Best Hotels in France Paris

Trust the Parisians to lead the charge when it comes to the most glamorous and stylish hotels in the world. Amongst its majestic boulevards and hidden within its romantic arrondissements are an incredible collection of hotels that are destinations in their own right. Names like The Ritz, Hôtel Plaza Athénée and Hôtel de Crillon are gilded landmarks in their own right, famed for attracting royals and movie stars throughout the years. Then there are the city’s romantic boutique boltholes, nestled in townhouses and decorated with a fantastical jeu de vivre that one can only find in Paris. Yes, this city is expensive, and yes, rooms can run very small, but plan wisely – and take our editor’s advice – and a perfect stay in Paris is well within reach.

Editor’s top picks:
For luxury: La Reserve
For families: Cheval Blanc
For views of the Eiffel Tower: Hôtel Plaza Athénée
For a boutique stay: Maison Proust
For an affordable stay: Hotel Rochechouart

For luxury: La Reserve

La Reserve, 8th Arrondissement
Featured in our Gold List of the best hotels in the world 2026

I was there when La Réserve Paris Hotel and Spa opened in 2015 and have returned on numerous occasions since. I was enchanted from day one, and a decade later the spell remains unbroken. Outwardly little about the hotel has changed. Its main restaurant, Le Gabriel, has accumulated first two and now three Michelin stars. Le Gaspard, its exquisite bar (seats 18) has expanded slightly into the streetside terrace. The foliage in the serene central courtyard has grown ever more dense, treatments in the bijou basement spa ever more sophisticated. With just 40 rooms La Réserve is by far the smallest of the city’s super-elite palace-designated hotels, and it retains a discreet private quality that you might describe as residential – particularly if you are accustomed to discreet private residences that are swathed in silk, velvet, taffeta and cordovan leather, with Versaillais parquet floors, gilded reliefs, and views across Paris from Notre-Dame to the Eiffel Tower. Owner Michel Reybier and designer Jacques Garcia have collaborated on several projects (La Chartreuse de Cos d’Estournel, on the estate of the same name in Bordeaux, is another glorious example). But La Réserve Paris is their masterpiece. Steve King

Prices: Rooms from around £1,510 per night.

Address: 42 Av. Gabriel, 75008 Paris, France

Closest metro station: Franklin D. Roosevelt

For families: Cheval Blanc

Cheval Blanc Paris, 1st arrondissement
Best for: families

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

Prices: Rooms from around £1,900 per night.

Address: 8 Quai du Louvre, 75001 Paris, France

Closest metro station: Pont Neuf

For views of the Eiffel Tower: Hôtel Plaza Athénée

Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Dorchester Collection, Avenue Montaigne
Best for: luxury

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 favourites 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, such as the blue velvet-covered ceiling of Le Bar; and guest-wise, it means you’re likely to spot some fashion editors and design house executives circling the lobby. Sandra Ramani

Prices: Rooms from around £1,300 per night.

Address: 25 Av. Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France

Closest metro station: Alma-Marceau

For a boutique stay: Maison Proust

Maison Proust, Le Marais
Best for: a boutique stay

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

Prices: Rooms from around £867 per night.

Address: 26 Rue de Picardie, 75003 Paris, France

Closest metro station: Filles du Calvaire

For an affordable stay: Hotel Rochechouart

Hotel Rochechouart, 9th arrondissement
Best for: an affordable stay

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. Lindsey Tramuta

Prices: Rooms from around £120 per night.

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

Closest metro station: Anvers