Must see hotels in Paris

Life's a cabaret at this novel, four-star boutique address in Pigalle. Named after 1920s cabaret star Josephine Baker, the hotel has 41 rooms with richly…

Soft cream-coloured sofas and design books grace the stylish ground-floor lounge at this three-star hotel in the increasingly fashionable 10e. Stylishly…

In the Louvre's former royal stables, this Second Empire property was built in 1824 and opened as a hotel in 1900 for the Exposition Universelle (World…

From the same people who brought you the Left Bank’s lovely Hotel Verneuil, the Thérèse is ideal for those with a fetish for Japanese food – this chic…

Honouring its industrial heritage as a 19th-century textile factory, four-star Hôtel Fabric has steely pillars propping up the red-brick lounge area with…

Behind a classic cream-coloured Haussmannian façade, this contemporary hotel wraps itself seductively around a central atrium. State-of-the-art oak floors…

Part of France's Happy Culture boutique hotel collection, this spellbinding hotel evokes famous works of Nobel Prize–winning writer Rudyard Kipling, such…

Discreetly set off beautiful place des Vosges, this is a sumptuous address loaded with history – the five-star hotel is named after former guest Anne of…

Located in a lovely residential area between Montmartre and Opéra, this 44-room hotel has all the modern design touches (individually styled rooms, a…

Younger sister to Pigalle's Hôtel Amour, this lifestyle hotel mixes vintage furniture from the flea market with phallic-symbol carpets and the striking B…

The subtle oyster-grey entrance to this hotel named after the cult 1962 Truffaut film hints at the sophisticated interior design inside. Its 23…

Handily placed near the Seine and Musée d'Orsay, 33-room Le Bellechasse is an enticing, sensorial feast. Entrancing room themes by fashion designer…

Striking images by award-winning French photographer Thierry des Ouches are permanently exhibited at this design hotel where 56 glam rooms evoke different…

Should the idea of being gently rocked to sleep take your fancy, check in to Paris' first floating hotel. The sleek, 80m-long catamaran-design structure…

This exquisite late 19th-century cul-de-sac hotel has eight generously sized rooms (minimum 17 sq metre) and five two-room apartments (minimum 25 sq metre…

A stunning swimming pool and hammam in a vaulted stone cellar, a topiary-filled courtyard garden, contemporary guest rooms (some with small balconies)…

About the only thing wrong with this epicentral Marais address is everyone knows about it; book well in advance. Some of the 34 streamlined, modernised…

If the walls could talk… This former garden of the British Embassy is where the Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution was prepared in 1783…

The inimitable black-clad Amour ('Love') in south Pigalle plays on its long-ago incarnation as a brothel, featuring a soft pink façade and nude artwork …

Prepare to be dazzled – literally. Retro B&W, geometrically patterned carpets, curtains, wallpapers and drapes dress this chic hotel, wedged between…