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LVMH's riverside hotel, the Louvre across the quay
Peter Marino designed the interiors. It opened in 2021 in the Samaritaine building at Pont-Neuf, with views of the Seine.
On the recordMichelin 3 Keys 2025 · World's 50 Best Hotels 2025 #21 · Palace distinction 2026 · La Liste 2025 maximum score
A 1925 hotel on the Faubourg Saint-Honoré
The hotel has a garden, and its pool is on the roof.
On the recordMichelin 3 Keys (2025 selection) · World's 50 Best Hotels 2025 #19 · Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2025
César Ritz's 1898 original on Place Vendôme
The word 'ritzy' was coined here. Bar Hemingway and the Ritz Club spa are both in the building.
On the recordMichelin 3 Keys 2025 · Michelin Keys 2026 selection
An 18th-century palace on Place de la Concorde, run by Rosewood
Karl Lagerfeld designed Les Grands Appartements. The building has been a hotel since 1909.
On the recordWorld's 50 Best Hotels 2025 #23 · Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2025
A Second Empire mansion on avenue Gabriel, by the Champs-Élysées gardens
Jacques Garcia decorated it in velvet and gilt. The Grand Palais and the Élysée are a few steps away.
On the recordMichelin 3 Keys 2025 · La Liste 2025 maximum score
Red awnings on avenue Montaigne since 1913
Part of the Dorchester Collection, with a geranium-filled courtyard and views of the Eiffel Tower.
On the recordMichelin 3 Keys (2025 selection) · Michelin Keys 2026 selection
The only château-hotel in Paris, walled and set in gardens
Laura Gonzalez designed the interiors of this freestanding mansion near Trocadéro, in the residential 16th. There is a library bar.
On the recordMichelin 3 Keys 2025
The Left Bank's Art Deco palace, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Since early 2025, Mandarin Oriental has managed the 1910 building at Sèvres-Babylone.
On the recordCondé Nast Traveler Triple Crown 2026 (Gold List, Hot List, Readers' Choice Awards) · Mandarin Oriental management from 2025
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