Paris and its grand hotels
Luxury hotels in Paris
23 hotels
Cheval Blanc Paris
Five-star · Vendôme, Louvre & Palais-Royal
LVMH's 72-key hotel inside La Samaritaine on the Seine, opened in 2021 – Arnaud Donckele's Plénitude and a Dior Spa.
From $2,000 per night
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Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris
Five-star · Triangle d'Or & Champs-Élysées
The Art Deco palace of 1928 on Avenue George V, a step from the Champs-Élysées – three starred restaurants under one roof.
From $1,800 per night
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Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel
Five-star · Triangle d'Or & Champs-Élysées
Gabriel's palace of 1758 on Place de la Concorde, reopened by Rosewood in 2017 with Karl Lagerfeld's Grands Appartements.
From $1,700 per night
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Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Dorchester Collection
Five-star · Triangle d'Or & Champs-Élysées
Dorchester Collection's palace on Avenue Montaigne, among the couture houses – Jean Imbert's dining room and the Dior Spa.
From $1,700 per night
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Le Bristol Paris
Five-star · Triangle d'Or & Champs-Élysées
Oetker Collection's palace of 1925 on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré – Epicure's three stars and a pool on the roof.
From $1,600 per night
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Le Meurice, Dorchester Collection
Five-star · Vendôme, Louvre & Palais-Royal
Dorchester Collection's palace of 1835 on rue de Rivoli, facing the Tuileries – Alain Ducasse's dining room and the Spa Valmont.
From $1,500 per night
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La Réserve Paris – Hotel & Spa
Five-star · Triangle d'Or & Champs-Élysées
Jacques Garcia's Haussmann mansion off the Champs-Élysées, with Le Gabriel, its starred dining room, at its heart.
From $1,700 per night
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Mandarin Oriental, Paris
Five-star · Vendôme, Louvre & Palais-Royal
Mandarin Oriental's Art Deco house on rue Saint-Honoré, built around a garden courtyard a street from Place Vendôme.
From $1,500 per night
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Ritz Paris
Five-star · Vendôme, Louvre & Palais-Royal
César Ritz's hotel of 1898 on Place Vendôme – Bar Hemingway, L'Espadon and the Ritz Club & Spa, independent to this day.
From $2,000 per night
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Shangri-La Paris
Five-star · Trocadéro & the 16th
Prince Roland Bonaparte's mansion of 1896 at the Trocadéro, with the Eiffel Tower in the window of most rooms.
From $1,300 per night
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Saint James Paris
Five-star · Trocadéro & the 16th
The only château-hotel in Paris, a Relais & Châteaux mansion in the 16th with a Guerlain spa and the garden of its private club.
From $800 per night
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Maison Villeroy
Five-star · Triangle d'Or & Champs-Élysées
An hôtel particulier a street from Avenue Montaigne, run with butlers around the clock – the starred Trente-Trois at table.
From $1,500 per night
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Airelles Château de Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle
Five-star · Versailles
Thirteen rooms in the 17th-century Grand Contrôle, inside the grounds of the Palace of Versailles.
From $2,200 per night
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The Peninsula Paris
Four-star · Trocadéro & the 16th
The Majestic of 1908 on Avenue Kléber, reborn as The Peninsula in 2014 – L'Oiseau Blanc on the roof.
From $1,400 per night
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Bvlgari Hotel Paris
Four-star · Triangle d'Or & Champs-Élysées
The jeweler's Paris house of 76 keys on Avenue George V, opened in 2021 – a 25-meter pool and Niko Romito's restaurant.
From $1,600 per night
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Mandarin Oriental Lutetia, Paris
Four-star · Rive Gauche & Saint-Germain
The Left Bank's palace of 1910, built by the Boucicaut family – a Mandarin Oriental hotel.
From $1,200 per night
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J.K. Place Paris
Four-star · Rive Gauche & Saint-Germain
Michele Bönan's 29-room townhouse on rue de Lille, a street from the Musée d'Orsay, with an indoor pool.
From $1,200 per night
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Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris
Four-star · Triangle d'Or & Champs-Élysées
Raffles' house on Avenue Hoche, designed by Philippe Starck – an art bookshop and a private cinema inside.
From $1,200 per night
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Hôtel Barrière Fouquet's Paris
Four-star · Triangle d'Or & Champs-Élysées
Barrière's hotel above the Fouquet's brasserie of 1899, on the corner of the Champs-Élysées and Avenue George V.
From $1,000 per night
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Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme
Four-star · Vendôme, Louvre & Palais-Royal
Ed Tuttle's hotel of 2002 on rue de la Paix, a step from Place Vendôme, with Roman-style bathrooms.
From $1,200 per night
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Grand Hôtel du Palais Royal
Four-star · Vendôme, Louvre & Palais-Royal
An 18th-century townhouse of 68 rooms beside the gardens of the Palais-Royal, with a Carita spa – independent.
From $600 per night
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Hotel Lancaster
Four-star · Triangle d'Or & Champs-Élysées
A townhouse of 1889 on rue de Berri, off the Champs-Élysées, once Marlene Dietrich's Paris address.
From $700 per night
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Prince de Galles, A Luxury Collection Hotel
Four-star · Triangle d'Or & Champs-Élysées
The Art Deco hotel of 1928 on Avenue George V, with its mosaic patio courtyard and the bar Les Heures – a Luxury Collection hotel.
From $800 per night
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Paris keeps its grand hotels on the Right Bank, with Saint-Germain for the two houses that prefer the Left Bank. Those on the Right Bank stand in the Triangle d'Or between the Champs-Élysées, Avenue Montaigne and Avenue George V, along the line from Place de la Concorde past Place Vendôme to the Palais-Royal, and on the high ground of the Trocadéro and the 16th, facing the Eiffel Tower across the river; one more lies outside the city, inside the palace grounds at Versailles. We looked at every serious address in the city and kept only those whose service holds up to the palace. Thirteen hold five-star standing; the ten beside them are four-star addresses, listed at exactly the tier they hold. Twenty-three made the cut.
“Because LVMH put 72 keys, Arnaud Donckele's three-star Plénitude and a Dior Spa inside La Samaritaine on the Seine in 2021 – and the house holds five-star standing.”
From our editors · Cheval Blanc Paris
The neighborhoods
Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Dorchester Collection · Triangle d'Or & Champs-Élysées — Arthur Weidmann · CC BY-SA 4.0Triangle d'Or & Champs-Élysées
The wedge between the Champs-Élysées, Avenue Montaigne and Avenue George V, with eleven of the twenty-three hotels. Place de la Concorde lies at its foot, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré and Avenue Hoche at its edges – the couture houses on Montaigne, the Grand Palais across the avenue, the Arc de Triomphe at the top.
- Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris
- Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel
- Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Dorchester Collection
- Le Bristol Paris
- La Réserve Paris – Hotel & Spa
- Maison Villeroy
- Bvlgari Hotel Paris
- Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris
- Hôtel Barrière Fouquet's Paris
- Hotel Lancaster
- Prince de Galles, A Luxury Collection Hotel
Vendôme, Louvre & Palais-Royal
The line from Place de la Concorde to the Palais-Royal, with six of the twenty-three hotels. It takes in the Tuileries and the Louvre along the river, Place Vendôme and rue de la Paix for the jewelers, rue Saint-Honoré for the shops, the gardens and arcades of the Palais-Royal at the end, and La Samaritaine on the Seine at the Pont-Neuf.
Rive Gauche & Saint-Germain
The Left Bank from the Musée d'Orsay to Sèvres-Babylone, with two of the twenty-three hotels. It holds the cafés of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the galleries and antique dealers of the Carré Rive Gauche, Le Bon Marché and the Luxembourg Gardens.
Trocadéro & the 16th
The high ground across the river from the Eiffel Tower, with three of the twenty-three hotels. It takes in the terrace of the Palais de Chaillot, the avenues of the 16th running from the Étoile to the Bois de Boulogne, the Musée Guimet and the Palais Galliera.
Versailles
The royal town 20 km south-west of Paris, with one of the twenty-three hotels inside the palace grounds. It spreads around the château, its gardens and the Grand Canal, the Trianons and the Hameau, with the streets of the Saint-Louis and Notre-Dame quarters. It is reached in forty minutes by the RER C or by car from the Porte de Saint-Cloud.
Good to know
Which are the five-star hotels in Paris?
Thirteen. The five-star hotels we list in Paris are Cheval Blanc Paris; Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris; Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel; Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Dorchester Collection; Le Bristol Paris; Le Meurice, Dorchester Collection; La Réserve Paris – Hotel & Spa; Mandarin Oriental, Paris; Ritz Paris; Shangri-La Paris; Saint James Paris; Maison Villeroy; and Airelles Château de Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle, inside the palace grounds at Versailles. Alongside them we keep ten four-star addresses, each listed at exactly the tier it holds: The Peninsula Paris; Bvlgari Hotel Paris; Mandarin Oriental Lutetia, Paris; J.K. Place Paris; Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris; Hôtel Barrière Fouquet's Paris; Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme; Grand Hôtel du Palais Royal; Hotel Lancaster; and Prince de Galles, A Luxury Collection Hotel. Each has its own page, reached from the list above, with a concierge behind every stay.
Which part of Paris should I stay in?
Eleven of the twenty-three sit in the Triangle d'Or, the wedge between the Champs-Élysées, Avenue Montaigne and Avenue George V – Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris, Bvlgari Hotel Paris and Prince de Galles on Avenue George V; Hôtel Plaza Athénée on Avenue Montaigne, with Maison Villeroy a street away; Le Bristol Paris on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré; Hôtel de Crillon on Place de la Concorde; La Réserve Paris and Hotel Lancaster off the Champs-Élysées; Hôtel Barrière Fouquet's Paris at the corner of the avenue; Le Royal Monceau on Avenue Hoche. Six are between Place de la Concorde and the Palais-Royal, along rue de Rivoli and rue Saint-Honoré – Ritz Paris and Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme at Place Vendôme, Le Meurice facing the Tuileries, Mandarin Oriental, Paris on rue Saint-Honoré itself, Cheval Blanc Paris inside La Samaritaine on the Seine and Grand Hôtel du Palais Royal beside the gardens. Two are on the Left Bank, in Saint-Germain – Mandarin Oriental Lutetia, Paris and J.K. Place Paris – and three at the Trocadéro and in the 16th, with the Eiffel Tower across the river: Shangri-La Paris, The Peninsula Paris and Saint James Paris. One is outside the city: Airelles Château de Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle, inside the palace grounds at Versailles, forty minutes by car or by the RER. Choose the Triangle d'Or for the couture houses and the avenues; Vendôme and the Louvre for the museum and the jewelers on foot; Saint-Germain for the cafés and the galleries; the Trocadéro for the view of the tower and quieter streets; Versailles for the palace and its gardens outside the door.
When is the best season for Paris?
Spring and early autumn – April to June and September to early October – bring the mild days, the chestnut trees in leaf along the avenues and the terraces in use, and they are the weeks that fill first; Fashion Week, in late September and early October and again in late February and early March, takes the rooms of the Triangle d'Or months ahead. July is warm and long, with the 14th of July in the middle of it; in August the city empties as Parisians leave for the coast and many shops and restaurants close, though the grand hotels stay open and the museums are quieter. November through March is gray and cool, with the Christmas windows on the boulevards and the January sales the busy stretches, and the hotels at their quietest in between.
Do I need a car in Paris?
No. From the Triangle d'Or, the Champs-Élysées, Avenue Montaigne and Place de la Concorde are on foot; from Vendôme, the Louvre, the Tuileries and the Palais-Royal are minutes away, and the Marais and the Île de la Cité a longer walk along the river. The métro covers the rest, and taxis and drivers are easy to call. Charles de Gaulle is about forty-five minutes to an hour by car depending on the hour, Orly about thirty to forty; the hotel arranges a driver for either, and for Versailles, forty-five minutes to an hour to the south-west. For London, Brussels or Amsterdam, the trains from the Gare du Nord beat the road; for Lyon, Provence and the Riviera, the TGV from the Gare de Lyon.
How do I reserve a stay?
Search your dates on the hotel's page to see reference rates, then send the concierge a request. The concierge confirms exact rates and availability with you before anything is booked, and any payment and its timing are set out before you confirm.
