Ranked hotels in eight cities. None pays to appear.
Where to stay · France · Updated 5 October 2026
Palaces on Place Vendôme and the Faubourg Saint-Honoré, small hotels on the streets below Montmartre. Three ranked editions of eight.
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LVMH's riverside hotel, the Louvre across the quay
Peter Marino designed the interiors. It opened in 2021 in the Samaritaine building at Pont-Neuf, with views of the Seine.
On the recordMichelin 3 Keys 2025 · World's 50 Best Hotels 2025 #21 · Palace distinction 2026 · La Liste 2025 maximum score
A 1925 hotel on the Faubourg Saint-Honoré
The hotel has a garden, and its pool is on the roof.
On the recordMichelin 3 Keys (2025 selection) · World's 50 Best Hotels 2025 #19 · Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2025
César Ritz's 1898 original on Place Vendôme
The word 'ritzy' was coined here. Bar Hemingway and the Ritz Club spa are both in the building.
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An 18th-century palace on Place de la Concorde, run by Rosewood
Karl Lagerfeld designed Les Grands Appartements. The building has been a hotel since 1909.
On the recordWorld's 50 Best Hotels 2025 #23 · Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2025
A Second Empire mansion on avenue Gabriel, by the Champs-Élysées gardens
Jacques Garcia decorated it in velvet and gilt. The Grand Palais and the Élysée are a few steps away.
On the recordMichelin 3 Keys 2025 · La Liste 2025 maximum score
Red awnings on avenue Montaigne since 1913
Part of the Dorchester Collection, with a geranium-filled courtyard and views of the Eiffel Tower.
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The only château-hotel in Paris, walled and set in gardens
Laura Gonzalez designed the interiors of this freestanding mansion near Trocadéro, in the residential 16th. There is a library bar.
On the recordMichelin 3 Keys 2025
The Left Bank's Art Deco palace, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Since early 2025, Mandarin Oriental has managed the 1910 building at Sèvres-Babylone.
On the recordCondé Nast Traveler Triple Crown 2026 (Gold List, Hot List, Readers' Choice Awards) · Mandarin Oriental management from 2025
Smaller hotels
Martin Brudnizki's maximalist Marais hotel with a frescoed basement pool
A 2023 opening in the heart of the Marais, furnished like a collector's townhouse, with its own restaurant.
On the recordMichelin 1 Key 2024 · Michelin 1 Key 2025
Thierry Gillier's 32-room hotel a short walk from Place Vendôme
Modern, understated design at 55 rue Saint-Roch, between the Tuileries and Opéra. A discreet address for the fashion and gallery crowd.
On the recordMichelin 1 Key 2024 · Michelin 1 Key 2025
A garden theme from courtyard to rooftop, behind the Opéra
Martin Brudnizki designed the 73 rooms, which opened in 2023 near the Opéra Garnier.
On the recordMichelin 1 Key 2025
A tiny British-accented hotel off the Champs-Élysées, with a Thai-French restaurant
On rue Washington since 2019, with British design cues. The restaurant, Galanga, cooks Thai-French.
On the recordMichelin 1 Key 2025 · Michelin 1 Star restaurant (Galanga) · Time Out Paris: best for couples, boutique hotels list 2026 · Chapitre Six collection
Tristan Auer's neo-Gothic Paris flagship for the Experimental Group
Mélanie Serre is chef at Temple & Chapon. The 43 rooms opened in March 2025 in the Haut Marais, with a spa and indoor pool.
On the recordCondé Nast Traveler Hot List 2026 (reported via list aggregator; n/v on cntraveler.com) · 2025 opening
Belle Époque Japonisme across 26 rooms in Paris's Little Tokyo
Straw and natural iroko wood line the walls. It opened in 2024 in the 2nd arrondissement.
On the recordMichelin Guide hotel selection (listed, no Key) · Chapitre Six collection · 2024 opening
The Pigalle rock club, back as a 35-room hotel-club
Closed from 2022, the club reopened in April 2026 as a five-star hotel with a club programme. Chapitre Six developed it, with a restaurant and a rooftop.
On the recordWallpaper* coverage 2026 · Galerie 'Hotel of the Week' 2026 · Chapitre Six collection · 2026 opening
An independent hotel on Place Saint-Sulpice
Mr & Mrs Smith bookings include free entry to the Musée d'Orsay, Marmottan, Picasso or Rodin. The Luxembourg gardens are within walking distance.
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Under €250 a night
Luke Edward Hall's hotel between Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est
Opened in 2020, with bold wallpaper and vintage furniture in every room. The bathrooms are checkerboard, in colours such as avocado and burgundy.
On the recordTime Out Paris: best hidden gem, boutique hotels list 2026 · Time Out Paris review
A Montmartre townhouse furnished from the Puces de Saint-Ouen
Twenty-five rooms in a 19th-century townhouse on a cobbled street at the foot of the Butte. The furniture is retro and upcycled, and there is an inner garden.
On the recordTime Out Paris: best boutique hotels 2026 · Hotels Above Par: best affordable boutique hotels in Paris · Chapitre Six collection
Art Deco in Pigalle, with a rooftop bar facing Montmartre
Relaunched in 2020 on Boulevard Rochechouart with a restaurant and Le Mikado Dancing, a speakeasy dance hall. The bar on the roof is Bar sur le Toit.
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The Experimental Group's SoPi hotel, with Frenchie Pigalle on the ground floor
Gregory Marchand's restaurant takes the ground floor and the Experimental Group runs the bar. Interiors are dark blue, and Pigalle metro is three minutes away.
On the recordTime Out Paris: best for foodies, boutique hotels list 2026 · Hotels Above Par guide to Montmartre & Pigalle
Raphael Navot interiors in a Haussmann building near Montorgueil
Two bars, one of them on the roof, and an Italian restaurant. The hotel opened in 2017 in the 3rd arrondissement.
On the recordHotels Above Par: best affordable boutique hotels in Paris · Mr & Mrs Smith collection
A Pigalle hotel whose record collection and DJs come from the neighbourhood
Forty rooms in a neo-classical building in the 9th. The restaurant is locally driven, down to the croissants.
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Dorothée Meilichzon's retro patterns in a corner building in the 9th
Rooms are relatively spacious, with bold patterns and retro references. It opened in 2015 in Faubourg-Montmartre.
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A 2025 hotel conceived as a family home
The roof is planted and there is a restaurant, in the residential streets of the 16th.
On the recordMr & Mrs Smith collection · Voyages d'Affaires: 2025 Paris openings
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