Below, we've rounded up the best hotels in Paris, as ranked by our expert Inspectors, to help you plan a stay to remember in the French capital.
Last April, we introduced the MICHELIN Key rating system, highlighting the top hotels in France with one, two, or three Michelin Key distinctions. As part of the 2024 MICHELIN Guide, there are now 24 Three-Key hotels, 38 Two-Key hotels, and 127 One-Key hotels, many located in the vibrant heart of Paris.
For travelers seeking the best places to stay in Paris, we’ve opened up our Iinspectors' little black book to reveal the city’s most exceptional hotels.
Three-Key Hotels
Paris, FranceDestinations in themselves, the Three-Key hotels are so exceptional that they are standalone reasons to hop over to Paris. Spend a night at the sumptuous Saint James, credited with being Paris’ only chateau-hotel, and spend the evening perched on a high stool in the library bar, an Old-Fashioned in hand, surrounded by years of history. Speaking of history, you can’t do better than the Ritz, with its regal rooms and huge bouncy, beds where staff will have your initials embroidered on every pillow, even just for a night. A hotel of high points is also the Cheval Blanc, which has enough to tempt you to never set foot outside, from its dazzling pool to the rooftop restaurants with some of the best rooftop views of Paris you can find in town.
Paris 1st
Le Cheval Blanc Paris
Le Ritz Paris
Le Meurice
Paris 8th
Maison Villeroy
La Réserve Paris
Le Four Seasons George V
Le Bristol
Plaza Athénée
Paris 16th
Le Saint James
Two-Key Hotels
Paris, FranceThe next picks don’t disappoint either, from the intimate J.K. Palace, which feels like staying at an art collector friend’s pad scattered with art works, to the Bulgari with its welcoming Italian-style service and the Shangri-La, whose rooms have some of the best views of the Eiffel Tower, if not the best.
Paris 1st
Le Nolinski
Paris 6th
Lutetia
Paris 7th
J.K. Place Paris
Paris 8th
Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel
Bulgari Hôtel Paris
Le Royal Monceau
Paris 16th
The Peninsula Paris
Le Shangri-La Paris
One-Key Hotels
Paris, FranceParis might be packed with grandes dames full of history and soul, but it also has more contemporary locales like Le Ballu, tucked in a Pigalle backstreet with a leafy courtyard, to Le Grand Mazarin, decked out in bright colors that bring all the joie de vivre of today’s Paris, which has one of the city’s most lively restaurants to match.
Paris 1st
Château Voltaire
Grand Hôtel du Palais Royal
Hôtel Madame Rêve
Le Burgundy
Paris 2nd
Maison Proust, Hotel & Spa La Mer
Paris 3rd
Les Bains
Le Pavillon de la Reine
Paris 4th
Le Grand Mazarin
Paris 6th
Relais Christine
Paris 8th
Château des Fleurs - Hôtel & Spa
Grand Powers
Hôtel des Grands Boulevards
Maison Delano Paris
Marquis Faubourg St-Honoré
Monsieur George
Norman Hôtel & Spa
Paris 9th
Soho House Paris
Hôtel Le Ballu
Hotel Pulitzer
Paris 10th
Providence
Paris 16th
Brach
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