Current Time
Currency
hotels
Paris hotels
Paris packs more charm, class, and coziness per square foot into its hotels than just about any other city in the world. And though some (but certainly not all) rooms bear resemblance to a walk-in closet, most derive that only-in-Paris feel from the history-soaked walls that contain them. To improve on history, luxury properties are increasingly attracting superstar chefs—and sometimes staying the night is the only way to get a table.
There are alternatives to the hotels: B&Bs (chambres d'hôtes)—from an artist's atelier in Montparnasse to an antiques-filled bedroom of a grand apartment in the 16th arrondissement—are easy to find. Try Alcôves et Agapes (33-1-44-85-06-05; www.bed-and-breakfast-in-paris.com), B&B in Paris (33-1-47-34-01-50; www.2binparis.com), or Paris Bed & Breakfast (800-872-2632; www.parisbandb.com). Furnished rentals are also available—perhaps a town house with a garden in the leafy Batignolles quarter—through reliable, English-speaking companies like the high-end Guest Apartment Services (33-1-44-07-06-20; www.guestapartment.fr), Rentals in Paris (516-977-3318; www.rentals-paris.com), and Paris Apartments Services (33-1-40-28-01-28; www.paris-apts.com). You can usually request an English-speaking landlord or lady, or even home-cooked dinners and French lessons.
The first French property of the Spanish Derby Hotels group, known for such edgy properties as the Urban in Madrid and the Claris in Barcelona, occupies a...more
Playwright, spy, financier, and American revolutionary sympathizer Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais wrote The Marriage of Figaro in his town house at 47...more
Just off the Champs-Élysées, this grande dame completely changed the luxury-accommodation game in Paris when it reopened as a Four Seasons after a...more
Since the new Paris Hilton is a real ocean liner of a hotel—with 525 rooms, it's the largest to be built in the City of Light since World War II—it...more
André, the mono-monikered artist and nightlife impresario, has reworked this Montmarte building into a hip bobo (bohemian bourgeois) flophouse, where the...more
Hotel Bel-Ami isn't new, but it's dynamic and has come into its own since opening in the bull's-eye of St-Germain-des-Prés in 2000. Hong Kong–born...more
Prices at this hip place run just a little beyond budget territory, but the few extra dollars are justified by its location (in the heart of the Marais, right...more
The elegant "voyage to the Indies via the Casbah" decor of this well-mannered 26-room town-house hotel in Paris's stylish 8th Arrondissement instantly won it a...more
In this, its flagship property, Concorde Hotels manages to make the the oppressive designs of the ancien régime—stone staircases, mile-high...more
Even though it stands in the very grand shadows of the George V in the heart of Paris's "golden triangle" luxury district, the Hôtel de Sers is no...more
RSS Feeds