The Best Places To Sleep In Paris
Hervé Goluza
Hôtel De La Boétie (£)
Close to the Champs-Élysées, but tucked down Rue la Boétie, this well-priced new hotel in the 8th arrondissement is the first in the world with interiors by SL favourite Beata Heuman. The Swedish master of quirk keeps things unusually simple here – to match Hôtel De La Boétie’s understated 19th-century exterior – though there’s still a statement green carpet throughout. Theatrical flourishes are saved for the shimmery walls of the lounge and some statement headboards in the bedrooms. Natural materials keep the overall effect calm and neutral.
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Hôtel Beauregard (£)
Hôtel Beauregard embraces all the Paris clichés – and makes for a fun stay because of it. In the 15th arrondissement, designer Chloé Nègre evokes a traditional bourgeois residence with some colourful retro touches. Many of the 38 bedrooms have views of the Eiffel Tower (the ‘Iron Lady’ as they call it) and all have in-room products by Diptyque.
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Mama Shelter (£)
While the Hoxton has been going global from a starting point in London, Mama Shelter has been spreading outwards across the world from Paris. The playful group has three properties in its home city, each offering its signature bold design and simple rooms. All three are slightly outside Paris’s main centre, but have lively food and drink offerings, and nearby metro stops to whisk you towards the action.
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The Hoxton (£)
The Hoxton group has gone global in recent years, offering travellers its signature slice of stripped-back cool in many of the world’s great cities. In taking over this 18th-century property in the 2nd arrondissement, the group has stuck closely to its blueprint. Fripperies such as in-room slippers have been pared back to keep prices competitive and the ‘Shoebox’ doubles are as good a budget option as you’ll find in Paris today.
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Le Pigalle (£)
This cool 40-room hotel isn’t afraid to mention the Pigalle’s sketchy, sex-fuelled past – in its 60s décor and in the subtle and sometimes not so subtle art on its walls. Close to the Moulin Rouge, in the heart of Paris’s old red-light district, the overall feel is enchantingly retro modern. Music is a big part of the ambience here – there’s a well-chosen vinyl library and a local DJ has put together some exclusive playlists – while Le Labo is behind the appealing, musky smells that define its communal areas. The hotel runs an excellent coffee shop next door.
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Hotel Rochechouart (£)
A long time ago, this art-deco hotel in Pigalle was The Charleston – a glamorous spot during the Roaring 20s. The Orso group has brought it into the 21st century with a destination restaurant serving French classics, a late-night rooftop bar with fine views, an oyster bar and a nightclub, which nods to the property’s history with its speakeasy vibe. Several of the eight-storey building’s original features have been restored, including a grand art-deco staircase and a glass elevator, while the 106 rooms are modern and elegant, with warm tones, plush furniture and vintage lighting – some even look up to the Sacré-Coeur.
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Hotel Wallace (£)
Four-star Hotel Wallace is part of the Orso group that also includes Hotel Rochechouart over in Pigalle. It's slightly away from the tourist hordes, down in the quieter 15th arrondissement. The theme here is ‘Italian riviera’ and it works well – until, perhaps, you spy the Eiffel Tower from the roof terrace. Signature cocktails like a cucumber mezcal can be taken here or down below on a glass-roofed patio. Also up top, you’ll find a hot tub and a fitness room.
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Hôtel National des Arts et Métiers (££)
On the edge of the Marais, this buzzy courtyard property is a little gem with the neighbourhood’s hip boutiques and restaurants on tap, and big-ticket attractions like the Louvre not much farther away. The hotel’s appeal only grows in summer, when the rooftop terrace opens, though its Herbarium bar is a cool year-round spot, where cocktails are created and presented with the precision of fragrances.
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Hôtel Providence (££)
The 18 rooms at design-led Hôtel Providence, close to the Haut-Marais, Beaubourg and the Saint Martin Canal, are individually conceived with new, vintage and flea-market objets. Affordable Mini rooms are compact but cleverly laid out; bigger ones have terraces with views and bathrooms with claw-foot tubs. What they all have – and we admit this is our favourite feature of the Providence – is an in-room cocktail bar, replete with recipe book, ice maker and garnishes in the fridge.
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Hôtel Particulier (££)
The five-suite Particulier has a serious history and a great location. Members of the Hermès and Rothschild families have lived in this 19th-century property with its own lush garden – today the whole thing is managed by Oscar Comtet, a local Montmartre lad turned landscape gardener. The Sacré-Coeur might be close by, but this remains a wonderful green retreat from the city – with an outstanding cocktail bar.
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Le Pavillon de la Reine (££)
Places des Vosges in the Marais is one of Paris’s oldest squares and one of its most handsome. Occupying a 17th-century, ivy-covered mansion on the square, Le Pavillon de la Reine fits right in. Careful design matches oil portraits of aristos and period antiques to more contemporary furnishings to create an old-school feel that’s never fusty. The 56 rooms and suites can be quite different in character – if you have strong preferences, cast your eye over some of them before committing. Once you’re settled, all you must do is make time to enjoy the garden courtyard and spa.
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Hôtel Des Grands Boulevards (££)
Hôtel Des Grands Boulevards feels like a destination in itself rather than just somewhere to sleep for the night. Inspired by Marie-Antoinette, designer Dorothée Meilichzon has used lots of velvet to create something that is less ‘let them eat cake’ and more ‘let them drink cocktails’. Run by the Experimental Group – which has bars across Paris as well as London’s Henrietta hotel – this is a cool base for a grown-up city break, with a main restaurant that features a retractable roof for summertime dining beneath the stars.
Hôtel Madame Rêve (££)
It took almost a decade for the monumental old Louvre post office to be transformed into the Madame Rêve. When the hotel finally opened in late 2021 and the first guests stepped into its period lobby, it was immediately clear the wait had been worth it. This 19th-century building with views of the Eiffel Tower and Notre-Dame is now a place to see and be seen. Oak furniture, floor-to-ceiling windows and modern decorative accents define the décor across 82 rooms and suites, though the best spot to enjoy those views is the large, leafy rooftop. The pavement terrace of the ground-floor café is another place you’ll want to spend time between excursions.
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Hotel du Sentier (££)
This boutique hotel is in Paris’s old garment district, which has lately become ‘Silicon Sentier’ for easily guessable reasons. Behind a historic Egyptian-themed façade, Hotel du Sentier mixes the old and new. Step inside and you’ll find smart Scandi-style digs designed around original arched windows. The in-house bistro has a tree-covered terrace – a charming setting in which to enjoy some classic French fare. Larger suites come with their own terraces.
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Soho House Paris (££)
Soho House’s first Paris outpost is spread across a 19th-century apartment building in the once notorious Pigalle district – its Cabaret space channels the spirit of the nearby Moulin Rouge. Bedrooms are comfortable (try an Attic room for extra city views), though of course it’s the clubby shared spaces that make this one stand out. Fitness fans will have everything they need and the array of dining and drinking options is impressive – choose from the Winter Garden, the Petit Salon or the Pool Terrace. Soho House Paris can be booked by non-members who take out a Soho Friends membership.
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Hôtel Dame Des Arts (££)
The eternally cool film makers of France’s New Wave were the inspiration for this hip hotel in the Latin Quarter. Hot local designer Rafael Navot has included a 50s-style cinema room and even managed to make the basement gym an appealing place to spend time, with its curved ceiling, wooden machines and suede-covered weights. A rooftop bar offers a 360° look at Parisian icons including the Eiffel Tower, the Sacré-Coeur, the dome of Les Invalides and Notre Dame. Many of the rooms have terraces with deck chairs and views of their own. Look out too for a sister property set to land on the Left Bank: inspired by the golden age of travel, Hôtel des Grands Voyageurs will feature a transatlantic brasserie and an underground cocktail bar.
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Le Grand Mazarin (££)
Le Grand Mazarin is a new opening that only enhances the Marais’s status as Paris’s most à la mode neighbourhood. Martin Brudnizki’s in-demand design studio has co-ordinated bespoke artworks, heritage French furniture and some bold paint colours to create an aesthetic that falls nicely between post-modern and Wes Anderson. The restaurant from Israeli exec chef Assaf Granit reminds guests they are in the city’s old Jewish quarter – the swimming pool and fitness room exist only to help you work off the cheesy, potato-y sumptuousness of his ‘Like a Jewish Wedding’ dish.
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Le Pavillon Faubourg Saint-Germain (££)
In literary Saint-Germain, this grown-up hotel oozes glamour and is excellent located for anyone who wants to explore the city by day, then sink into a plush bed or enjoy a spa treatment at night. Some original features of the 17th-century building, but some well-designed interiors make its light and bright 47 rooms and suites feel ultra-contemporary. The spa features a hammam, pool and two ‘massage cabins’. Its Les Parisiens restaurant is headed up by Michelin-starred Thibault Sombardier – a talented exponent of classic French fine dining.
La Fantaisie (££)
Martin Brudnizki has been busy in Paris in 2023. As well as overseeing the interiors at Le Grand Mazarin (see above), the Swedish designer has created a suitably flamboyant look for La Fantaisie in Faubourg-Montmartre – a natural colour palette of soft greens, warm yellows and coral touches brings order to the floral wallpapers, statement headboards and bright upholstery. Elsewhere, La Fantaisie makes it easy to live virtuously: its Holidermie spa takes a vegan approach to beauty, while Dominique Crenn – the only female chef to have won three Michelin stars in the US – has made the glass-ceilinged Golden Poppy restaurant both zero plastic and zero waste.
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Chateau Voltaire (££)
In 2021, Zadig & Voltaire founder Thierry Gillier turned his company’s HQ into a hotel. Spread across three buildings from three different centuries, Chateau Voltaire makes a stylish understatement that separates it from many of the city’s grander hotels. The air of discretion carries into its dark and sophisticated Coquille d’Or bar, and the sense of privacy is only heightened by the spa – guests can book its small pool and sauna for an hour’s exclusive use. And yet, despite all the seclusion, the city’s sights are in easy reach, with the Tuilieries and the Louvre both short walks away.
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JK Place (££)
This is JK Place’s first move outside Italy. Like its sisters in Rome and Capri, the Paris outpost oozes home from home appeal. Handsome, high-ceilinged rooms are dotted with elegant antiques and supported by spacious bathrooms. The restaurant’s seasonal Italian cuisine is faultless, as is the bar’s negroni. A Noble Panacea spa, pool and gym are also on site.
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Maison Colbert (££)
Now part of the Spanish Meliá Collection, Maison Colbert has 39 rooms set around its central courtyard. It leans into Meliá’s origins with some statement reproductions of paintings by the Spanish impressionist Joaquín Sorolla – and a glass of cava at check-in. There’s no restaurant here – though Café Clotilde will see you through the day – so tap up the friendly staff for evening recommendations.
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SO/ Paris (££)
Looking out across the Seine to the Left Bank, this fashion-forward hotel is the new flagship for the Ennismore group’s SO/ Collection. Its 162 mid-century-styled rooms and suites occupy levels seven to 14, meaning they all have fine views. Those views only get better on the top two floors, which are given over to Bonnie, a restaurant, club and bar with a cool 60s vibe – the glassed-in rooftop club is the only one in the city. The Maison CODAGE Spa is the place to reset, and all guests also get access to the smart Ô Zenhit pool and fitness centre.
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Maison Delano Paris (£££)
In a plush part of the 8th arrondissement, just north of the Champs-Élysées, Maison Delano is a fine example of quiet luxury in action. Occupying a handsome 18th-century mansion, it offers 56 rooms and suites with an uncommon level of understated refinement. Starred Spanish chef Dani García oversees its restaurant, La Chambre Bleue, which majors in seafood from the Med and makes the most of the mansion’s original courtyard.
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Highstay (£££)
New to the city for 2023, Highstay isn’t a hotel. It offers 32 luxury apartments around Paris for rental as high-end hotel alternatives. With the help of architects and interior designers, it has built a group of properties that capture the spirit of their neighbourhood, whether that’s Le Marais or Saint Honoré. At each one, there’s a concierge on hand to offer activity inspiration (concert tickets? Hot air balloon ride over the city?), arrange private chefs or sort any more tedious logistics.
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Le Bristol (£££)
In 2025, it’ll be 100 years since Le Bristol first opened – and that will truly be something to celebrate. For stately luxury, the grande dame of Parisian palace hotels remains unmatched in the city. Amid crystal chandeliers, gleaming marble floors and ornate flower arrangements, everything from the warm welcome to the covered rooftop pool and the Michelin-starred dining options is just so – and that includes Le Bristol’s only permanent resident, Socrate the Birman cat.
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Cheval Blanc (£££)
The luxury LVMH group’s first Paris hotel is everything you might hope it would be. The listed and well-located La Samaritaine building has had its elegant art-deco façade restored, while neutral interiors now flash with gold accents. Around and about, there’s a 30m swimming pool, a Dior spa, courtesy BMWs to drop you around town, and a handful of fine dining options – it didn’t take long for Arnaud Donckele’s Plénitude to earn three Michelin stars, and the rest of the property operates at a similarly exalted level.
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Le Meurice (£££)
Facing the Jardin des Tuileries on Rue de Rivoli, Le Meurice is a historic hotel that makes good on its prominent location. Queen Victoria stayed here, Picasso got married here, and they would surely choose Le Meurice if they were in Paris today. Some things would feel familiar to them – the old masters on the walls, the Versailles-level splendours of the 160 rooms and suites – others would be radically new, like the Technogym equipment or the facials at the Valmont spa. Confirming that this is a hotel at the very top of the market, Alain Ducasse has two restaurants here, while Cédric Grolet looks after La Pâtisserie.
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Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel (£££)
Looking onto Place de la Concorde, with the Champs-Élysées and Tuilieries gardens close at hand, Hôtel de Crillon might have the best location of any hotel on this list. Inside, each of its 124 rooms and suites has a butler, and marble bathrooms are standard. A pair of leafy internal courtyards are wonderful places to recharge, as are the pool and spa. L’Ecrin offers Michelin-starred fine dining with a twist – with the help of champion sommelier Xavier Thuizat, you choose your wines first, then dishes to match. Bar Les Ambassadeurs is magnificent and often has live music – though you’ll want to be people-watching from its terrace beneath the arcades, when the weather allows.
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Le Royal Monceau (£££)
Close to the Arc de Triomphe, Le Royal Monceau has been a five-star hotel for almost a century. Now under the Raffles umbrella, it has made Paris’s world-beating art history a focus – the hotel has its own gallery, an arty concept store and even an art concierge to show you the city’s rich creative legacy. Rooms have light and bright mid-century appeal. Il Carpaccio is a Michelin-starred Italian, Nobu Matsuhisa also has a restaurant here, and the spa is a cocoon of pure white with a pool, sauna, hammam and fitness coaches.
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Hôtel Plaza Athénée (£££)
This is where Christian Dior himself used to stay – and where Carrie Bradshaw first spied the Eiffel Tower. Dior opened a boutique across the road and helped make the hotel a favourite among the fashion set. Its recently renovated spa was the first Dior hotel spa when it opened back in 2008. Today, fresh from celebrating its 110th anniversary, the Plaza Athénée remains a place to be. Jean Imbert has replaced Alain Ducasse in the kitchen and not missed a beat – his opulent cuisine is a match for the gold-leaf walls and marble tables. Rooms and suites are as plush as you’d hope.
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