élysées, he wanted no one else. His son, Nicolas, tracked down the onetime Bond Girl-turned-designer, otherwise known as Lady Weinberg, and convinced her to take on the project. And as ever, she doesn’t do things by half. Her exacting attention to detail is obvious everywhere—"If you’re alive, you have to try and be the best," she says—in a riot of jade, emerald, and forest green, black lacquered paint, chevron tiles, and marble, and so many mirrors your perspective shifts as you move. A small but cleverly constructed space, the 46 rooms are spread over six floors. Décor is a mishmash of Anoushka’s travels. Moroccan in essence, offset with Indian lanterns and ikat prints from Romania; moody and sultry. Lady Weinberg is so obsessed with lighting, she added a Perspex filter to light bulbs by the bed to achieve the perfect soft glow. In the basement, cult Parisian yoga and wellness club Le Tigre doles out soothing massages, while restaurant Galanya looks to Asia with yellowtail sashimi, prawn ravioli, beef tataki, and cod with Japanese mushrooms cooked with precision. Much like the entire hotel, nothing is an accident or left to chance; it’s an orchestra of taste, all conducted by Lady Weinberg herself. It’s an opulent addition to the Parisian scene.

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On the Monopoly board of Paris , there could be no address smarter than the Place des Vosges in the Marais. It’s the city’s oldest and prettiest square: Louis XIII and Anne of Austria celebrated their engagement here in 1612; it was the site of trysts and duels during the 17th and 18th centuries; and in 1832 the great writer Victor Hugo moved into number six, overlooking the pleached lime trees and fountain-punctuated lawns. Across at number 19, the heavy unmarked door doesn’t give any clue that it conceals one of Paris’s most intriguing new arrivals. Cour des Vosges takes the now familiar home-as-hotel set-up and elevates it gloriously but discreetly. It marks a clear departure for Evok Hôtels, whose other haunts (Sinner, Brach ) are more showy and dramatic. The ultra-private, Roman-style bath on the lower level is open day and night, while four-poster beds with panels that close to shut out daylight and mini-bars loaded with pastries make this a rare Parisian bolthole that encourages lazing about.

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In 1891, Prince Roland Bonaparte—grand-nephew to Napoleon—chose a prime setting near the Seine River to build an opulent palace, complete with an elaborate carved façade, a vaulted ceiling emblazoned with zodiac symbols, and a dramatic "Stairway of Honor" made from brass and forged steel. The cultured prince hosted many a lively gathering at his palace—a tradition of hospitality that was revived in 2010, with the opening of the Shangri-La Paris. Following a meticulous restoration, the landmark features a dome-topped marble entryway, original wood floors, stained glass windows, and hand-carved mahogany panels—plus that famous staircase. It's not just pretty, either: A favorite destination dining spot for locals, the hotel houses Shang Palace, the first Chinese restaurant in France to receive a Michelin star, and La Bauhinia, which serves an elegant East-meets-West menu (including a popular afternoon tea) under the central glass cupola.

Le Royal Monceau, Raffles Paris Arrow

Beginning with the blood-red awning and lamps adorning the classic façade, it’s clear there’s a little mischief at the heart of this sophisticated lady. Originally opened in 1928, the hotel that’s hosted everyone from Winston Churchill to Michael Jackson underwent an extensive re-do in the mid-2000s, during which master designer Phillipe Starck brought in a playful, contemporary flair and a focus on art. (You can even get a guided tour of the hotel's private collection.) Standouts include a 99-seat, state-of-the-art movie theater, an art gallery and library, and a Matsuhisa outpost from Chef Nobu, which serves up Peruvian-Japanese cuisine.

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If you’re after jaw-dropping views of the city, big on design, and don’t mind making an under-the-radar neighborhood your home base, this is a playful and comfortable new contender in Paris's sea of design properties. The hotel shares the site with an art gallery, several restaurants, a trendy youth hostel, a bakery, and residences. If the area is on the map today it is first and foremost because of the hotel and its fashion-forward crowd that piles into Bonnie , the oh-so-sceney restaurant-bar-nightclub on the top two floors, run separately by the Paris Society group. It’s here where hotel and restaurant guests can access 360-degree views and the Olafur Eliasson site-specific mirrored work The Seeing City . Each of the 162 rooms and suites are spread out between the 8th and 14th floors and are categorized by the views they offer—but river views are where you should allocate your budget if you can. All rooms have a colorful palette with shimmering earth tones, warm wood, ceramics, and thoughtful details like coffee tables, a spirits cabinet, Bluetooth speakers in the shape of a bulldog, and a minibar stocked with locally-sourced snacks.

Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris Arrow

Originally opened in 1928, in a prime location in the ever-so-chic eighth, this hotel is a true Paris icon—but from the moment you enter, it’s clear all is not as traditional as it might seem. The entryway is grand and gilded, the staff deferential and efficient (and always greeting you by name), but flashes of modern style and edgy attitude save the place from seeming staid. This is also the first hotel in Europe to feature five Michelin stars under one roof—garnered here by three distinct restaurants like fine dining Le Cinq, where French classics are reinterpreted using lighter ingredients and techniques. Fortunately, all restaurants are accented by prime vintages from the hotel’s legendary, 50,000 bottle-strong cellar, whose position 45-feet underground helped it survive the bombings of World War II.

Cheval Blanc Paris Arrow

Skip the sleepy districts that house so many of Paris’s plush hotels, and book a private perch with a bird’s eye view of the river and La Samaritaine as your fashion-forward neighbor. From a sophisticated suburban crowd to the Bobo’s of the right bank, every type of Parisian rubs shoulders with jet-setting guests in the convivial seventh-floor Art Deco brasserie meets cocktail bar, Le Tout-Paris. It’s the place to be seen before you escape to the subterranean spa or your room with a view. Almost every one of the 72 elegant, beige and gold-hued rooms, 46 of which are suites, overlook the Seine. The best spot from which to enjoy the hotel’s idyllic position is from a sunlit winter garden suite; this private perch offers views from Notre-Dame Cathedral to the Eiffel Tower, as well as a glimpse into day-to-day life in the French capital, the famous  bouquinistes (or booksellers), and romantic promenades. Tucked away below ground, the brightly lit spa designed like a modern living room is helmed by another member of the LVMH équipe and star of both Parisian couture and beauty: Christian Dior.

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La Réserve owner Michel Reybier had great success with his Geneva and Ramatuelle outposts. Yet there was general astonishment when, in 2015, La Réserve Paris sashayed into town, teaching the city’s grandes dames new tricks. It's the most beloved address in the French capital for fashion editors and the go-to for regular visitors to the city who want to feel like they’re staying in a private mansion, with just 40 rooms in a fine hôtel particulier designed by Baron Haussmann for Napoleon III’s half-brother the Duc de Morny in 1854. Its position, on a quiet, tree-lined street moments from the Place de la Concorde , is propitious. Then you cross the threshold and—ka-boom!—it’s an explosion of color and texture in the best way imaginable. There’s brocade taffeta, velvet drapes and silk wallpapers in the richest shades of emerald and ruby. No crevice has gone ungilded. This is somewhere you'll want to come back to time and again. —Steve King

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Don't let the aura of sedate elegance fool you: there's always been a playfulness at the heart of this grande dame. Opened in 1913, with its signature red awnings facing the stately Avenue Montaigne, the Plaza Athénée has long had ties to the fashion world, from the days when Christian Dior named collections after the hotel, to its appearance in fashion-themed favorites like Sex and the City and The Devil Wears Prada. Decor-wise, that translates to classic, chandelier-heavy public spaces that give way to contemporary flashes, like the futuristic, chrome-covered banquettes of an Alain Ducasse restaurant, and the blue velvet-covered ceiling of Le Bar; and guest-wise, it means you're likely to spot some fashion editors and design house execs circling the lobby.

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Paris's first boat hotel puts you right on the Seine for a truly unique perspective. Designed by Parisian nautical architect Gérard Ronzatti, and constructed in Normandy, the purpose-built barge (one of the largest docked on the river) evokes an over-sized catamaran wrapped in glass and steel. The hub is the sleek bar/lounge, which stretches from the main deck up to the U-shaped upper level where, in good weather, locals and guests gather around the plunge pool for cocktails, tapas, and selfies on inflatable gold swans.

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The creative spirit of former residents like Marlene Dietrich, Grace Kelly, and Greta Garbo imbue the spaces of this elegant spot, which began in the 1880s as the residence of a Spanish aristocrat, and was enlarged into a hotel in the Roaring ‘20s. The private home feel lingers, with antique accents, original detailing, and portraits by 1930s Russian artist Boris Pastoukhoff (another former resident) balanced by comfy, contemporary furnishings.

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Under the supervision of a passionate owner, a run-down two-star hotel was in 2009 revived into this sophisticated Left Bank inn that evokes the apartment of a well-traveled art and history buff. Accented by the hotel’s signature scent, the interiors by Jean-Louis Deniot are contemporary and bright, warmed by reclaimed wood tables, metallic sculptures, and original artwork and unique objets sourced from around the world.

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Could this be designer Michele Bönan’s finest hour? The Florentine interiors guru has always gone the extra mile in his work for Italian-Israeli hotelier Ori Kafri’s J.K. Place stable, which launched in 2003 with the much-imitated  J.K. Place Firenze . J.K. Place Paris, opened in 2020, is the group’s first hotel outside Italy and a 29-room conversion of a maison particulier located among the galleries and government offices of  Paris’s  Latin Quarter. For the interiors, Bönan raided antiques shops and flea markets for post-Cubist canvases, African chairs, and discarded sketches for old Hermès collections. Spread over three interconnected buildings and five floors, the handsome rooms come with perks that help to soften the muscular rates, including bathrooms so big you could take your morning coffee in them. Downstairs, the glass-roofed Casa Tua restaurant serves up good Northern Italian food, while a small but serviceable spa pool invites lazy lengths before negronis at the bar. There’s also a gym stocked with Technogym equipment and two rooms for spa and beauty treatments, but the real sell may be that the owner of the building loans out his own bateau-mouche riverboat—which even has a cinema—for private Seine cruises. 

Generator Paris Arrow

From the moment you check in at the colorfully-painted reception, under the bright lights of the movie theater marquee-style sign above, Generator makes you feel like a guest at a long-running party. Envisioned as the next generation of hostels, the brand celebrates unique design, engaging experiences, and locally-sourced food, while offering a range of room styles and prices.

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'Arabian Nights' meet Napoleon III at this heady hideaway envisioned by French designer extraordinaire, Jacques Garcia. Drawing inspiration from the building’s early-1900’s stint as a maison close (upscale brothel) frequented by well-to-do pleasure seekers, Garcia has kept the exterior understated—just look for the two red lanterns—then decked the interiors out in reams of lush velvet, Moorish tiles, antique furnishings, and oil paintings of women in seductive poses.

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For many travelers, this is peak Paris. Ideally located for exploring the Left Bank, this boutique four-star owned by celebrity chef Yves Camdeborde—whose much-lauded Le Comptoir sits on the ground floor—has earned loyalists with its warm service, quirky charm, and high-quality in-house eats.

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The spirit of Oscar Wilde—or, at least, his love of decadence—lives on at the smallest five-star hotel in Paris. Housed in a 19th-century building (built on what was once the site of Queen Margot’s “pavilion of love”), the intimate hotel was for decades a popular hideaway for solace-seeking celebs, from Wilde (who lived at the hotel until his death) to, later, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, and Jim Morrison.

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The third hotel from Paris’s charmingly raffish Experimental Group, who opened the cheeky Grand Pigalle and London’s perky Henrietta after establishing cocktail bars around the world, may be the most irresistible yet. The Hôtel des Grands Boulevards is tucked away in the 2nd Arrondissement, one of the most diverse and dynamic parts of the city. It’s where to find ornate theaters and arcades as well as whimsical textile workshops, and a healthily quirky dose of les flaneurs moving between them all. Staying at this converted 18th-century townhouse places guests properly amongst the muck, and with three bars and restaurants from which to watch the daily life unfold with an elderflower cocktail in hand, naturally. Interior designer Dorothee Meilichzon took her cues from the neighborhood when decking out the 50 rooms with textures, shapes, and colors. Petite guestrooms have luscious greens, blues, and pinks; against this palette the plump all-white beds seem like fluffy, cozy clouds. Tiny wooden stools near windows with ball-gown length drapes create the atmosphere of a Parisian parlor. Though when the bustle of the 2nd all gets a little too much, the ideal escape is on the rooftop, where gin joint The Shed serves a mean vodka with lemongrass to young locals who will no doubt be dressed better than yourself. Paris rarely feels as fun as it does from the inside of a hotel run by a bunch of bartenders.

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Don't get confused by the vintage boulangerie signage: you're in the right place. Set in two connected 17th-century buildings—one the former home of one of Paris's first bakeries—the Hôtel du Petit Moulin feels like an insider's secret that's hiding in plain sight. The four-star charmer as been decked-out by fashion designer Christian Lacroix, so from the reception (located in the ersatz bakery) to the 17 rooms, the decor is bold, eclectic, and bursting with personality.

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Taking inspiration from Paris’s largest flea market, located about a 10-minute walk away, the eclectic Mob Hotel is awash in boho chic and bursting with creative energy. The experience starts at reception, which doubles as a shop stocking everything from snacks and stylish accessories to the odd guitar, and continues out to the backyard, where the restaurant’s terrace overlooks a garden that hosts al fresco movies in the summer, and turns into an ice skating rink in the winter.

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Family-owned and operated since 1925 (it's now watched over by the fourth generation), this boutique five-star's intimate take on luxury has garnered it a legion of regulars, including a fair share of boldface names. Though the vibe is discreet, the public spaces are hardly subtle: Oriental rugs, trompe l’oeil walls, rich wood paneling, and antiques and artwork from the family’s collection.

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Down a quiet cobblestoned street, past an unmarked gate, through the second door of a 19th-century mansion, and you’re home. Once the residence of people with last names like Rothschild and Hermès, this refuge has been transformed by Oscar Comtet, a young entrepreneur with a dynamic vision and keen eye, into the ultimate private hideaway.

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In the heart of the Opera district, just blocks from the Palais Garnier and other historic performance arts venues, as well as the iconic Galeries Lafayette department store, Chouchou aims to be both a gathering spot for locals and a place of respite for travelers. Named for a French term of endearment, Chouchou opened in fall 2020—a launch that was delayed just a few months due to the pandemic. The 63 rooms are divided into five categories, from single to suite, and vary in size and shape, but all have a thoughtful design full of eye-catching details, from parquet floors and lush textiles to bold splashes of color. Views are either of the courtyard or street (a few even look out at the Opera), and some categories come with balconies. 

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21 of the Best Boutique Hotels in Paris Couldn't Be More Charming

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Hôtel de l'Abbaye Saint-Germain

Tucked behind wrought iron gates on Saint-Germain-des-Prés's Rue Casette, you'll find Hôtel de l'Abbaye Saint-Germain , a former monastery-turned-boutique-hotel. And that history is still very much alive in the hotel's décor. Under French decorator Michel Boyer's supervision, lush color and mixed prints fill l'Abbaye, but its ancient stone and garden have remained preserved. Our favorite spot? The lounge, complete with floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook an adorable inner courtyard. The very definition of parfait .

Hôtel Rochechouart

At the foot of the hill of Montmartre sits Hôtel Rochechouart , a hotel in business since 1929 that's been recently renovated to its Belle Époque splendor. Soft materials are in play with soothing colors, and the view from the rooftop bar—which, of course, includes the spectacular La Basilique du Sacré Cœur—is i ncroyable . No wonder artists have flocked to it for nearly a century.

Grand Powers Paris

If you're looking for an Emily in Paris -esque experience, you're looking for a boutique hotel like Grand Powers : a space that seamlessly blends old-world Parisian architecture with extremely modern design choices. Among herringbone floors, a large, sculpted wooden staircase, and oodles of perfectly preserved fireplaces, you'll also find plenty of modern gold (an Italian touch) and sinfully plush seating (that's on the British). Don't forget Spa Thala, which was imagined as a protective and energizing cocoon.

Hotel Caron de Beaumarchais

Want to feel like you're stepping onto the set of The Marriage of Fiagro ? This one's for you. Hotel Caron de Beaumarchais —nestled in the Marais , the most preserved corner of Paris—takes its inspiration from the Age of Enlightenment. Even just standing outside the 18th-century home, you'll feel like you've stepped back in time. With only 19 rooms inside, you'll receive the extra care that makes staying in a boutique hotel so special.

Hôtel Bienvenue

Bienvenue means welcome in French, and indeed, "welcoming" is exactly how we'd describe this boutique beauty . The vintage inspiration, the hand-painted marble, the pastel hues, and the florals all come together to create an incredibly peaceful ambiance. But the true piece de resistance ? That award must go to the garden, a tranquil escape from the city. (Though, to be fair, who's ever trying to escape Paris?)

Le Petit Beaumarchais Hotel & Spa

Le Petit Beaumarchais was completely renovated in 2022 with the aim of creating an inviting place that feels like a "friend's house." With understated—but elegantly appointed—rooms, a spa that boasts a Flotarium pool, and a clean, chic bar area, we'd say mission accomplished.

Kimpton St Honoré Paris

Kimpton hotels are the very definition of "boutique" in their attention to detail, so no surprise that their Parisian outpost made our list. It's just around the corner from the opulent Palais Garnier (a.k.a. home of The Phantom of the Opera ), and in many ways, feels like an extension of the latter's aesthetic. It boasts a 1917 Art Nouveau façade, a minimalist Art Deco interior, and additional décor by the renowned Parisian interior designer Charles Zana. And when you're hungry—and perhaps looking for a little bit of home, there's Montecito Paris, an ode to Californian cuisine.

Maison Souquet

Have you ever fantasized about stepping into Moulin Rouge? And by that, we do mean the movie and its glorious, over-the-top sets. Then, there's only one hotel for you: Maison Souquet . It was, in fact, once a "pleasure house," the kind, perhaps, you might have found Satine in. While few traces of the original remain, it has been reimagined with that history in mind, hence the plush red velvet, sensual art, and Belle Epoque details. Everything feels like a step back in time—and a sizzling one at that.

Hôtel Thérèse

A welcome departure from the bustle of Palais-Royal, Hôtel Thérèse , an 18th-century townhouse, is situated on a quiet street on the Right Bank. It offers everything you'd ever want in a boutique hotel, including cozy rooms outfitted with contemporary furnishings, unique Parisian paintings, and marble bathrooms.

Hotel Panache

Steps away from the 9th's classic cabaret music hall, the Folies Bergère, Hotel Panache is a beautiful (and child-friendly) boutique hotel with an Art Nouveau aesthetic. Each of the hotel's 40 rooms is unique in style, while the hotel itself boasts a bar, shop, and small library. Games, baby cots, and babysitting services are available on request—and, with advance notice, pets are welcome too.

Le Grand Mazarin

At the doorstep of the Hôtel de Ville, right near the Seine, sits the wildly elegant Le Grand Mazarin , ready to welcome you into its old-world-meets-new, color-matured abode. It boasts 50 well-appointed rooms and 11 suites—all with dreamy, eclectic décor chosen by Swedish design genius Martin Brudnizki—a restaurant with both a terrace and a patio, and a spa, complete with one of the most beautiful pools we've ever seen.

Bonsoir Madame

You can find this family-owned hotel —in business for 30 years and started by the grandfather of the current hotel manager—in the luxe 6th, a stone's throw from the ever-lovely Jardin du Luxembourg. Building off that, each of the 34 rooms has a very nature-minded feel to it, designed to make you feel like you're in a cocoon. (Or, in the case of our favorite room, perhaps a honeycomb.) And don't forget to to relax in Madame's Spa after a long day of walking Paris's cobblestone streets.

Hotel Adèle & Jules

A 15-minute stroll (if that!) from Paris's famed department store Galeries Lafayette, you'll find Hotel Adèle & Jules , a gorgeous, intimate boutique hotel. It's set within twin low-rise buildings, hence its name—Adèle and Jules—and filled with gorgeous details, including printed wallpaper, bold drapery, and color galore, all curated by interior designer Stéphane Poux. There's plenty of aesthetic shared space in the lobby, plus a fitness room and even a meeting room— perfect for your off-site in the City of Light.

Relais Christine

If you're on the hunt for a quiet retreat on the Left Bank, look no further than Relais Christine . Situated on a 13th-century abbey, this quaint hotel—with just 48 guest rooms and suites—features peaceful lounges and a lush garden, ideal if you're aiming for rest and relaxation. Plus, there's a Guerlain Spa, complete with everything from a sauna to a jacuzzi. Complimentary bicycles are also on hand if you're up for a little adventure during your stay.

Hotel Recamier

ELLE DECOR A-List designer Jean-Louis Deniot is responsible for Hotel Recamier 's stunning contemporary interiors. The hotel, which has 24 cozy rooms, is located in the heart of the Left Bank in the St.-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood. Eye-catching décor accents (think reclaimed wood tables, Art Deco-inspired fabrics, and statement mirrors) fill the hotel, making it ideal for an interior design lover.

Le Pavillon de la Reine

Have you been longing to stay in a French country mansion? Now's your chance. Le Pavillon de la Reine , whose name pays homage to former guest Queen Anne of Austria, is located in the heart of the Marais. The privately owned hotel was designed by Didier Benderli of Kérylos Interiors and features an impressive blend of antique and contemporary accents. There are 56 sophisticated bedrooms and suites, plus a spa, fitness center, and a restaurant.

Nolinski Paris

Acclaimed ELLE DECOR A-Lister Jean-Louis Deniot designed the Nolinski , which boasts the exquisite blend of retro and modern design. The thoughtful interiors boast everything from Carrara marble to neoclassical wood paneling and antique artwork. The hotel is close to the Louvre and the Palais-Royal gardens. Keep in mind that it's a popular spot for Fashion Week attendees who are known to congregate in its stylish Grand Salon.

Hotel Providence

Wooden floors, marble mosaics, and palm-patterned wallpaper are just a few design details to look forward to during a stay at Hotel Providence in the Eastern district of Paris. With just 18 rooms, this modern hotel is both stylish and comfortable. It has a restaurant that serves seasonal fare and is near a slew of trendy dining options, shops, and art galleries.

La Maison Favart

Named after Charles-Simon Favart, director of the Comic Opera (which is in walking distance), La Maison Favart is filled with striped curtains, rich hues, and elegant vintage touches—thus exuding classic 18th-century style. It has 39 rooms, a small fitness gym area, and a breakfast space that doubles as an honesty bar.

Le Narcisse Blanc Hotel & Spa

Le Narcisse Blanc Hotel & Spa —inspired by Cléo de Mérode, a dancer of the Belle Époque—is the example of Parisian elegance. Its rooms feature neutral furnishings, white wood paneling with gold accents, and suites with views overlooking the Eiffel Tower. And don't miss out on the spa, which includes a pool and a sauna, as well as the restaurant that offers contemporary, organic cuisine.

Monique Valeris is the home design director for Good Housekeeping , where she oversees the brand's home decorating coverage across print and digital. Prior to joining GH in 2020, she was the digital editor at Elle Decor . In her current role, she explores everything from design trends and home tours to lifestyle product recommendations, including writing her monthly column, "What's in My Cart."

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The Best Boutique Hotels to Book in Paris

Typically small and stylish with buckets full of charm, boutique hotels offer an experience that’s miles away from the standard chain offering. Here are the very best boutique hotels in Paris , France , handpicked for their unique features.

1. la planque hotel.

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Arguably the best boutique hotel in pairs, La Planque combines elegance with all the charm of a countryside family home. Comfort is the name of the game here, and you will find guests relaxing on the sofas in the lounge or on the outdoor patio, where you’ll be able to admire the view with a glass of wine. Just metres from the Avenue Parmentier, the hotel is well located especially if you want to experience authentic Paris life.

On the corner of Rue du Faubourg Montmartre and Rue Geoffroy-Marie, within the 9th arrondissement, the Panache Hotel goes above and beyond to make its guests comfortable, with an honesty bar next to the foyer, as well as a library and comfortable lounge, and a 24/7 reception. Within walking distance of Galeries Lafayette, the hotel is centrally located to explore Paris by foot. Rooms are filled with natural light and unique decor.

3. Hotel Henriette Rive Gauche

A luxury Paris boutique hotel in the Mouffetard district, Hotel Henriette Rive Gauche is cosy and intimate. There are 32 rooms, each individually designed and unique. In the summer enjoy breakfast on the patio and in winter enjoy breakfast in bed. The hotel has one aim, to make you feel at home, and it succeeds with flying colours – guests here will be sad to leave the warm surroundings, delicious food and friendly service. On a quiet cobblestone street, this tranquil hotel also has great travel connections to the city.

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5. Le Grand Quartier

In the Saint-Martin district of the 10th arrondissement, Le Grand Quartier offers a vibrant atmosphere and a comfortable stay. With meeting rooms, shop and rooftop terrace on site, the hotel has everything you could need. For breakfast on the go, the cafe offers a Good Morning Bag, containing their delicious menu in a handy takeaway size.

6. HOY Paris

With a peaceful atmosphere and a focus on a greener and healthier life, HOY Paris has wellness at its heart. Offering zero waste and natural options in their toiletries and utilities, the hotel also has reusable water bottles. Rooms all have an air purification system and through the use of Japanese binchotan charcoal you can mineralise tap water. Take part in a yoga class, or relax in a hammock in-between exploring Paris.

7. Maison Souquet

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Five-star Maison Souquet combines Arabian style and Napoleon III-style decor to create an eclectic mix of eras. The wood-panelled bar-library adorned with paintings is infused with a magical and enchanting aura; quite simply, it feels like walking into another world. Tucked away off the Rue de Bruxelles, just a stone’s throw from the famed Moulin Rouge, the venue combines its prime location with an emphasis on luxury. There’s velvet-lined furniture, huge mirrors and chandeliers in abundance; it’s the perfect setting for a romantic date.

8. Hôtel Providence

9. Hotel Des Grands Boulevards

Of course, you don’t just have to stay in luxury 5-star palaces with Michelin-starred dining to have the most romantic weekend in Paris. Hotel Des Grands Boulevards is a perfect alternative for a smaller budget, while still providing elegance and sophistication. Decorated by renowned designer Dorothée Meilichzon, the hotel interiors mix decorative splendour – four-poster beds, glazed wardrobes and red marble counter-tops – with more pastoral designs, such as rustic coated walls and worn wooden furniture. Without the pressure of fine palatial surroundings, it’s probably the cosiest place on this list to spend a romantic getaway.

10. Le Roch Hotel & Spa

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11. Hotel & Spa La Belle Juliette

Hotel & Spa La Belle Juliette is located between Montparnasse and St-Germain-des-Prés, one of the most classically Parisian neighbourhoods, and takes its name from the celebrated 18th-century socialite Juliette Récamier. The bedrooms are adorned with antique prints in period frames, elegant furniture and references to literature, with the salvaged bergère chairs, repainted in vibrant pink colours.

12. Saint James Paris

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The best hotels in Paris

By Steve King

For a long time I kept a secret guiltily. Not a guilty secret but a secret I felt guilty about keeping. The secret was the Hôtel Henri IV , overlooking the raked-gravel paradise that is the Place Dauphine on the Ile de la Cité. It was cheap and shabby but inexpressibly glamorous – a remnant of an elegantly careworn Paris that has, in the course of my own lifetime, been either polished beyond recognition or dissolved in a fast-flowing, irresistible current of money. The Henri IV was sold some years ago. Maybe I shouldn’t feel guilty about having kept it a secret. Simply spreading the word wouldn’t have been enough to save it. And in truth it was probably never quite as squishily ripe with promise as I remember it to have been. Yet isn’t that the point about hotels in Paris? The good ones are more than the sum of their parts, even when the parts are heavenly. The really curious thing is that, however many Henri IVs the city loses, it always seems, year after year, to gain even more of them.

How we choose the best hotels in Paris

Every hotel on this list has been selected independently by our editors and written by a Condé Nast Traveller journalist who knows the destination and has stayed at that property. When choosing hotels, our editors consider both luxury properties and boutique and lesser-known boltholes that offer an authentic and insider experience of a destination. We’re always looking for beautiful design, a great location and warm service – as well as serious sustainability credentials. We update this list regularly as new hotels open and existing ones evolve.

The best hotels in Paris 2024 at a glance:

• Best for families : 25 Hours Hotel
• Best for views of the Eiffel Tower: SO Paris Hotel
• Best hotel near the Louvre: Le Meurice
• Best affordable stay: The ReMIX Hotel
• Best for couples: Maison Proust
• Best for luxury: The Ritz

For more recommendations, see our pick of the best family friendly hotels in Paris , and our edit of the best hotels with a view in Paris . For a more affordable stay, we've rounded up our favourite cheaper hotels in the city, along with a selection of some of the best Airbnbs in Paris to book right now.

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Featured in our Gold List of the best hotels in the world 2024

César Ritz opened this limestone bastion of French hospitality in 1898 and, in the course of running it, he and his wife, Marie Louise, who would take over the business, flipped the industry on its head. It was the first hotel in Paris with telephones, the first to offer private baths, and the first to install electricity throughout the property. It was also one of the first places in town where women could come without chaperones and meet friends for five o’clock tea. From the start, The Ritz Paris has been a Grand Siècle-style hotel with a modern soul and, much as in 1898, change is afoot. It’s said that when he was too ill to dine out, Marcel Proust had chicken and potatoes sent over from The Ritz Paris – now those hallowed kitchens are home to their first female head chef, Eugénie Béziat. Chef Béziat was born in Gabon to French parents and spent her childhood in Africa, so the flagship restaurant, Espadon, features dishes such as chicken yassa, a Senegalese speciality, and barbecued lobster with cassava semolina. Meanwhile, down a warmly lit hall is Bar Hemingway, named for the American novelist who scrimped for a cocktail a week at The Ritz. Last spring, longtime head bartender Colin Field (inventor of the Clean Dirty Martini, served with an ice cube of olive juice) stepped aside, and his protégé Anne-Sophie Prestail, has come in from the wings. Jo Rodgers

Address: 15 Pl. Vendôme, 75001 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £1,718 per night.

First in: 1, Place Vendôme, Paris Arrow

Best for: Privacy

Paris has plenty of dream hotels with Studio 54-style wait lists and storied suites with legendary patrons of yore that keep visitors coming. What 1, Place Vendôme brings is a stealth wealth elegance that’s as quintessentially Parisian but infinitely more homely (especially for those accustomed to butler service). This is the first hotel from Swiss fine jewellery and watchmaker Chopard and the Scheufele family who have owned the brand since 1963. A members' club as much as a hotel (it’s only accessible to guests and their visitors) it is a hushed enclave amid the City of Lights’ irrepressible motion. Located above the Chopard boutique (naturally), guests enter through one imposing blue door plus another in smoked glass, unbranded except for an enigmatic cursive ‘C’. Inside, there’s no lobby, just the grandeur of an 18th-century fireplace, the sweeping curvature of a stone staircase encircling a single lift, and a towering aquamarine Murano glass bead installation by French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel.

The original hotel’s 29 bedrooms have been reordered into just 10 rooms and five suites. All are distinctly different – from the classical drawing room style of Rubis to the modernist Pop Art flavours of the attic-level Astronomie suite. Top of the pile is the Appartement Chopard, a double-height, Versailles -worthy confection of fantasy with a four-poster bed and its own hammam. From his outrageously alluring jet-black, gold, and brushed steel bat-cave of a kitchen, chef Boris Algarra, sets the fluid culinary stage by offering breakfast, day and night menus that run consecutively 24/7. You eat when you want and, in the absence of a contained restaurant,  where  you want – be that library , living space or room. Katie Baron

First in: Le Grand Mazarin, Paris Arrow

Best for: Exploring Le Marais

The latest love letter to France from hoteliers Maison Pariente, Le Grand Mazarin has distilled the spirit of Le Marais with notable panache. The arrondissements’ lively LGBTQ+ scene, noted art galleries and fashionable boutiques are all within strolling distance of the hotel, and their influence spills over into the aesthetic and the crowd. Bespoke murals and frescoes have been created by Parisian artists Jacques Merle and Sophie Pega and the interiors - all velvet pouffes, clashing prints and painted wooden furniture- have the signature maximalist eccentricity of designer Martin Brudnizki (also responsible for fellow new-kid-on-the-rue La Fantaisie, in Faubourg-Montmartre).

Rooms are spacious, warm and cosy - all with tapestry canopies over the beds that are already proving delightful Instagram fodder- and the service is friendly and laid back. The hotel’s restaurant, Boubalé is overseen by Michelin-starred Israeli chef Assaf Granit, serving a unique and deftly-orchestrated menu of joyous Ashkenazi cuisine, and it is already a buzzy neighbourhood haunt, alongside it’s wonderfully moody bar and secret basement ‘cabaret.’ Le Grand Mazarin is a much-needed addition to Le Marais, for its undeniable charm and style, make it a destination, not just for tourists, but for Parisians themselves. Marie-Claire Chappet

Address: 17 Rue de la Verrerie, 75004 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £595 per night

Hôtel Madame Rêve, Paris review: a light-filled city-centre sanctuary Arrow

Best for: Nostalgia

Post offices are – or at least used to be – inherently romantic places, and none more so than the central post office in Paris. Not only was it as vast and grand as any of the galleries in the nearby Louvre Museum, it was also open 24 hours a day. Its closure for renovation seven years ago was an inconvenience that over time became a matter of consternation to residents. What would become of this beloved landmark? Alors . You should have seen the looks on faces of passers-by – the double-takes, the eyes widening in astonishment – when Madame Rêve, which occupies a substantial portion of the post-office building, opened this past autumn. A seductive honeyed glow emanates from the discreet corner entrance. Through the windows of its ground-floor café are visible a stupendous space of boiserie panels, acres of golden velvet, a forest of columns rising to 26ft-high ceilings. These tantalising hints of splendour are matched by the transcendent outlook from the hotel’s top-storey restaurant, La Plume. The rooftop terrace, directly accessible from the restaurant, is an ideal place from which to survey a rapidly changing neighbourhood – one referred to as ‘the New Golden Triangle’. And perhaps most marvellous of all, a smaller version of that much-missed old post office has reopened almost directly below. Sophie Knight

Address: 48 Rue du Louvre, 75001 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £528 per night

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Best for: Michelin-starred dining

Situated off the Champs Elysées, this landmark hotel is a swish experience from the outset – staff in winter coats greet you by name every time you come and go, and the lobby is a flutter of pink ferns and white marble. The bedrooms are a sea of gold – thick curtains with cream tassles, swirly carpets and gold-trimmed frames. The Four Seasons are renowned for being brilliant with families, and there’s nowhere in the hotel little ones aren’t welcome, including all three of the Michelin-starred restaurants . Le Cinq is the hottest table to secure with three Michelin stars – Parisians book months in advance to taste chef Christian Le Squer’s ‘foie gras like a pebble’, a truly beautiful trio of pebble-like pate poached in iodised vinegar broth. But there are two more stars to choose from – one at Italian Le George which serves fluffy focaccia and crispy saffron arancini, and another at L’Orangerie for the fish and plant-based tasting menu. Downstairs, the basement spa is an instantly tranquil escape that feels a long way from the hussle at the foot of the Eiffel tower just a short walk away. A dream Parisian pied-a-terre. Tabitha Joyce

Address: 31 Av. George V, 75008 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £2,151 per night

Hotel Rochechouart, 9th arrondissement

Best for: An affordable price

Strolling through the Pigalle neighbourhood and into this eight-storey Art Deco relic, there’s a distinct sense of a time when the Twenties roared. A late-night hotspot on boulevard Marguerite de Rochechouart, the hotel’s Jazz Age incarnation drew in travelling artists, intellectuals and a smattering of stars. It’s now part of Orso, a new collection of hotels run by industry veterans Louis and Anouk Solanet (also behind Hotel Wallace below), and the sultry theatrics of the era make a welcome comeback. The couple teamed up with Charlotte de Tonnac and Hugo Sauzay of Festen Architecture to revive the building’s legacy with modern touches. Some of the finest original details were restored, from the Thirties blue mosaic floor in the restaurant to the marble staircase and glass lift.

Upstairs, 106 rooms were given an autumnal, woody touch with shades of bronze, ochre and terracotta. Decorative details, from the burl-wood headboards to the curved armchairs and alabaster suspension lamps, thoughtfully whisk guests to another time. The Sacré-Coeur looms large from northern-facing bedroom windows (and in some cases, balconies) but is visible to all from the rooftop bar. On the ground floor, an old-world brasserie with plush banquettes serves up comforting Parisian classics, from chicken-liver pâté to roasted pork belly with crisp frites and the signature crêpe cake – a family recipe guests invariably try to coax out of the staff. One floor underground, the old Mikado club of the 1920s has returned as a dimly-lit speakeasy, where a trendy set sip cocktails on plush velvet sofas while a DJ spins electric beats in the corner. Next door, blue-hued Citrons et Huîtres is where locals perch at red metal tables on the pavement, throwing back fresh oysters from Brittany and chilled Champagne. LT

Address: 55 Blvd Marguerite de Rochechouart, 75009 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £150 per night

JK Place Paris Arrow

Best for: Private members club vibes

Could this be designer Michele Bönan’s finest hour? The Florentine interiors guru has always gone the extra mile in his work for Italo-Israeli hotelier Ori Kafri’s small but growing JK Place stable, which launched in 2003 with the much-imitated Florence bolthole before opening equally suave outposts in Rome and Capri . This is the group’s first hotel outside Italy, a 29-room conversion of a maison particulier in Paris’s Saint-Germain district. Bönan has raided galleries, antique shops and the Saint-Ouen flea market to create an eclectic collection of post-Cubist canvases, African chairs, classical busts, David Hicks sideboards and Balmain and Hermès sketches. Spread across five floors and three interconnected buildings, the smart rooms seem to demand cufflinks. They come with perks that help to soften the muscular rates, including free minibars with organic juices and single-origin chocolate, and bathrooms so big you could take afternoon tea in them. With warm service from a largely Italian team, the place feels more like a private-members’ club than many actual private-members’ clubs. Downstairs, the glass-roofed Casa Tua restaurant serves up good southern Italian food, while a small pool – the highlight of the dinky basement spa – invites lazy lengths before Negronis at the bar.  Lee Marshall

Address: 82 Rue de Lille, 75007 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £860 per night

First in: Hôtel Dame des Arts, Paris Arrow

Featured on our 2023 Hot List of the best new hotels in the world

Best for: A new take on a classic

Nobody could say that Paris’s Left Bank is unknown or unloved or crying out to be rediscovered. Yet it’s true that in recent years most of the city’s new hospitality hotspots – bars and restaurants as well as hotels – have popped up on the other side of the river. One of the most endearing things about Hôtel Dame des Arts is its commitment to its Left Bank location. The Mid-century Modern aesthetic works brilliantly well in this particular building, in this particular street, in this particular corner of the 6th arrondissement. It channels a Nouvelle Vague vibe without veering into pastiche or cliché. The design, by Raphael Navot, is subtly seductive, all about the lively interplay between curved and straight lines, hard and soft textures, and glossy and matte surfaces. The classic-with-a-twist approach is reflected differently in the restaurant’s menu, a beguiling Franco-Mexican fusion with pan-Asian influences, which literally puts a fresh zing into old-school brasserie standbys. The Dame has another ace up her sleeve, however. The views get better and better as you get higher and higher, and those from the rooftop bar are, on a sunny afternoon, just about as good as it gets – which in this city is very good indeed. Steve King

Address: 4 Rue Danton, 75006 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £548 per night

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Best for: Buzzy nightlife

This little Parisienne in the heart of once-sketchy, now super-cool Pigalle (on the on the border of the 9th and the 18th arrondissements) is well thought through. It’s from the group behind Instagram-famous Les Roches Rouges on the Côte d'Azur , so we knew it would be. The rooms, which are small, are kitted out with Art Deco furniture and shelves stacked with well-curated photographs. There are turntables and a selection of vinyl as well as pre-mixed Negronis and Manhattans in bottles in the mini bar. There’s no denying the neighbourhood is lively at night – the hotel is on a strip just south of the Metro that’s full of strip clubs and sex shops, but also fun bars such as Dirty Dick and Lipstick. Downstairs in the lobby, as well as a marble-topped co-working space, there’s a red velvet curtain which pulls back to reveal a velvet banquet, neon sign and pole. Find young couples recovering from hangovers over a breakfast of avocado toast with cream cheese and croissants that’s served until 4pm. For those seeking a cool sleepover within walking distance of a fun night out, this is the place to stay if you’re partying in Paris. By Tabitha Joyce

Address: 9 Rue Frochot, 75009 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £178 per night

Maison Proust Arrow

Best for: Couples

It’s easy to imagine renowned French author, Marcel Proust, teacup poised, trading witticisms amongst friends – Parisian high society countesses, painters, actresses and writers – in the sublimely elegant salon/bar of this 23-room romantic boutique hotel, tucked away on a tranquil street in the Marais. Opened in November 2022 – timed for the 100th anniversary of Proust’s death – nothing here is left to coincidence. Each of the lavishly furnished Belle Époque-style suites, masterminded by design guru Jacques Garcia, is named after Proust’s famous fin-de-siècle circle. And what a gang! Renoir, Manet, and Monet for the dreamy-eyed; Baudelaire, for the extravagant, Zola for the down-to-earth (there are 19th-century paintings galore and over 2,000 vintage volumes), as well as two floors devoted to sparkling-witted salon-hosting aristocrats, for madeleine cake addicts. The third hotel of the independently-owned Maisons Particulières Collection, every detail from the fabric-lined walls (birds, flowers, luxuriant palms) to the swoon-worthy Moroccan-style heated pool exudes unpretentious luxe at its best. Lanie Goodman

Address: 26 Rue de Picardie, 75003 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £867 per night

La Fantaisie, Paris hotel review Arrow

Best for: Innovative fine dining

How do you prize open your own pocket of Paris, a city with its myriad of secrets and cliques? La Fantaisie is the starting point. A homage to the bon viveurs and epicurean cognoscenti of Paris’ 9th arrondissement, it leverages a rooftop terrace ; lush courtyard garden (a rare verdant thing in the densely-packed heart of Faubourg-Montmartre); sensational dining and the sensorial pleasures of the vibrant Rue Cadet. The 63-room, 10-suite haven was built on the site of the more sedate L’Opéra Cadet, and is the second hotel for the family-run Leitmotiv Group (its first opened in Megève in 2017). Maverick Michelin-starred chef Dominique Crenn runs the culinary show in the pescatarian Golden Poppy restaurant, all-day café and Bar Sur Le Toit with menus marrying her native Brittany with the Californian coast where she now spends half her time; think banana pancakes with smoked osciètre caviar and deliciously piquant charred Pasilla margaritas. Design is by legendary Swedish interior designer Martin Brudnizki, whose style of glamorous yet irreverent arts-and-craft maximalism and perfectly pitched mini detours into contemporary kitsch (this is the man who styled Annabel’s ) brings a rich and highly tactile breed of optimism. Not solely a bolthole for hedonists, holistic health is omnipresent: the spa has a thermal pool and state-of-the-art infrared chamber. Katie Baron

Address: 24 Rue Cadet, 75009 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £404 per night

Maison Delano Arrow

Best for: Quiet luxury

While much of the city's top hotels shout with grandeur, Maison Delano whispers sweet luxuries. There’s been a lot of talk about quiet luxury of late, but this feels like it. Despite its flashy Faubourg Saint Honoré neighbours – Hermès, Gucci and Cartier are all within mere steps – the 18th century mansion is surprisingly discreet. The Delano name is one that’s well known within the hotel world. It was  the name in Miami in the 1990s, when the Art Deco South Beach hotel Delano was the place to be seen alongside Madonna and Prince. For its first opening outside of the US, the mood is paired back and neutral while contemporary art by names like George Terzian and Damien Hurst adorn the walls throughout, and the sweetest citrus fragrance lingers in the air. Hidden behind black lacquer doors, rooms are spacious, crisp and airy, with sleek wooden floors, white fluffy cloud-like beds and remote-controlled Japanese toilets in the bathrooms. The mansion’s original grandeur is on full display in much of the 19 suites – most notably he Grand Historic Suite with its chandelier adorned gold high ceiling. The centrepiece of the hotel is the courtyard restaurant La Chambre Bleueone, headed up by Michelin Star Chef Dani García. The leafy open-air setting is enough to make you want to book a table – which guests need to do as it’s one of the most popular restaurants in Paris right now. Lauren Burvill

Address: 4 Rue d'Anjou, 75008 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £511 per night

Cheval Blanc Paris Arrow

Featured on our 2022 Hot List of the best new hotels in the world

Best for: A visit to the Dior spa

It seems fitting that Cheval Blanc would open its first urban hotel where so many of its clients reside — and where better than within the landmark La Samaritaine? With nearly 600 artisans involved in the restoration and works by global artists exhibited throughout the space, Cheval Blanc Paris feels like entering a living museum, one where you can very comfortably spend the night. Almost every one of the 72 sleek rooms – most of which are spacious suites – overlooks the Seine; the seventh-floor Art Deco brasserie meets cocktail bar, Le Tout-Paris, is the place to be seen before escaping to the subterranean spa helmed by Dior. Their first-ever spa cruise on the Seine is one of our favourite things to do in Paris . Kasia Dietz

Address: 8 Quai du Louvre, 75001 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £1,896 per night

Airelles Château de Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle, Versailles Arrow

Best for: Luxury

Set within the gates of Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle provides an unrivaled exclusive glimpse into the lives of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette—every silver spoon, antique armoire, and gilded portrait tells the tale of life pre-French Revolution. The 14 rooms and suites take their cues from a more opulent era, with opulent chandeliers and marble fireplaces setting the tone; meanwhile, dinner takes a theatrical turn, with waitstaff decked out in period costumes and a five-course meal serving up the Sun King’s favorite dishes (all helmed by Alain Ducasse). Ask for the “king’s wake-up call,” to the tunes of classical music and a bubble bath accompanied by crystal glasses of orange-scented milk, and you might be spoiled for life. Kasia Dietz

Address: 12 Rue de l'Indépendance Américaine, 78000 Versailles, France

Prices: Rooms from around €2,000 per night

Bulgari, Paris review Arrow

Best for: La dolce Paris

Think of this quietly decadent hotel on avenue George V as a portal, or possibly even a break in the space-time continuum – one that can spirit you from Paris to Rome in the time it takes to order a croissant. Between the Gio Ponti artwork, plush Maxalto furniture and even the dozen signature Italian pastries on offer, there’s more than a hint of the bel paese suffused into this high-polish Parisian hideaway. Close to Le Bristol and the Plaza Athénée on the so-called Golden Triangle, it’s the sort of place where patrons in Prada glasses might convene for an aperitivo at the backlit onyx bar to discuss the latest show at the Palais de Tokyo while nibbling on plump Castelvetrano olives and crumbly focaccia rings. Swiss businessmen swim morning laps in a semi-Olympic pool glimmering with malachite and gold mosaics.

There’s a certain pristine perfection to the place, which was a decade in the making. Italian architectural firm Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel led the renovation of a Seventies post office, extending the window openings over two floors – a nod to the Renaissance palaces designed by Andrea Palladio – and constructing the façade with the same pale ashlar masonry as Paris’s most recognisable monuments, including the Louvre and the Trocadéro. The food and drink, developed by science-driven chef Niko Romito and former Ritz mixologist Leonardo Zanini, is precise but unfussy – expect luscious spaghetti e pomodoro preceded by fizzy tequila cocktails. The Bulgari feels like a crisply sumptuous cocoon; a slice of high-fashion Italy that somehow fits just right into one of the world’s great hotel quarters. Betsy Blumenthal

Address: 30 Av. George V, 75008 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £1,900 per night

Le Meurice Arrow

Best for: proximity to the Louvre

Paris’ first palace-status hotel, Le Meurice is a gilded city spin on Versailles – an institution and ornate refuge from the rue Rivoli crowds. Since its 1835 opening, the hotel served as an epic shorthand for Parisian history – Picasso married here, Salvador Dalí lived here, and Queen Victoria stayed here in 1855. Its splendid Haussmann façade overlooks the Tuileries gardens, with a sweeping panorama from the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, and bejewelled Louis XIV wall peacock inside. This is where Philippe Starck’s fabulously jarring modernity creeps in – note his Dalí-inspired sweeping ceiling art in the Restaurant Le Dalí and his transparent plastic chairs spread across the decadent Restaurant le Meurice Alain Ducasse. Rooms and suites vary in size and splendour, all echoing (to a more modern pitch) the 18th-century spirit governing the ground floor. Amaury Bouhours is at the helm of the two Alain Ducasse restaurants which, with French classics and Mediterranean dishes, pull in a curious mix of coiffed locals and global movers and shakers. Rosalyn Wikeley

Address: 228 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £1,622 per night

Brach Paris Arrow

Best for: under-the-radar cool

The staid 16th arrondissement hasn’t exactly drawn visitors over the years. So it’s a testament to the cool factor of Evok Hotels that it can take a former mail-sorting facility in this bourgeois, residential district and make it le talk of Paris. After a four-year renovation overseen by designer Philippe Starck, the resulting hotel is as much about a lifestyle as a place to crash. For one thing, the buzzing restaurant draws fashionable locals starting at breakfast and continuing until the early hours with its patisserie, plates-to-share and potent drinks. A terrace bar lures the pretty people. The subterranean fitness club channels a Thirties boxing club and had a waiting list the minute it opened. Even the swimming pool has a killer sound system. The party continues in the rooms, each with its own mini concept store (the mini-bar is so 2018), stocked with pre-made cocktails by the Avantgarde Spirits Company. The design smacks of Starck’s typical sassy eclecticism: walls covered in rich rosewood and leather, African masks and Masai-style beadwork, and in the bathrooms there are potted cacti next to sinks hewn from unfinished blocks of marble. Who knew that the 16th of all places would become the city’s next hip address?

Address: 1-7 Rue Jean Richepin, 75116 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £601 per night

Hôtel de JoBo Arrow

Best for: Maximalist charm

The splendidly named Bambi Sloan, who did the interiors of this ravishing little place in the Marais , isn't quite sure how to describe herself. She says she's part designer, part storyteller. She might consider calling herself a history teacher as well. Among other things, Jobo is an amusing education in certain aspects of French life, art and culture in the post-revolutionary period. The name comes from Josephine Bonaparte, Napoleon's first wife and, briefly, Empress of France . From this position of eminence, she indulged her racy and refined tastes – leading the craze for leopard skin, for example, and for swans, and, more than anything else, for roses. All of which are not merely in evidence at the hotel but effectively define it. The result is intense but delightful - it's too witty, too thoughtfully executed to be oppressive. The decadent toffs with whom Josephine caroused in the years after the revolution called themselves 'Les Incroyables et Les Merveilleuses' . Hôtel de Jobo is both incredible and marvellous. It's also tiny. The ceilings are low, the corridors narrow and the size of the bedrooms ranges from a mere 15 square metres to a modest 40. But that's more than enough if you're Napoleon and Josephine in the early throes of fascination, with no need for anything more than a comfortable bed surrounded by roses and leopardskin and swans. By Steve King

Address: 10 Rue d'Ormesson, 75004 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £224 per night

Le Montana Arrow

Best for: Urban cool

Most ordinary citoyens have a better chance of being awarded the Légion d'Honneur than they have of getting into the basement nightclub at Le Montana, off the Boulevard Saint-Germain. Since it opened in 2009, it has set new standards in ego-crushing exclusivity and it's still turning them away in droves. The upper floors of the building, however, have evolved in interesting ways, with the recent addition of a restaurant, six rooms and a roof terrace. The bedrooms, one on each floor, are individually themed but very much of a piece, with designer Vincent Darré's fingerprints all over them - as yours will be, too, the moment you touch any of the glossy surfaces. There's the luminous Miroir d'Argent room (mirrors and brushed steel); Blanc Graffiti (inspired by Jean Cocteau's scrawled-upon studio); Bleu Acide (something to do with Montparnasse in the 1950s); Rouge David X (as in David Hicks, with the X pronounced 'eex'); Noir Métaphysique (walls painted in de Chirico-esque shapes), and Gris Paris (playful, feminine and not especially grey). All have bathrooms covered from floor to ceiling in black tiles. For easy access to a glamorous club and a spectacular roof terrace, minus the indignities of a long queue and a pre-dawn reverse commute, a room at Le Montana is money well spent. For a quiet night's sleep, you'll need to spend a little more on a pair of earplugs. By Steve King

Address: 3 Rue de Bourgogne, 75007 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £324 per night

Soho House Paris Arrow

Best for: Bijou living

Between the 9th and 18th arrondissements, in the heart of Pigalle, sits one of the most-awaited and inconspicuous of Soho Houses . Set behind the unremarkable green doors of the 19th-century building, this Soho House leans into its Parisian location, with a sprawling garden courtyard, three bars, a cabaret space, and 36 bedrooms.

It's the result of a four-year renovation that the team completed in 2021. Chintzy fabrics courtesy of the Pierre Frey archive, of-the-moment handpainted lampshades, tasselled velvets and seemingly unlimited amounts of wall sconces sit alongside the existing wall panelling, Art Deco features and other enviable original details. The third floor houses the attic rooms, with murals inspired by French poet Jean Cocteau (Cocteau grew up here as it was his grandparents' home). They are extremely cosy, with original raftered ceilings, but have all of the classic Soho House elements, such as the always-welcome trolley bar – although there isn't enough room for a freestanding roll-top bath.

On the other side of this rabbit’s warren of a building sits the rooftop, with a pool bar and terrace lined with sunbeds. It’s tiny, but this is central Paris. Down in the garden, the restaurant is where you can while away the day under the conservatory roof and graze on French classics like Croque Monsieurs and Tarte Tatin. This, topped with Cocteau’s presence in the air, really is the Parisian dream. Martha Ward

Address: 45 Rue la Bruyère, 75009 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £440 per night

SO/ Paris, between Bastille and Marais

Best for: views of the Eiffel Tower

Where can you get the best view of Paris? It's the million-dollar question. Right now, it's not from the Eiffel Tower, the top of the Arc de Triomphe, or Montmartre. It's from the 15th-floor roof terrace of SO/ Paris, a 2022 opening from the Ennismore group (the team behind the Euro-cool Hoxton hotels and Scotland's Gleneagles ). Wedged between Bastille and Marais, just across the Pont de Sully bridge that leads to Notre Dame, the property itself is somewhat out of sorts among the Parisian white-washed Haussmann buildings and slate roofs. A behemoth glassy box built in the 1960s has been reimagined by architects RDAI, the team behind a clutch of worldwide Hermès stores. Interiors lean into the mid-century vibes; specks of burnt orange and brown wood, geometric carpets and groovy geometrically shaped furniture deck out the lobby. Bedrooms are more of the same: all reeded wood, colour-block fabrics and parquet flooring. But, really, you're here for the view. Floor-to-ceiling windows show off Paris in her best light, overlooking the rooftops below, the Seine, the Eiffel Tower and beyond (it goes without saying that the higher the floor, the better the view). Breakfast is taken in that 15th-floor restaurant Bonnie, which has wrap-around glass doors that lead to a covered terrace, and you can grab supper here too: think steak frites with a price tag as sky-high as the views. A bar and club can be found on the 16th floor, although we found the service a little frosty and the decision to save the best views for the indoor fumoir curious. But it's worth it for those never-ending vistas of Paris in all its glory, best drunk with a perfectly made cocktail. Sarah James

Château Voltaire, 1st arrondissement

Best for: City insiders

When I first moved to Paris to study, aged 19, I lived on rue Saint-Roch – a 1st arrondissement street which was then largely unloved and little visited, except for financiers, a few tourists and the odd fashionista drawn to the church that hosted Yves Saint Laurent’s funeral. So there was a certain buzz when the corner townhouse at number 55 was unveiled during Paris Fashion Week as a new hotel owned by Thierry Gillier, co-founder of cult fashion label Zadig & Voltaire. What was once the brand’s showroom has been transformed into a timelessly chic bolthole by in-demand architectural duo Festen (also behind Hôtel Rochechouart) and Franck Durand, the creative director married to ex- Vogue Paris editor Emmanuelle Alt. The prevailing sense is of undone elegance; almost of being in Gillier’s home, with his art collection including a Picasso in the suite that was his private quarters.

Like many great Paris hotels, there’s an in-house pet – in this case the GM’s French bulldog, Bobby. Spaces here seem to be for locals as much as hotel guests: the low-lit, baroque-style La Coquille d’Or bar, with its scallop lights that are subtly echoed throughout the property; the inviting living room; and the under- stated Brasserie l’Emil, an almost rustic setting for oysters or steak bleu , with its tiled walls and marble bar. The 32 rooms – the smallest at 226 square feet – are like smart little apartments, with dusty-pink velvet sofas, bean-to-cup coffee machines and white bathrooms. Nothing here feels forced, which partly explains why it is already a key address for Parisian insiders. And on the rue Saint-Roch, of all places. Shivani Ashoka

Address: 55 Rue Saint-Roch, 75001 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £549 per night

St James Hotel, 16th arrondissement

Best for: Chateau grandeur

If ever there were a reason to camp out in the elegant but sleepy 16th arrondissement, it’s for this property, Paris’s only officially designated château-hotel. Occupying what was once the site of the city’s first hot-air balloon landing field, this neoclassical former home of President Adolphe Thiers became the site of the Thiers Foundation, a school and academic residence, in 1892. In the 1980s, the space was transformed into the Saint James Club of Paris, a London-style private hangout. The hotel came about a decade later, with the decor handled by legendary designer Andrée Putman. Since then, it’s undergone two other radical transformations, most recently by Laura Gonzalez, whose affection for mixing antiques with modern furnishings has turned it into a romantic Parisian abode once again.

Soaring volumes, decorative frescoes and contemporary nods to old-world elegance abound, from the grand entrance to the library bar. That extends upstairs to 50 bedrooms and suites done up with nature-inspired wallpaper, custom-designed carpets, stunning chinoiseries and a warm palette of earthy greens, mustards and terracottas, alongside a mish-mash of motifs and Pierre Frey fabrics. Chef Julien Dumas plays exclusively with seasonal ingredients (sourced largely from the hotel’s organic garden) for an inventive menu at Bellefeuille restaurant, kitted out like a winter garden. The most notable change comes one floor down with the addition of a three-room Guerlain spa , inspired by Greco-Roman thermal baths. It all seems decidedly more château than hotel, and entirely unlike any other getaway in Paris. Lindsey Tramuta

Address: 5 Pl. du Chancelier Adenauer, 75116 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £603 per night

Kimpton St Honore, 2nd arrondissement

Best for: Revitalists

What is it with hotels and department stores in Paris? Within months of the Cheval Blanc appearing next door to the famous La Samaritaine last year, Kimpton’s first French property opened in what was once the department store’s luxury outpost on the storied boulevard des Capucines. Designed by La Samaritaine architect Frantz Jourdain in 1914, its Belle Epoque façade is still a showstopper, with its wrought- iron balconies and arched bay windows that once housed elaborate product displays. Inside, many of the original features remain: the imposing spiral staircase, balconies and monumental period lifts that have been restored but aren’t in use. The scheme by local design darling Charles Zana is sympathetic to the history, and feels like a Parisian pied-à-terre meeting the Art Deco style of Thirties luxury hotels.

There’s a creamy elegance to the 149 bedrooms and suites, all parquet floors, Carrara marble and Chanel-inspired black-and-white curtains. If the design feels quintessentially French, from the Pierre Mesguich mosaics to archive-inspired Pierre Frey fabrics, there is also an American notion of convenience that’s true to the Kimpton brand: yoga mats, portable phone chargers, even a little sex kit. But the most un-Parisian place of all is the 190-seat Montecito restaurant that channels insouciant Palm Springs, with its green-walled terrace, seaside colour scheme and Cali-Mex menu created by Paris-based food writer Carrie Solomon. With a modest but inviting pool and a spa from French cosmetics company Codage, there’s a sense that this American brand has done right by a Parisian icon. LT

Address: 27 - 29 Bd des Capucines, 75002 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £546 per night

Le Bristol, 8th arrondissement

Best for: Understated elegance

Le Bristol, one of the greatest grande dame hotels in Paris, is undeniably grand, but for all the polished marble, Louis XVI fauteuils, showcases by Paris’ premier jewellers and stupendous flower arrangements, the place feels delightfully warm rather than stuffy, correct rather than stiff, and refreshingly untroubled by corporate diktats. And look out for the fluffy white Burmese cat draped over the concierge desk – this is Socrate, the hotel mascot. Located close to the Elysée Palace – at the quieter end of the chic rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, it was built as a hotel in 1925 and today is owned and run by the Oetker Collection (whose other hotels include The Lanesborough in London and Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes). A top-to-toe facelift was finished in 2018, with further renovations completed during lockdown in 2020 – but the overall style remains untouched: classic, conservative, chintzy and understated. Pale boiserie walls are hung with gilded mirrors, luxuriant Manuel Canovas and Pierre Frey fabrics, rooms are filled with antique furniture and chandeliers, and bathrooms are awash with marble. The loveliest rooms – each different – are the 36 that overlook the 12,900 sq ft enclosed garden, with its geometric lawns, clipped boxes, magnolias, azaleas and honeysuckle. There’s a brilliant La Prairie spa, a delightfully retro pool, plus four Michelin stars under one roof – legendary fine-dining restaurant Epicure is often lauded as one of the world’s best. Le Bristol is as quintessentially Parisian as hotels come – no wonder this was where Woody Allen chose to shoot parts of Midnight in Paris .

Address: 112 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £1,803 per night

Hotel Providence, 10th arrondissement

Best for: Bohemian design

Once slightly seedy neighbourhoods most notable for being close to the Gare du Nord and Gare d’Est, the 9th and 10th arrondissements have long been smartening up their act. On a surprisingly quiet stretch of this part of town, bohemian Hôtel Providence is fighting hard for the title of coolest design hotel in the area – and with stiff competition from neighbours The Hoxton and Hôtel des Grands Boulevards . Bedrooms here are swathed in the kind of patterns interiors junkies wish they were bold enough to include in their own home: palm print; black with striking gold leaf; intricate needle-work designs like a Moroccan Berber rug; solid, bold indigo. Bigger rooms are furnished with velvet sofas in deep jewel shades to collapse into after a day of exploring, and some have a balcony overlooking the peaceful street below. All have stylish bathrooms with monochrome metro tiles and double sinks, and rainfall showers. Downstairs, the floral bar spills onto the street outside, where guests drink rosé glacé .

Around the back, a cosy room near the kitchen is the setting for breakfast – although our advice is to get your fill of sensible foods here (there’s plenty of yogurts, fruits and cereals, and an ice bucket of individual green juices) and then head around the corner to Du Pain et des Idées for croissants and pain au chocolat (it’s one of the best boulangeries in the city, so why not?). Also in the area find game-changing bar Experimental Cocktail Club and Big Mamma Group outpost Pizza Popolare, French cousin to Shoreditch’s hottest table Gloria . By Sarah James

Address: 90 Rue René Boulanger, 75010 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £300 per night

Hôtel des Grands Boulevards, 2nd arrondissement

Best for: Proximity to theatres

In 2007, the Experimental Group – actually three perfectly respectable former school chums – transformed the Paris bar scene with their sweetly raffish Experimental Cocktail Club. More recently they went into hotels, first with the charming Grand Pigalle, then with the equally perky Henrietta in London. A few years later they opened Hôtel des Grands Boulevards, which may be the most irresistible of all.

Grands Boulevards is at once a historical term, referring to Baron Haussmann’s transformative thoroughfares; a Métro station; and, for many Parisians, words likely to conjure up a rather unkind image of wide-eyed yokels from beyond the périphérique pouring into and out of the theatres in the area. You really ought to join them. This is one of the most diverse and dynamic parts of the city, from those much-loved theatres to the glorious covered arcades and teeming textile workshops.

The would-be flâneur couldn’t choose a more convenient or prepossessing base than Hôtel des Grands Boulevards, an 18th-century townhouse converted into 50 rooms, a restaurant and three bars. Interior designer Dorothée Meilichzon riffs with textures, shapes and colours in her distinctive, delightful way.

None of the rooms are vast but there isn’t a dud among them: with their luscious greens, blues and pinks , they’re at once simple and sensuous. And the group continues to deliver on its experimental promise: whatever you order to drink, expect to be pleasantly surprised. If in doubt, start with the Experience 1: vodka, elderflower syrup, lemon juice, lemongrass and basil. By Steve King

Address: 17 Bd Poissonnière, 75002 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £254 per night

Hôtel Plaza Athénée, 8th arrondissement

Best for: Sex and The City fans

Sheer luxury hits you in its grandest form at the Plaza Athénée, one of the best hotels in Paris. Immortalised as the glamorous backdrop in the season finale of Sex and The City , the hotel has 145 spacious rooms and 43 suites, all impeccably furnished – some in Louis XVI and Regency style (six floors) and others in Art Deco style (two floors). Some rooms overlook avenue Montaigne, others face on to a peaceful internal courtyard, where an ice-skating rink is erected in winter. Rooms are beautifully decorated, with elegant furnishings, marble bathrooms and every comfort imaginable: from plasma screen TVs and high-speed Internet access, to a pillow menu, hypo-allergenic linens, and the Berluti Service, bespoke grooming for the well-being of your shoes. The sleek bar serves some of the best cocktails in Paris, all perused on mini hand-held digital screens by an improbably glamorous clientele.

Address: 5 Av. Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £1,424 per night

Hotel Panache, 9th arrondissement

Best for: Living like a local

Surely a stay in Paris should mean an inexpensive hostelry, with quirky stairs and a receptionist who points you in the direction of the best tagine or moules , located next to a thrift shop piled with back editions of Tintin et les Egoutiers . And so it is here, in the spirited 9th arrondissement, created by Dorothée Meilichzon, who started off designing toys. The unusual flat-iron shape of Panache's 19th-century building means that each of its 40 bedrooms has a slightly odd configuration, with everything a little askew, prettily Deco-tiled, dove-grey bathrooms and bevel-edged mirrors positioned to coax a sense of symmetry. All is perfectly quiet until (and this is a moment to cherish) you fling open the windows of your room in the early evening and people-watch from a little balcony overhanging the sweet clamour of the streets radiating from the corner below: locals walking their Jack Russells, antiquarian booksellers hurrying back from the nearby Passage Verdeau, all the café conversations of the Grands Boulevards district. Panache also has a mosaic-decorated restaurant serving Middle Eastern-inspired small plates, with a female sommelier who modishly recommends delicious natural or raw wines supplied by dedicated French growers whose hard-working, summer-dusty hands are sometimes photographed for the bottle labels. Then a stagger up those lopsidedly long-winding stairs to bed. There is little here not to love. By Antonia Quirke

Address: 1 Rue Geoffroy-Marie, 75009 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £164 per night

Amastan Paris, 8th arrondissement

Best for: A standout bar

Glimpsed from its quiet street behind the Champs-Elysées, this elegant little hotel could easily be mistaken for a private townhouse, which is exactly what the owner, Paris-based entrepreneur Zied Sanhaji, had in mind for his new project. Beyond the discreet entrance that leads to the reception is the lobby – a gorgeously assembled, high-ceilinged space with petrol-blue parquet floors and a gargantuan bookcase lined with leather-bound classics. But the real hub is the cheerful bar, flood-lit with natural light all day, and its leafy courtyard garden for summer soirées. The 24 bedrooms vary from small but cosy to big, attic-like spaces with private balconies. In all, uncluttered simplicity prevails, with white and blue contrasting walls, contemporary walnut desks and immaculate white bed linen; bathrooms are sensible and decked out in marble, some with standalone bathtubs, all with large showers. Generous breakfasts - fresh fruit, cheese platters, smoked salmon and baskets of croissants - are served at one long, high table in the bar. The hotel also has a small pop-up shop stocking a range of art, jewellery and homeware from lifestyle brands such as Lola James Harper and NOCC interior design. After midday, the bar morphs into Anouk, an informal restaurant for light meals (chicken-liver mousse with whisky-spiked jelly; avocado toast; passion-fruit cheesecake). And you'll be back again after dark for a flashy signature cocktail, such as the G&T infused with goji berries or squid ink. By Lanie Goodman

Address: 4 Rue Jean Mermoz, 75008 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £219 per night

C.O.Q Hotel, 13th arrondissement

Best for: Laid back minimalism

The acronym actually stands for Community of Quality, and the idea is to showcase French creativity in a laid-back, guesthouse atmosphere, a concept masterminded by the owner, entrepreneur and first-time hotelier Michel Delloye. Don't be misled by the name: it has nothing to do with the puffed-up Gallic rooster, le coq , the emblem of French pride. There's nothing remotely showy about this place in the 13th arrondissement. The 50 bedrooms - dreamed up by young interior designers Pauline d'Hoop and Delphine Sauvaget of Agence Favorite - are a study in sober elegance, with deep-blue walls, 19th-century portraits in gilt frames, and accents in mustard, rust and pink. Go for one of the bigger rooms with balconies and baths instead of showers, or a deluxe ground-floor room, hidden away on a terrace around the back. Quirky Made in France goodies - from tricolour men's underwear to watches - are on sale in the lobby, where visitors can help themselves to a glass of Bordeaux while browsing. And with 20-odd French vintages stocked in the honesty bar, guests tend to make themselves at home in the cosy winter garden, lined with woven rugs and brocante finds. Breakfasts are bountiful - freshly squeezed juices, charcuterie, cheese and granola - but ask for the sublime, soft-boiled organic egg, served with baguette strips for dipping. By Lanie Goodman

Address: 15 Rue Edouard Manet, 75013 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £189 per night

Hotel Bachaumont, 2nd arrondissement

Best for: Foodies

It took three years to retune this one-time grand hotel, more recently a clinic, occupying a huge Haussmannian chunk of rue Bachaumont. The location is fantastic for Paris lovers who are just as into the hip food scene as they are the Musée d'Orsay and the Louvre. The trade-off for such a central stay is that the rooms are Paris-standard stingy in size, although you do get handsome design by Dorothée Meilichzon involving lots of mirrors, her signature upholstered headboards and smart Pierre Frey fabrics. If you jump straight into a suite, or at least a deluxe double, and give the noisy street-side rooms a miss, you won't feel hard done by. Otherwise, the smaller rooms make perfectly good crashpads from which to enjoy the buzzy restaurant and bar, masterminded by the Experimental Cocktail Group. These spaces are on either side of a glazed passageway, tricked out with Phaidon and Taschen wares and trendy little cacti. More of Meilichzon's covetable textiles give the lofty dining room a grown-up, fashion-y appeal, although it's a young crowd who flirt over the roast-chicken rillettes, steak tartare and lamb shoulder to share. The vibe is still cool at breakfast when witch-house tunes drift around as creative-industry types attack Alain Milliat fruit juices, very buttery scrambled eggs and home-made chocolate-and-hazelnut spread. Stay a few days and make yourself at home in this car-free rue Montorgueil neighbourhood, which is almost entirely composed of bakeries, food and wine shops, bistros and bars. By Sophie Dening

Address: 18 Rue Bachaumont, 75002 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £200 per night

Nolinski Paris, 1st arrondissement

Best for: Film noir aficionados

The French, while loftily affecting to despise American culture, have always been obsessed with certain of its manifestations – jazz, for example, and film noir, which they loved so much they named the entire genre. Perhaps it's the very intensity of their love that prevents them from making many decent films noirs themselves. But when they do get it right - think of Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï – the results can be sensational. I mention this because Nolinski, in a fine six-storey Haussmannian building on the Avenue de l'Opéra, moments from the Comédie Française, is rather like that. Its designer, Jean-Louis Deniot, fresh from his success with the Chanel spa at the nearby Ritz, has woven an intriguing nest from elements gathered with magpie relish from all over the world. (Many are for sale to guests - putting the 'boutique' back into the boutique hotel.) Nevertheless, there's a distinct preponderance of mid-century urban America about Nolinski – brassy, varnished, hard-edged, angular. And yet a certain Frenchness also inheres. One example: every room has a mini-bar housed in a cabinet designed in imitation of a safe – a bank safe of the kind a robber would crack in a film noir – inside which, among the spirits and sodas, guests will find a bottle of jus de cassis . Which is as quintessentially French as a mini-bar designed to look like a safe is American. A Le Samouraï moment: a collision of two worlds, from which both emerge not only unharmed but enhanced. By Steve King

Address: 16 Av. de l'Opéra, 75001 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £610 per night

Le Roch Hotel and Spa, 1st arrondissement

When Le Roch ('rock' not 'rosh') opened, the local parish priest and the headmistress from the school around the corner dropped by to say hello. They must be pretty chic pastoral types; certainly they're tending their flocks in a very smart neighbourhood adjacent to the Place Vendôme. But somehow the gesture seems just right. Le Roch, despite its velvety textured swishiness and its fancy address, has a winningly unaffected aura. You sense it the moment you step inside off the rue Saint-Roch – a quiet byway hidden among the grand thoroughfares that dominate this part of the city. There's an easy flow from lobby through to library, bar, dining room and courtyard. The space is small enough to seem intimate, big enough to seem buzzy – an agreeable balance that characterises the hotel as a whole. Designer Sarah Lavoine's rooms are elegant but not flamboyant, imaginative but not ostentatious. She has a particular fondness for bleu de canard and subtle Moroccan elements: zellige tiles in the bathrooms and thick, contemporary Berber carpets that feel great underfoot. Staff are enthusiastic and on-it. There's no attitude but bundles of know-how. Guests can order their own personalised range of bespoke skincare products, whipped up by cult brand Codage following a consultation and delivered to the hotel 48 hours later. By Steve King

Address: 28 Rue Saint-Roch, 75001 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £627 per night

Pavillon Faubourg Saint Germain

Best for: A standout swimming pool

After closing its doors during the pandemic, Pavillon Faubourg Saint Germain underwent a serious interior makeover within its 17th-century structure. Bedrooms are modern and bright; our suite was full of trendy furnishings – a lounging chair, comfy velvet sofas, floor-to-ceiling mirrors and huge statement lamps fill the sitting room, with furnishings in natural shades blending with the duck egg walls and warm white curved panelling that runs throughout the hotel. Monochrome marble bathrooms come with a rainfall shower and a bathtub big enough for two. Should you book into a suite, breakfast can be enjoyed on the private balconies that overlook the pretty streets of the left bank Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighbourhood.

The highlight – best enjoyed in the comfort of a hotel robe and slippers – is an underground spa built into sandstone brick archways with a hydrotherapy pool and a refreshing smelling steam room. There’s also a 24-hour gym and yoga studio for keen beans.

The ground floor restaurant, Les Parisiens, has become a destination in its own right, filled with Parisian business men and well dressed locals dining on Michelin-starred chef, Thibault Sombardier’s delicious French menu.  By Sophie Knight

Address: 5 Rue du Pré aux Clercs, 75007 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £452 per night

Monsieur George, 8th arrondissement

Best for: Velveteen glamour

George Washington never went to Paris. The farthest he ever got from home was a short visit to Barbados . Yet the Parisians held him in sufficiently high esteem to erect two fine statues in his honour and to name a street after him, each of them in a notably posh part of the capital. Now the street dubbed rue Washington in his memory has a hotel in a converted townhouse at number 17 that bears his name too: Monsieur George, a delicious bite-sized macaron of a place. Credit for the hotel’s deliciousness must go to its interior designer, Anouska Hempel, a woman of many talents and exceptional energy. Among her claims to fame is nothing less than the invention of the boutique hotel – an era-defining phenomenon that sprang into existence when she opened Blakes in London in 1978. Blakes was full of mirrors, velvet and exotic flourishes suggestive of a well-travelled, sophisticated, possibly rather decadent way of life. And so is Monsieur George.

The mirrors, the velvet and the exotic flourishes are very much in evidence – and it is testament to the enduring strength of the Hempel aesthetic that it all still works so nicely, that it all still seems so fun and fresh, sexy and chic. The rooms at Monsieur George, let it be said, are not large. Rather compact. Ask, therefore, for one of the suites, either the Marly, in the courtyard to the rear, a sort of miniature mews house with the bedroom upstairs and lots of clever partitions and screens; or the Franklin, on the sixth floor, an utterly unexpected white-on-white affair beneath the eaves, an essay in monochrome minimalism, more monastic than presidential – and only the more delightful for it. SK

Address: 17 Rue Washington, 75008 Paris, France

Prices: Rooms from around £313 per night

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Hotel Joke - Astotel

9th arr., Paris

Located in the 9th district of Paris, just a 3-minute walk from the Moulin Rouge, Hotel Joke – Astotel offers a 24-hour front desk, concierge service and free WiFi access throughout. Blanche Metro Station is 190 metres away and offers direct access to the Arc de Triomphe.

Excellent - very CLEAN! Staff - superb Location - perfect Will definitely recommend!

Apartments Du Louvre - Le Marais

2nd arr., Paris

Apartments Du Louvre - Le Marais offers self-catering accommodations located in Paris, within walking distance from the George Pompidou Centre and Les Halles Shopping Mall. The apartments feature high ceilings and parquet flooring. Free fibre optic WiFi access is available.

Central and stylish but quiet and comfortable

Philéas Lazare & Spa

Located in the 9th district of Paris, just a 10-minute walk from Opera Garnier and the Galeries Lafayette, Philéas Lazare & Spa Hotel offers a hammam and a gym, as well as a 24-hour reception, concierge service and luggage storage. Saint-Lazare Train Station is only 200 metres away.

Staff were very helpful and kind! Loved the spa area. The bathroom in the room was also very nice with the colored lights.

Résidence Charles Floquet

7th arr., Paris

Located in the heart of Paris, Résidence Charles Floquet is 50 metres from the Eiffel Tower and a 20-minute walk from the Army Museum. Set in a renovated, historic building, it offers large, self-catering accommodation with views over the Eiffel Tower.

This is the closest anyone can stay to Eiffel Tower in Paris . We loved the location and were staying with kids. They gave us the ground floor apartment with air con - it was simply great.

Apartments Du Louvre St Honoré

1st arr., Paris

Set in a quiet street in Les Halles, Apartments Du Louvre St Honoré offers self-catering accommodation with central air conditioning, a lift, free fibre optic WiFi access throughout, and a daily maid service is available with a supplement.

We loved everything about this property! The location was excellent!

Le 123 Sébastopol - Astotel

Located in the 2nd district of Paris, just 150 metres from Réamur-Sébastopol Metro Station, 123 Sébastopol offers a terrace, 24-hour reception and luggage storage. Place de la République is only a 10-minute walk away.

Good breakfast and location is good

Hôtel Le Relais des Halles

Located in a pedestrian street in the centre of Paris, Hôtel Le Relais des Halles Paris is 500 metres from the Georges Pompidou Museum. It offers individually decorated rooms with free Wi-Fi access and an antique-style décor.

Fabulous charming character tiny hotel with wonderful staff and surrounded by eateries and bars. Great breakfast. Delightful.

Hôtel Fabric

11th arr., Paris

Located in the 11th district of Paris, Hôtel Fabric is a former textile factory that now functions as a hotel. It is 450 metres from Oberkampf Metro Station and guests will have free access to the hammam and fitness room.

So cute! Great location, clean,staff were helpful and accommodating. Beautiful room, beautiful lobby and free coffee 24/7! Will be back!

Le Basile Hôtel

Located in the 9th Arrondissement in Paris, Hotel Basile is a 2-minute walk from Place de la Madeleine and 600 metres from Opéra Garnier. It offers 24-hour reception and Wi-Fi is free of charge throughout.

Location and staff. Property was exactly as presented in photographs! Very clean and well appointed!

Hôtel de Roubaix

3rd arr., Paris

Set in the heart of Paris’ third arrondissement, just 300 metres from the Musée des Arts et Métiers, this hotel offers free Wi-Fi access. Réaumur-Sébastopol Metro Station is a 2-minute walk away. Flat-screen TVs with satellite channels are presented in all of the guest rooms at Hotel de Roubaix. Each room features parquet flooring and is equipped with a wardrobe and an en suite bathroom.

The location was perfect . It was easy to reach all the activities I had booked through the gocity pass .We used the reamur sebastopol metro stop some days( for connection to Versailles and C.D.G. and Montmartre and St Germain does pres ) but because we were only a 10/15 minute straight from Notre Dame , west to the The Grevin Museum and easy to the Canal StMarten we walked . I asked ahead and the hotel very kindly allocated a 1st floor room which was ideal as steps are not my friend these days! There is a lift so it would not have been a problem but the room was perfect in every way , clean comfortable bed , great shower , good storage , t.v. access to a secure flat rear area via patio door if fresh air wanted .The room was air conditioned and a delight to return to after the heat and noise some days . The decor was brilliant , we had Picasso prints on the wall and a huge round mirror and purple walls . The lighting was great- bedside lamps dimmer main and plenty of plug sockets plus digital safe so no worries on storing passport or cards . Madame Pervanche is just across the street and recommended . I booked a table first night and enjoyed the mixed plat and the pint and croque Monsieur was a good deal and the I P.A is good if you don't mind paying a bit extra . Minus 3 euros on card price of some drinks till 9 there . Most bars around there have happy hour till 9 and cocktails can then be as low as 7 or 6 euros .

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Located in the 2nd district of Paris, just 492 feet from Réamur-Sébastopol Metro Station, 123 Sébastopol offers a terrace, 24-hour reception and luggage storage.

More hooks to hang items and a place to dry towels

In a pedestrian street in central Paris, Hôtel Le Relais des Halles Paris is just over a quarter mile from the Georges Pompidou Museum.

Very kind reception comfortable beds no noise super clean

In the 9th Arrondissement in Paris, Hotel Basile is a 2 minute walk from Place de la Madeleine and less than half a mile from Opéra Garnier.

Comfortable an functional room Great breakfast Lovely staff

La Maison Favart

This hotel is a 5-minute walk from the Opéra Garnier and the Grands Boulevards district in Paris. A sauna, fitness room and small pool can be enjoyed for free on site.

Excellent location, friendly staff and beautiful rooms

Le 12 Hôtel

Located in Paris's 8th district, the brand-new Hotel Le 12 is just a 15-minute walk from Opéra Garnier and the department stores Galeries Lafayettes and Printemps in the Grands Boulevards area.

Location is perfect. And the rooms are clean and pretty.

Hôtel Keppler

Set in a 19th-century Haussmannian building, the luxurious Hotel Keppler is just 1312 feet from the Champs Elysées. It offers a fitness center, a sauna and a hammam, as well as a 24-hour front desk.

Excellent service and most helpful concierge and staff

Bradford Elysées - Astotel

The 4-star Bradford Elysées is set in a Haussmannian building, near the famous Champs Elysées in central Paris. It offers refined guest rooms and a breakfast room with a glass roof.

good location great room with view on Eiffel Tower

B Montmartre

The B Montmartre Hotel is located next to Place de Clichy Metro station in the lively Montmartre district of Paris.

Everything: comfort, location, staff, cleaningness

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Located in the 11th district of Paris, Hôtel Fabric is a former textile factory that now functions as a hotel.

Clean, nice design, comfortable and perfect rooms.

Select Hotel

Located in the heart of the Latin Quarter, in Paris’s lively 5th arrondissement is Select Hotel. Noter Dame Cathedral is 2953 feet away.

Amazing location, very nice hotel, very polite team!

Hôtel D'Aubusson

This 17th-century private mansion is set in the Latin Quarter, just 1148 feet from Odéon Metro Station. The luxurious hotel offers a jazz bar and an interior courtyard with a fountain.

Perfect location. Great facilities. The best bar

Le Général Hôtel

Located in Paris’ 11th district, General Hotel is just a 5-minute walk from Republique Square and has a fitness center with sauna.

Warm welcoming stuff. A very good variety for breakfast.

Hotel Saint-Louis en L'Isle - Notre-Dame

Hotel Saint-Louis en L'Isle - Noter-Dame is set in Paris, in the heart of Ile Saint-Louis, 820 feet from Cathedral Noter Dame de Paris and the Latin Quarter. It offers free Wi-Fi access.

Amazing hotel, perfectly positioned! Highly recommend

Hotel Dupond-Smith

Hôtel Dupond-Smith is located in the Marais area in central Paris. It offers individually decorated rooms with design features.

The location, the staff, the facilities, breakfast

1er Etage Marais

Located in Le Marais District, a 10-minute walk from Ile de la Cité and Noter-Dame Cathedral, 1er Etage Marais is a modern-style hotel set on the 1st floor of a 17th-century building with just 5 guest...

Location is perfect, room was perfect, staff were amazing

Hotel du Petit Moulin

Located in the Marais district of Paris, Hotel du Petit Moulin is a boutique hotel entirely decorated by Christian Lacroix.

Beautiful, comfortable, clean, convenient, accommodating

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Résidence Alma Marceau

These 4-star apartments are located just a 5-minute walk from the Champs Elysees and the Arc de Triomphe.

Excellent location. Quite area. Near to everything you want

La Maison de Léa

In central Paris just a 7 minute walk from Bastille, La Maison de Léa offers contemporary B&B accommodations. Guests access the rooms via a private entrance and can enjoy free Wi-Fi in the rooms.

Everything was perfect. All was nice, modern and clean. Caro was super kind.

Hôtel Fougère

This chic hotel is just a 2-minute walk from the prestigious Saint Germain shopping boulevard and the metro station.

perfect location yet quiet; super-comfy beds, air con

Relais Christine

This boutique hotel is set in a 17th century mansion in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, just 2297 feet from Noter-Dame Cathedral.

Gorgeous setting, beautiful decor and lovely staff

Relais Hôtel du Vieux Paris

This boutique hotel is in the center of Paris, close to the Seine River, Place Saint-Michel and Notre Dame Cathedral. It has rooms with unique decorations that feature exposed wooden beams.

Rooms are cool. Location is class. Staff very friendly

Hôtel de Joséphine BONAPARTE

Set in a 17th-century convent, this hotel is located in the heart of the historical Marais district in central Paris. It offers individually-decorated rooms with free Wi-Fi access.

Ambience, comfy rooms, location and very helpful staff

Hôtel Jardin de Cluny

Set between Noter Dame and the Sorbonne, in the heart of the Latin Quarter, the Hôtel Jardin de Cluny is committed to sustainable tourism. Free Wi-Fi and elevator access are provided for all rooms.

Lovely decor, quiet location and very comfortable beds

Grand Hôtel Du Palais Royal

Set within an 18th-century building, the Grand Hotel is located in the heart of Paris, 656 feet from the Louver museum and Tuileries Gardens.

The hotel was beautiful with warm and welcoming staff.

CADET Residence

CADET Residence is located 656 feet from Cadet Metro Station. It offers spacious suites with a separate seating area and an LCD TV.

Central Friendly and helpful personnel Child-friendly

Hôtel Parc Saint-Séverin - Esprit de France

In the Latin Quarter, this 4-star hotel is just over a quarter mile from Notre Dame Cathedral. It offers free Wi-Fi access in the soundproof guest rooms and has a 24-hour front desk.

Great location. Staff was amazing! Would stay again.

Hotel Residence Henri IV

Located near the Sorbonne University on Paris’ chic left bank, this 4-star hotel offers luxury rooms with period furniture and painted ceilings.

gorgeous property, beautiful room and great location

Le Petit Oberkampf Hotel & Spa

This hotel is located a 10-minute walk from the Northern Marais district and The Canal Saint-Martin.

The staff has been extremely welcoming, caring and helpful.

Hôtel Jules & Jim

In the heart of the Marais quarter in central Paris, this modern hotel is surrounded by two paved courtyards and has views of the roofs of Paris.

Serviceminded staff - all very kind and extremely helpfull.

Apartments Paris Centre - At Home Hotel

Apartments Paris Center - At Home Hotel offers contemporary, furnished apartments with a fully equipped kitchen and free Wi-Fi, in Paris.

Location was perfect for restaurants and the metro.

Résidence & Spa Le Prince Régent

Résidence & Spa Le Prince Régent is located 2 minutes from the Sorbonne University in Paris’s Latin Quarter.

Perfect location and facilities. Ideal for a family.

Le Pavillon de la Reine & Spa

Located on the famous Place des Vosges in the Marais, this luxurious hotel offers guests free access to the spa and fitness center with a hot tub and hammam.

wonderful staff. room good and clean. good location

Hotel Louis II

Located 280 yards from le Sénat and the Jardin du Luxembourg, Hotel Louis II is a 13-minute walk from Notre Dame Cathedral. It has a 24-hour front desk and a buffet breakfast can be ordered.

The rooms are comfortable and beautifully appointed.

Hôtel Artus

Hôtel Artus is in the heart of Saint Germain des Près on Paris’ chic left bank. It is a boutique hotel offering a sauna and luxury rooms and suites, 1-minute walk from Mabillon Metro Station.

Very helpful & understanding staff. Thanks you once again

Hôtel des Grands Hommes

Set in an 18th-century building opposite the Panthéon, this hotel is 1312 feet from the Luxembourg Garden. It has a 24-hour reception with a tour desk and a ticket service.

Location was fantastic, we had a room of the pantheon!

Hotel Le Mareuil

The Le Mareuil hotel enjoys an attractive location close to the Marais district, Place de la République and the Canal Saint-Martin.

Very clean. Comfortable beds. Friendly staff. Great location.

Le Burgundy Paris

Le Burgundy is located in central Paris, just 164 feet from Rue Saint-Honoré and its chic boutiques. It offers luxury accommodations with elegant rooms and a Spa & Wellness Center.

quiet sophisticated professional service standards.

Hôtel Le Walt by Inwood Hotels

Hotel Le Walt is a 4-star hotel located on the Rive Gauche in Paris’ 7th arrondissement. This design hotel offers free Wi-Fi and an option to have breakfast served in your room.

Nicely appointed hotel with friendly, helpful staff.

Maison Colbert Member of Meliá Collection

This 19th-century hotel is located in a quiet street, 1640 feet from the Noter Dame Cathedral in the Latin Quarter. It is a short walk from the Ile-de-la-Cité and the Hotel de Ville.

We enjoyed the welcome, ambience and wonderful staff!

Le Temple De Jeanne

Le Temple De Jeanne is a design hotel located in the heart of Paris. It offers individually-decorated rooms and suites equipped with free Wi-Fi access.

Wonderful breakfast, staff and reception very helpful and friendly

Le Petit Beaumarchais Hotel & Spa

This modern hotel is set in the heart of Paris, just a 3-minute walk from Place de la Bastille and Place des Vosges. It offers an on-site bar and brightly decorated rooms with free Wi-Fi access.

Location was great, near metro & beautiful room

Hotel Saint-Louis Marais

This charming hotel is located in the center of Paris’s famous Marais District, just 984 feet from the Ile Saint-Louis. It offers free WiFi throughout the property.

Very friendly staff, exceptionally clean and great location.

Hyatt Paris Madeleine

Hyatt Paris Madeleine is located in central Paris, a 5-minute walk from Madeleine. It features a fitness and spa center with sauna and massage treatments.

Comfort cleanliness great staff polite and quick service

Terrass" Hotel

Le Terrass” Hôtel is in a 19th-century building in the heart of the Montmartre district.

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The 11 best hotels on Paris's Left Bank

The area known as Paris's Left Bank incorporates everything immediately on the south side of the Seine which is quite an expanse of the city! It is also a culturally rich area from tourist sites (including the Musée d’Orsay and the Eiffel Tower) to some of the most renowned neighbourhoods such as St-Germain-des-Prés . So staying in one of the best hotels on Paris's Left Bank means that you have easy access to both sight-seeing highlights and Paris nightlife, yet in a neighbourhood with a distinctly village-y feel.

To help you navigate the best hotels on Paris's Left Bank our Gurus have done all the leg work for you. From impossibly chic traditional stays reminiscent of the Jazz Age to hidden boutiques. Whether it is a sightseeing holiday, a romantic weekend away, or even a work trip we have got you covered. So why not browse through our collection of the best hotels on Paris's Left Bank to start planning your trip?

For a boutique stay

• J.K. Place Paris is a luxury boutique hotel offering an unbeatable location on the Rive Gauche in the 7th arrondissement. The grand traditional building has had a contemporary makeover (think hand selected antiques sat alongside up-to-the-minute contemporary art) and is now one of the best boutique hotels in Paris's Left bank.
• Hotel Montalembert is arguably Paris's first boutique hotel. Expect designer touches such as silk curtains, Bisazza tile mosaics, and indulgent marble bathrooms. A luxury base in a fashionable neighbourhood.

For a designer stay

• Le Bellechasse is opulent, luxurious, and, well, a little over the top. Which is no surprise as it is the product of fashion icon Christian Lacroix's design. Filled with vibrant colours and exotic murals this is a place to come for those seduced by a little flamboyance!
• Notre Dame is another from Christian Lacroix's collection. Set in a 400-year-old townhouse on the riverside and offering spectacular views of Notre Dame. fantastical rooms are dressed in a retro-modern style. A quirky stay.

For access to the sights

• Hotel de Lille is a 19th-century Parisian pied-à-terre with chic, yet homely, interiors. Situated one block from the river and with many of Paris's attractions within walking distance including the Louvre which is just a stone's throw away.
• Hotel Verneuil is a quiet and romantic hotel nestled in the historic and arty area of St Germain des Prés. With its excellent location and offer of priority passes to Paris's top sights this elegant property is the perfect pick for culture vultures.

For a luxury hotel

• Hotel d'Aubusson offers four-star comfort combined with personal touches set in a 17th-century honey-stone house arranged around a large courtyard. The rooms are elegant and spacious with period style decor, and there is a chic piano bar. A great choice for some old-world glamour.
• Relais Christine is a small five-star property which gives guests a true taste of classical French style and romance. As one of the best small hotels in Paris's Left Bank, this is the perfect pick for a romantic break.

For the gastronomy

• L'Hotel is a small, iconic, five-star property housed in the building where Oscar Wilde once lived. Boasting flamboyant interiors and housing the renowned Michelin starred Le Restaurant and the popular Le Bar. A must for foodies!

For families

• Villa d'Estrees is an elegant boutique hotel in the heart of the Latin Quarter . Connecting rooms can accommodate up to five, making this perfect for families, plus the hotel is walking distance from the city's highlights.

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• Browse through our list of all the best places to stay in Paris .
• Or you could refine your search to our Guru's recommendations for the top 10 hotels in Paris with character , or 10 chic Paris hotels , or the best hotels in Saint Germain des Prés .

J.K. Place Paris Paris (7th arrondissement) 29 rooms from £824

This luxury bolt-hole has an unbeatable location on the Rive Gauche in Paris' 7th arrondissement. Hand-selected antiques and contemporary art blend to create the perfect, boutique home-away-from-home, while the property's heritage features contrast with striking modern design. An exclusive getaway. See More

Hotel de Lille Paris (7th arrondissement) 15 rooms from £182

This 19th-century Parisian pied-à-terre is tucked away in Saint Germain des Prés. Stylish guestrooms have had a contemporary facelift and feel homely, with wooden bookshelves and photographs of famous clientele. Family suites are ideal for parents, and the hotel's location is great for sightseeing. See More

Le Bellechasse Paris (7th Arrondissement) 33 rooms from £199

Enjoy the riot of colour, pattern and fresco in a remarkable Christian Lacroix-designed hotel. Fun and frivolous, the rooms are comfortable and unique. Enjoy breakfast on the terrace or in your room, before stepping out and exploring the city. A few steps from the Musee d'Orsay. Good value. See More

Hotel Montalembert Paris 54 rooms from £285

Stalwart boutique hotel - the first in Paris - with a choice between modern and classic rooms. Mostly compact, with a good restaurant, a cosy library, and well located for Left Bank action. Fashionable and lively area in vibrant Paris. See More

Hotel d'Aubusson Paris 49 rooms from £469

17th-Century honey-stone townhouse turned luxury hotel. Ideally situated on the Left Bank of the Seine, this period-style hotel is smart and well run. Comfortable rooms are decked with quality furnishings and exposed beams. Enjoy a drink at the Piano Bar or on the quiet patio. See More

L'Hôtel, Paris Paris 20 rooms from £347

Iconic, small, five star hotel where Oscar Wilde once lived on the Left Bank. Flamboyant interiors by Jacques Garcia, and the popular Le Bar. Comfortable and romantic rooms are dark and intimate — the perfect luxurious bolthole in the heart of Paris. See More

Hotel Verneuil Paris 26 rooms from £210

Quiet and romantic hotel nestled in the historic and arty area of St Germain des Prés. Recently refurbished rooms are well lit, cosy and complete with antiques and books. Wake up to breakfast in bed before heading out and exploring the city. A true Parisian gem. See More

Relais Christine Paris 48 rooms from £356

Nestled on the Left Bank in a peaceful area not far from the banks of the Seine, the small luxury five-star Relais Christine is a relaxing retreat that gives guests a true taste of classical French style and romance. Lovely gardens and excellent buffet breakfasts. Perfect for a romantic break. See More

Villa d'Estrees Paris 10 rooms from £213

Elegant boutique hotel in the heart of the Latin Quarter. Just 10 spacious bedrooms, intimate and calm, decorated in traditional style with a French empire twist. Well located, would suit families. See More

Hotel Notre Dame Saint-Michel Paris 26 rooms from £174

Spectacular views of Notre Dame from Christian Lacroix’s latest design hotel, in a 400 year old townhouse on the riverside. Rooms are decorated in retro-modern style, fantastical and fun. No restaurant, but a great position. See More

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This New Boutique Hotel in Sedona, Arizona, Has a Heated Outdoor Pool, Uninterrupted Views of the Red Rocks, and a Pet Psychic

Sky Rock Sedona reopened as part of Marriott's Tribute Portfolio and features many Sedona-inspired amenities.

With mild temperatures and wildflowers in bloom , Sedona, Arizona, is the ultimate destination for a spring getaway. And while the town has no shortage of sprawling resorts , consider the newest member of Marriott's Tribute Portfolio collection if you're into more intimate boutique hotels.

Sky Rock Sedona made its debut today with 109 guest rooms and several high-end amenities inspired by the town's stunning landscapes and spiritual energy. 

"We are incredibly excited to welcome guests to the new Sky Rock Sedona and serve as a portal into the destination for guests with our central location, captivating red rock views, sophisticated design, community-driven entertainment, personalized service, and locally-inspired cuisine," Maureen Huffman, the hotel's general manager said in a press release provided to Travel + Leisure .

Serenity was key when designing the guestrooms — a muted color palette is paired with textures such as wood, leather, and natural fibers for a soothing yet sophisticated vibe. By contrast, the rest of the property features plenty of color pops and statement pieces, such as the amethyst-encrusted wall behind the check-in desk and the terracotta-hued fireplace that anchors the bar area.

And speaking of which, the reopening of the property also marks a new chapter in one of Sedona's most popular dining spots. Bar Woo Woo offers chic indoor and outdoor seating with spectacular vistas as well as a menu of Southwestern flavors. A list of local brews, wine, and handcrafted cocktails complements the menu. Every evening, guests gather in the bar area for a moonrise ceremony that includes gong ringing and a taste of the hotel's "Mezcal Moonrise" cocktail prepared with blueberry pea tea syrup, pineapple juice, and mezcal union.

In keeping with Sedona's image as a healing and sacred place, the hotel offers several on-site amenities that run the gamut from morning meditation classes to a pet psychic, which the property claims will help you understand "your furry companion on a deeper level." Weekly Friday night sound healing sessions, stargazing tours, and vortex lessons are also available. 

And if you're here just to relax and take in the views, the perfect spot for that would be the hotel's heated outdoor swimming pool and hot tub. 

Nightly rates at the hotel start from $249, and you can book your stay at marriott.com . 

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Here’s where to stay on your next trip to the Holy City.

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Charleston, South Carolina has been voted the top city in the U.S. by Travel + Leisure readers in the World's Best Awards for more than a decade. Its walkability, culinary landscape, cultural offerings, and beauty, both natural and human-made, come together to create a destination that appeals to all kinds of travelers. It also manages to balance a dedication to preserving history while embracing creativity, ambition, and newness throughout its various neighborhoods.

This uniquely Charleston identity even extends to the city’s incredibly diverse and dynamic roster of hotels — where historic mansions and luxury properties operate next to smaller accommodations focused on boutique experiences. Not a single one of the Holy City’s best hotels follows a cookie-cutter pattern; each actively creates a distinct narrative and reason for being.

As both a travel writer and a former Charleston resident, I can attest to the fact that Charleston’s hotels are a big part of the local community. Yes, they accommodate out-of-town guests, but they also use their coveted locations to provide an additional place for locals to get coffee with an old friend, sip cocktails with a book club, or sit down to an elevated dinner, whether it’s a special occasion or a regular date night. This neighborly atmosphere is what produces a hotel scene unrivaled by any other city in the South. Read on to discover the best hotels in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Hotel Bennett

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It’s an all-in-one type of property with a rooftop pool, fitness center, spa, and several on-site restaurants.

King Street is known to be busy and loud, especially on the weekends.

“Hotel Bennett is truly Charleston’s best full-service luxury hotel, in my opinion,” says Elizabeth Rhodes , digital special projects editor at Travel + Leisure and native South Carolinian. “In a city full of smaller boutique properties, it stands out with its rooftop pool, spa, massive suites, and four fantastic dining venues.” Part of the Salamander Collection of properties, the 179-room hotel juxtaposes European elegance with Southern glamour, which you’ll experience as soon as you walk through the first-floor rotunda — known for its mural of 18th-century Charleston Harbor painted by Jill Baskin — and into the Grand Court Lobby. While you’ll never run out of places to eat in Charleston, keep the on-property restaurants La Patisserie, Gabrielle, Fiat Lux, and Camellias in mind as you plan your trip. According to Rhodes, “Afternoon tea at the perfectly pink Camellias is a must.”

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• Located on King Street in downtown Charleston
• Wi-Fi, access to the fitness center, and signature amenities are included in your stay
• 11 miles from Charleston International Airport (CHS)
• Next to Marion Square, where the Charleston Farmers Market is held weekly
• Rooms from $331 a night

John Rutledge House Inn

The complimentary full breakfast is the perfect way to start a day exploring Charleston.

Off-street parking is available, but you’ll need to pay an additional $18 a day per car.

For a thoughtful, intimate bed-and-breakfast experience, look no further than the John Rutledge House Inn, which T+L readers ranked No. 4 on the list of Charleston hotels in the 2023 World’s Best Awards . The building itself is highly recognizable from the outside, with its balconies, double entry staircase, and photogenic black-and-white checkerboard sidewalk greeting guests and passersby. The inside, however, is just as welcoming, with rooms and suites outfitted with period antiques, elegant canopy beds, and Italian marble gas fireplaces. It may be tempting to sleep the day away in your comfortable accommodations, but you won’t want to miss the full breakfast — which can be enjoyed in your room or in the courtyard, ballroom, or piazza — the afternoon hors d'oeuvres, or a glass of sherry in the evening.

T+L deputy photo editor Skye Senterfeit called this hotel "a truly special spot in Charleston." She continued, saying, "Every night of my October 2022 stay, I felt more like I was coming home than just coming back to a hotel. There’s history around every corner (inside and out) and always someone impossibly charming waiting to greet you at the desk."

• Located on Broad Street in downtown Charleston
• Wi-Fi, breakfast, afternoon tea, light hors d'oeuvres, and 24-hour concierge services are included with your stay
• 13 miles from Charleston International Airport
• Some of the best shopping on King Street is just around the corner
• Rooms from $299 a night

The Spectator Hotel

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The team of personal butlers is there to ensure your stay is seamless — and you experience the best of the best in Charleston.

This part of town is often crowded with tourists visiting popular attractions like Rainbow Row and Charleston City Market.

For an extra-large helping of Southern hospitality, consider The Spectator Hotel for your next trip to the Holy City. “The Spectator stands out with its plush rooms and personal butler service for every guest. The lovely staff of butlers are on hand to help however they can; on my most recent trip in March 2023, that meant tying my boyfriend’s bowtie as we rushed off to a wedding and providing some stellar recommendations for places to eat,” says Rhodes. You can expect this level of service from morning — enjoy the complimentary breakfast delivered right to your room — to night, when it’s time for a celebratory drink.  “I highly recommend grabbing a drink or two in the bar; the friendly bartenders mix up some really inventive and delightful cocktails,” Rhodes adds.

• Located in the French Quarter in downtown Charleston
• Room service breakfast, personalized butler service, access to a fitness center, bicycles, and a welcome drink are included with your stay
• 12 miles from Charleston International Airport
• The Gibbes Museum of Art and local favorite Harken Cafe are a short walk away
• Rooms from $289 a night

Wentworth Mansion

The history of the building is apparent on every level, allowing guests to experience what it may have been like to stay in a Gilded Age home.

It’s a smaller property, with only 21 rooms, which isn’t every traveler’s cup of tea.

Wentworth Mansion received top marks in the 2023 World’s Best Awards, coming in at No. 1 on our list of the top hotels in Charleston — and it’s easy to understand why. The hotel is tucked away in Harleston Village, just a few blocks from bustling King Street, ensuring even more peace and privacy in this home away from home. The rooms and suites are all thoughtfully decorated and appointed with fireplaces, making it extra cozy in winter, and guests are encouraged to dine at Circa 1886, the restaurant located in the mansion’s original carriage house. While breakfast is a guest-only experience, anyone can make a dinner reservation.

• Located in Harleston Village, a quieter neighborhood in downtown Charleston
• Exclusive access to breakfast in Circa 1886 and the hotel’s cupola and rooftop; Wi-Fi, in-room beverages, and turn-down service are included with your stay
• Just two short blocks from Colonial Lake Park
• Rooms from $400 a night

The Restoration

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The apartment-style hotel rooms are great for extended trips to Charleston.

If you’re driving, you’ll either need to find parking yourself or pay $38 per day for valet parking, which is first-come, first-served.

For unparalleled access to King Street’s shops, restaurants, and bars, book a suite or one of the spacious residences at The Restoration. The hotel has more of an urban aesthetic than other Charleston properties, with modern photo installations and a variety of textures in the common spaces. Still, it doesn’t skimp on comfort. Whether you’re staying for a while — in which case, you’ll want to stay in the aforementioned residences, complete with a full kitchen and living room — or just for a long weekend, make sure you spend some time by the rooftop pool or grab coffee at The Rise Coffee Bar downstairs. To unlock even more amenities, including complimentary breakfast and access to a nearby gym, be sure to join The Restoration’s Insider program by providing your email address on the hotel website.

• Located on the corner of King and Wentworth Streets in downtown Charleston
• Wi-Fi, in-room beverages, and late-night cookies are included in your stay
• The picturesque College of Charleston campus is right down the street 
• Rooms from $284 a night

The Loutrel

The hotel’s atmosphere is more laid-back than pretentious.

Some travelers may prefer a hotel in a location that doesn’t experience as much foot traffic.

Comfortable, spacious, and convenient are just three ways you could describe The Loutrel , which sits on State Street in downtown Charleston, a couple blocks from the water. “As a native South Carolinian, this hotel felt like home when I visited shortly after its opening in fall 2021,” says Rhodes. “I loved the bright and modern Southern design, the super-convenient location near Charleston’s top attractions, and the private rooftop overlooking the city.” The 50-room property is stylish and fresh, balancing elegance with tasteful touches of personality, and its garden-inspired lounge is reminiscent of the greenery and blooms that adorn the stunning architecture in the surrounding neighborhood.

• Located in the French Quarter of downtown Charleston
• Bar snacks and beverages, fitness center access, and European-style breakfast are included with your stay
• You can easily walk to the Waterfront Park and pier
• Rooms from $233 a night

Zero George

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You can’t beat a long afternoon sitting on your room’s piazza, wine glass in hand, overlooking the courtyard.

The property sits adjacent to East Bay Street, one of the busier Charleston roads.

If you’ve been dreaming of the ultimate Charleston getaway, Zero George will check every box. Guests enter through the wrought-iron gates, which lead to the expertly manicured grounds, dreamy courtyard, and the three restored historic residences and two brick carriage houses that house the property’s 16 guest rooms and suites (and their shared piazzas). Every second of your experience — from check-in to checkout — will be filled with delightful, decidedly Charleston moments. Mornings begin with a European-style continental style, complete with local Callie’s Biscuits; afternoons are filled with complimentary bike rides through the neighborhood; and at least one night should be spent around a table at The Restaurant + Bar at Zero George.

• Located in the historic Ansonborough neighborhood in downtown Charleston
• Daily European-style breakfast, bicycles, evening wine and cheese pairings, off-site gym membership, and Wi-Fi included in your stay
• Stop by the new International African American Museum , less than a half-mile away
• Rooms from $379 a night

The Dewberry

The Dewberry Charleston

The rooftop bar, Citrus Club, offers 360-degree views of downtown Charleston.

Both on-site dining options, Citrus Club and The Living Room, are popular spots within the Charleston community, so they may be busy.

The Dewberry is a stalwart character in Charleston, not only housing 154 guest rooms and suites, but also a spa, rooftop cocktail lounge, swanky ground-floor bar, and a shopping experience from Garden & Gun . Each aspect of the eight-story hotel feels like a manifestation of the “quiet luxury” aesthetic. The rooms are designed to answer every need you may have (steamers, custom toiletries, plush bathrobes and slippers, a locally curated minibar), and the decor in the common spaces nod to the city’s charm and history without feeling too heavy or antiquated.

"All of my Mad Men interior design dreams came true the second I stepped into this mid-century modern hotel in April 2023," said T+L senior commerce editor Kayla Becker. "There's an undeniable level of old Southern charm here in the most glamorous, modern way. Trust me, you will want to remodel your home after you visit."

• Located on Meeting Street, just west of Marion Square, in downtown Charleston
• Bicycles, Volvo house cars, fitness studio, beach towels and totes, and Wi-Fi are included in your stay
• 11 miles from Charleston International Airport
• Within walking distance of Charleston’s best restaurants, including The Ordinary and The Darling Oyster Bar
• Rooms from $314 a night

Post House Inn

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The property’s seven rooms are all bright, airy, and uniquely decorated.

It’s a short 10-minute drive from downtown Charleston’s restaurants and attractions.

The only hotel on this list not located in downtown Charleston, Post House Inn is a destination in and of itself. The inn, and its connected restaurant, sit on one of the most picturesque corners in the Old Village Historic District in Mount Pleasant. From the team behind Basic Projects — who also brought Basic Kitchen to life — the properties were developed to be more akin to “a pub with rooms,” a common setup in the U.K., instead of a hotel with a restaurant. Since opening in late 2020, it’s become a favored spot for locals searching for a relaxing staycation, or just a great burger and a strong cocktail.

• Located in the Old Village of Mount Pleasant, just 10 minutes from downtown Charleston
• Welcome drink, breakfast, Wi-Fi, and beach towels are included in your stay
• 14.5 miles from Charleston International Airport
• Stretch your legs by walking to Pitt Street Bridge for sunset
• Rooms from $255 a night

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The hotel’s creativity allows for surprise-and-delight moments in every room and common space; it’s also dog-friendly.

If you’re searching for a traditional Southern hotel, this isn’t the location for you.

The Vendue is housed in a row of historic warehouses dating back to 1780, but its interiors — including its 84 guest rooms — are bright, bold, and modern. Billed as “Charleston’s art hotel,” there’s a sense of whimsy everywhere you look, from the French bulldog door knockers and a contrasting red-and-white color scheme to its continually rotating collection of over 200 pieces of original art. In-house art curators even offer daily guided tours from 5 to 6 p.m., although guests and even non-guests are welcome to admire the pieces at any time.

• Welcome drink, morning bag of baked goods, evening milk and cookies, afternoon art reception, and bicycles are included in your stay
• Rainbow Row, Waterfront Park, and the Pineapple Fountain are a short walk away
• Rooms from $173 a night

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Each of the guest rooms comes with a workspace — so it’s a great option for remote workers or those traveling for business.

Self-parking isn’t exactly easy in this part of town, and it’ll cost you $49 a day to valet your car.

Upon opening in downtown Charleston in July 2020, Emeline quickly became one of the “it” places to stay in the Holy City. All 212 guest rooms — 128 of which are suites — come with a king-sized bed, bespoke embroidered Matouk linens and towels, custom ceramic vanity accessories by a local artist, and custom Wildsam Field Guides to Charleston, among other exclusive amenities. Like many other Charleston hotels, food and beverage are a top priority for the hospitality team. Stop by Clerks for breakfast or a quick cup of coffee, The Den for light bites and pre-dinner cocktails, and Frannie & The Fox for a hearty wood-fired pizza and shared plates.

• Located on Church Street, slightly north of the French Quarter, in downtown Charleston
• Welcome cocktail, morning coffee, bicycles, fitness center, self-serve sparkling water, and free beer and wine during the “Captain’s Hour” are included with your stay
• Snap a photo of the nearby Pink House Gallery before grabbing a few snacks at goat.sheep.cow

Planters Inn

The shared piazza, with its wrought-iron bistro tables and chairs, is a lovely choice for a not-too-humid Charleston afternoon.

Expect heavy foot traffic outside, as the hotel sits on the corner of two of Charleston’s busiest streets.

Coming in at No. 3 on the list of T+L readers' favorite hotels in Charleston in the 2023 World’s Best Awards, Planters Inn ranked just behind The Loutrel and just above John Rutledge House Inn. This high placement is partially due to the history of the grande dame hotel; Planters Inn has roots dating back to the 1800s, and it claims the title of the only Relais & Châteaux hotel in South Carolina. Its rank also stems from the property’s hospitable interiors and unforgettable dining experiences. The guest rooms strike that perfect balance between traditional and contemporary, with four-poster mahogany beds and working fireplaces living alongside a Nespresso machine and other must-have amenities. If you’re celebrating something special, be sure to order the famous Ultimate Coconut Cake from the Peninsula Grill — and yes, you can get it delivered via room service, too.

• Located on the corner of Market and Meeting Streets in Charleston’s Historic District
• Shared terrace and Wi-Fi are included in your stay
• Head slightly southeast to discover Church Street’s impressive architecture and peaceful strolls
• Rooms from $495 a night

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The rooms are extra spacious; even those traveling with multiple bags won’t feel overly cramped.

For some travelers, its prime location off of King Street will be a plus; others may find it overwhelming.

The Pinch is a 25-room property — inclusive of three furnished residences — that also features a spa, daily breakfast, and several restaurants, including The Quinte, a 40-seat oyster bar, and Lowland Tavern, a newly opened tasting room experience. While you’re certainly welcome to book a room for a night or two, accommodations are also available on a weekly or monthly basis, if desired. The rooms and restaurants are spread out across three buildings, which date back to the mid-to-late 1800s; the interior decor, however, manages to highlight that history and simultaneously bring a bit of levity and freshness to the property.

• Located just off of King Street in downtown Charleston
• Welcome cocktail, coffee and tea service, and bike share program are included in your stay
• Within a few steps of King Street’s best shops and boutiques

The Ryder Hotel

The hotel has ADA-accessible rooms, elevators, and an ADA pool lift.

The poolside bar-restaurant, Little Palm, can get pretty buzzy.

Jack Kerouac’s semi-fictional character Japhy Ryder, from his novel "The Dharma Bums," is the inspiration behind The Ryder Hotel , which entered the Charleston scene in the spring of 2021. The building had a previous life as the King Charles Inn, but this new chapter takes a completely new direction, with formality thrown out the window. The Ryder stands on its own two feet in the downtown area with its 91 rooms decked out in pale woods, custom-woven rugs, and plush linens. The star of the show, however, just might be the pool and its indoor-outdoor bar and restaurant, Little Palm, where tropical drinks take precedence on the menu. "The cocktails at Little Palm are some of the best — and most creative — in Charleston, and the bar is perfectly Instagrammable in shades of pink and green," says Rhodes.

• Located a block away from King Street in the heart of downtown Charleston
• Coffee, a $10 breakfast credit, access to Emeline’s fitness center, a welcome cocktail, bicycles, in-room wellness equipment, and beach and picnic blankets are included in your stay
• Plan ahead and reserve a table at neighboring FIG
• Rooms from $184 a night

The Palmetto Hotel

The Palmetto Hotel Charleston

With breakfast taken care of each morning, you’ll have more room in your budget for dinner or shopping on King Street.

Your stay includes access to a nearby fitness center, but it’s not technically on-property.

The newest face in the Charleston hotel landscape, The Palmetto Hotel opened in the spring of 2023. Each of its 45 king-bed rooms was designed to bring guests an “elevated experience without missing the comforts of home.” This means you can expect features like high-end linens, Bamford toiletries, and cozy robes and slippers upon arrival, and you’ll get to enjoy a complimentary breakfast every morning. Before heading out for the evening, stop by the Lobby Bar for signature cocktails and light bites; you’ll even find local favorite Callie’s Pimento Cheese on the menu.

• Located on East Bay Street, within walking distance of the Battery in downtown Charleston
• Continental breakfast, Wi-Fi, nightly turn-down service, and bicycles are included in your stay
• The Battery and White Point Gardens are a 15-minute walk from the hotel
• Rooms from $207 a night

Know Before You Go

• Understand the general layout of Charleston. When most people think of Charleston, they envision the Historic District’s 18th and 19th-century architecture, cobblestoned streets, and palmetto trees that give the lower part of the peninsula its memorable charm. Many of the hotels on this list are located in this part of Charleston, but the city is bigger and more spread out than you might think. Before making a hotel reservation, pull up your Google Maps and make sure you’ll be in an area conducive to your planned itinerary. 
• Check the calendar to avoid peak weekends. Charleston experiences tourism all year round, but there are a few periods each year that see more activity, thus increasing demand for hotel rooms. Major events like Charleston Wine + Food , SEWE , Spoleto Festival USA , and College of Charleston’s graduation weekend significantly boost the number of visitors exploring the downtown area.
• Consider the amenities of each property. In order to stand out from the competition, most Charleston hotels offer some sort of special amenity, be it complimentary beach cruisers, a personal butler service, morning coffee, or a rooftop pool. If you’re deciding between two or three properties with similar locations and nightly rates, let the amenities be the deciding factor.

How We Chose These Hotels

For this article, each hotel was chosen based on editor reviews, appearances in various Travel + Leisure awards, and the writer’s experience with Charleston’s hospitality scene. Lydia Mansel grew up visiting the Holy City every summer and recently spent several years as a full-time resident.

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Unlocking the $50 billion hotel toiletries market: a guide for personal care brands.

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Hotel amenity sets can provide a differentiated and elevated guest experience.

Hospitality players are enjoying double-digit growth, fueled by the post-pandemic travel boom and the fact that consumers are now directing their money towards experiential, immersive experiences. Despite global inflation, 64% of travelers aim to reduce other spending areas to prioritize leisure travel in 2024. Hotel group Hilton opened no less than 132 hotels in 2023, while Marriott added more than 91,000 rooms to its roster.

Boutique hotels are also booming, contributing to a saturated yet highly diverse hotel landscape aimed at satisfying every traveler profile and delivering personalized, elevated guest experiences. A product category which contributes to a memorable guest experience but has often been overlooked until now is hotel toiletries, but hotels are finally catching up, opening up attractive opportunities for brands within the space.

The Global Hotel Toiletries Market Will Reach $50.5 Billion by 2031

Driven by the rise in hotel openings, the global hotel toiletries market generated $17.9 billion in 2021 and is anticipated to generate $50.5 billion by 2031, enjoying a CAGR of 10.8% from 2022 to 2031, according to a report by Allied Market Research . The proliferation of small and medium boutique hotels thus represents a significant opportunity for personal care, beauty and wellness brands as this type of hotels is often more poised to providing singular guest experiences and differentiate from competitors. As a result, brands have a unique opportunity to engage with the hospitality sector, which can represent an attractive sales channel that fits many criteria: working with hotels unlocks a high-volume channel, drives brand visibility and boosts trial with a wide audience.

Indeed, hospitality retail is becoming more of a focus for brands wanting to expand their reach and strengthen their positioning while benefiting from attracting volumes. On the opposite side, hotels are facing both extremely high competition and pressure to provide an elevated guest experience, which also happens through features as small as the type of toiletries offered to guests. While this product category can be considered traditional and has been quite overlooked, it represents a great opportunity for hotels to stand out with their clients, which has fueled demand for niche, premium products. In Paris for example, hotels such as Hotel Beauregard or the Signature Saint-Germain are offering Diptyque products in each guest bathroom, which instantly elevates the customer experience and overall hotel brand which benefits from the association with an iconic, luxurious french fragrance house.

Catering To Hospitality Retail

When it comes to which type of brands and products hospitality players are looking for to cater to their guests, it becomes clear that the trends shaping the overall personal care and wellness space are also impacting hotel toiletries, with a few exceptions. Thinking about the higher-end of the market, hotels are increasingly looking for unique scents that provide a differentiated experience. Certain brands such as Le Labo have built their entire edge on providing strong, singular fragrances that are immediately noticeable by connoisseurs and leave no one indifferent.

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Others might focus on advancing their sustainability agenda, seeking beauty and personal care brands that can bring eco-friendly value credentials and natural formulations to the table. This has helped brands like Votary or Tata Harper land partnerships with some of Europe’s most exclusive resorts, such as the Marbella Club Hotel in Spain and Hotel Lou Pinet in Saint Tropez, developing unique products made mostly from organic plant oils and containing no plastic in its packaging for a more sustainable and premium experience. There must be a clear alignment in terms of value positioning for there to be a match, as luxury hotels will for the most part only provide toiletry brands that echo their premium value. Boutique hotels on the other side might go for small, local or niche brands that also echo their singular offering as an effort to provide an unmatched, unique experience.

In addition to unique scents and natural formulations, brands wanting to expand within the hospitality sector will have to adapt their packaging to the specific needs of travelers. While the majority of hotels still favor single-use toiletries, forcing brands to create dedicated product formats, others are experimenting with bottles and refills in an effort to be more sustainable and cost-sensitive. Being able to offer larger formats of body wash and lotion, shampoos and conditioners could therefore be a unique selling point with prospects. In 2022, the Waldorf Astoria switched to Aesop’s refillable toiletries, while a large range of restaurants also offer the brand’s signature hand wash in their bathrooms, which instantly translates into an appealing, premium experience for guests.

As hospitality players keep expanding their efforts to elevate their customer experiences, so do personal care brands, which are enjoying a boost in popularity thanks to the growth of the wellness market. Industry trends around sustainability, natural fragrances, multi-use products and unique scents are helping skin and body care brands enjoy new growth, while giving them the opportunity to cater to an attractive channel looking to satisfy these exact customer needs as well within the toiletry segment.

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