Celebrity Hotels in Paris

Royal blue in the lobby, a grand staircase and rooms furnished with silks and antique art give the Ritz Paris its richly layered character. César Ritz chose a private mansion on Place Vendôme for the hotel he opened in 1898; he and his wife, Marie-Louise, approached it as a vast private home, mixing periods and French decorative traditions. That residential idea still gives shape to a stay, from individually styled accommodations to the wood-paneled Salon Proust, where books and armchairs frame afternoon tea. Outside, the Grand Jardin extends the hotel’s sequence of salons into greenery, with magnolias, a fountain and wooden alcoves along a trellis gallery.

Acoustic guitars in the guest rooms give an early clue to Le Royal Monceau - Raffles Paris’s artistic temperament. Philippe Starck’s reworking of the hotel carries that spirit through interiors filled with contemporary art, while suites draw on the lines and colors of the 1940s and ’50s, with books and messages scrawled on lampshades adding personal touches. The collection extends beyond the bedrooms: more than 300 works, a contemporary gallery and the 99-seat Katara Cinema make culture part of a stay. On Avenue Hoche, near the Arc de Triomphe and Parc Monceau, this hotel has welcomed artists and writers since 1928; its present-day character gives that history a tangible expression.

Three restaurants sharing six Michelin stars make dining central to the identity of Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris. Christian Le Squer’s modern French cooking at Le Cinq anchors the lineup, while Le George takes an Italian-Mediterranean direction and L’Orangerie serves seasonal menus beneath a glass canopy overlooking the marble courtyard. The setting carries equal weight: a 1928 Art Deco landmark in the Golden Triangle, just off the Champs-Élysées. Inside, La Galerie’s collection of 19th-century art and the Parisian Suites’ classical or Empire-style works give the hotel a distinctly formal character. Some suites open onto terraces with Eiffel Tower views, adding a broader Paris panorama to a stay centered on art and the table.

Karl Lagerfeld’s Grands Appartements give Hôtel de Crillon a distinctive design pedigree behind its Neoclassical façade on Place de la Concorde. Art runs through the hotel, with sculpture, painting and photography by established and emerging artists sharing space with its historic architecture. The rooms take a residential approach, pairing custom art and comfortable furnishings with marble bathrooms; suites add bespoke furniture, textiles and individually selected objets d’art. Tucked-away courtyards offer a quieter setting within the property. For an evening overlooking the square, Les Ambassadeurs serves cocktails alongside live music, with a terrace beneath the arcades—a place to appreciate the architecture as part of everyday hotel life.

Le Bristol Paris has a yacht above its rooftops: naval architect Cäsar Pinnau designed its sixth-floor indoor pool with teak decking and a trompe-l’oeil stern, with views toward the Eiffel Tower and Sacré-Cœur. That playful space adds a distinctive chapter to this grand hotel on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, whose rooms and suites follow an elegant Parisian style. A 13,000-square-foot courtyard garden gives guests room to linger, while the kitchens reveal how much is made here: the hotel mills its own flour, bakes its bread, and produces chocolates in-house. Three-Michelin-starred Epicure anchors a stay in which French cooking deserves as much attention as the address.

Versailles provides the architectural cue for Le Meurice’s Alain Ducasse restaurant, where Philippe Starck reinterpreted the château’s Salon de la Paix. That interplay of classical grandeur and artistic invention gives this Paris hotel its character: Starck also designed Le Dalí, drawing on the surrealist’s playful imagination. Facing the Tuileries Garden on rue de Rivoli, with the Louvre a five-minute walk away, Le Meurice puts art within easy reach both indoors and out. Food is an equally compelling reason to linger, from the two-Michelin-starred restaurant to Cédric Grolet’s pastries sculpted to resemble fruit. In the evening, Bar 228 offers deep leather armchairs and live jazz—a more intimate setting within the hotel’s ornate world.

Le Relais Plaza’s Art Deco dining room takes its cues from the first-class restaurant aboard the ocean liner SS Normandie—a telling detail at a hotel with such a strong sense of occasion. Opened in 1936, the brasserie remains part of Hôtel Plaza Athénée’s character on avenue Montaigne, where fashion shapes the surroundings and the hotel itself. Christian Dior staged shows and photo shoots here; today, the connection continues through the Dior Spa. Red geraniums mark the façade, while the vine-covered courtyard offers another distinctive setting for a meal. Between the avenue-side terrace, afternoon tea in La Galerie and suites with Eiffel Tower views, the hotel gives guests several ways to settle into this corner of Paris.

Seventeenth-century furniture and artworks collected by hotelier Emile Wolf still shape Hotel Lancaster’s character today. Housed in an 1889 private mansion on rue de Berri, steps from the Champs-Élysées, the hotel retains the residential spirit of the house Wolf converted in 1925. Antiques sit alongside contemporary pieces by Studio Jean Philippe Nuel, with individually decorated rooms extending that eclectic approach upstairs. Downstairs, Monsieur Lancaster serves neo-bistro cooking built around ingredients from small local producers, with dishes designed for sharing. CopperBay brings its cocktail-making expertise to the bar. Together, these spaces give the Lancaster a character rooted as much in the pleasures of a Parisian household as in its century of hotelkeeping.

A terrace sheltered by historic facades gives Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme an inward-looking center just steps from Place Vendôme. On Rue de la Paix, the hotel pairs classical architecture with contemporary art and residential interiors. Rooms look onto the courtyard or street, with limestone bathrooms, deep soaking tubs and separate rainfall showers; some add private balconies. Dining is a reason to spend time here: at Michelin-starred PUR’, artist-architect Hugo Toro’s design allows chef Jean-François Rouquette to move among his guests, while SEOK by Mingoo Kang explores Korean cooking rooted in Seoul’s traditions. Café Jeanne supplies a more informal rhythm, serving breakfast through late-night cocktails by the fireplace or on the terrace.

Original mosaic floors and Duchemin stained glass in the Rotunda give The Peninsula Paris’s restored heritage building a particularly Parisian sense of occasion. On Avenue Kléber in the 16th arrondissement, the hotel carries that grand architectural character into 200 rooms and suites furnished with contemporary artworks. Its more individual accommodations include the Belle Époque-inspired Historic Suite and the Katara Suite, with its own rooftop garden and terrace. Upstairs, L’Oiseau Blanc’s sixth-floor dining room and outdoor terrace bring the city itself into focus, with views toward the Eiffel Tower. Those elevated spaces are a defining part of the hotel’s appeal: a chance to see Paris spread out beyond the formal rooms below.

A courtyard decorated with thousands of mosaics gives Prince de Galles a distinctive heart: Le Patio, a garden setting for lunch, dinner or cocktails just off Avenue George V. Opened in 1929, the hotel carries its Art Deco identity through a lobby of marble floors and gold-leaf chandeliers into rooms and suites inspired by the era. The Suite Saphir extends that vocabulary in beige and blue, with two terraces overlooking the avenue. Dining adds another reason to linger: Restaurant & Bar 19.20 takes its cue from 1920s Paris, while Akira Back serves modern Japanese cooking with Korean and international influences. Beyond the hotel, the Champs-Élysées is steps away.

Arrival at La Réserve Paris takes place in the Louis XV Salon, setting the tone for a hotel shaped around the rituals of a private Parisian home. Jacques Garcia’s interiors draw on the building’s recovered woodwork, moldings and cornices, adding marble fireplaces and rich fabrics to its residential proportions. The 25 suites outnumber the 15 rooms; silk walls, antique furniture and oak parquet carry that character upstairs, where every accommodation has a dedicated butler. On Avenue Gabriel, just off the Champs-Élysées, the hotel also gives guests reasons to stay in: a library reserved for residents and their friends, a 16-meter indoor pool, and Jérôme Banctel’s three-Michelin-starred restaurant, Le Gabriel.

Bulgari’s jewelry designs find an architectural expression at its Paris hotel: the Parentesi motif runs along the facade, while the house’s eight-point star appears inside. Designed by Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel’s ACPV Architects, the 76-room-and-suite hotel brings a distinctly Italian character to Avenue George V in the Golden Triangle. Marble, silk wallcoverings and varnished eucalyptus woodwork sit alongside lacquer, parchment and straw marquetry crafted by French artisans. That exchange between Italian design and French craft extends to Il Ristorante – Niko Romito, set in a private garden, where Parisian-style banquettes are made in Italy and the menu centers on contemporary Italian cooking.

La Samaritaine’s 1928 Art Deco building gives Cheval Blanc Paris its architectural backbone; Peter Marino’s apartment-inspired interiors give it a more personal scale. Overlooking the Seine, the 72-room-and-suite hotel brings together custom-designed furniture, works by Sonia Delaunay and Vik Muniz, and intricate metalwork that carries the building’s decorative heritage indoors. Ingrid Donat’s gilded bronze panels greet guests outside the elevators, while Sophie Mallebranche’s woven-metal staircase connects the entrance hall to the Dior Spa. Rooms offer differing perspectives on the city, from the Louvre colonnade to river views framed by winter gardens or private balconies. On the seventh floor, Langosteria pairs Italian seafood cooking with views across Paris.

The frescoes in Bar Joséphine spent years hidden beneath paint before their restoration for Lutetia’s 2018 reopening. Along with the central salon’s stained-glass ceiling, they give this Saint-Germain-des-Prés hotel a character rooted in its own architecture and artwork. Founded in 1910 by the family behind Le Bon Marché to accommodate the department store’s customers and suppliers, Lutetia combines Art Nouveau and Art Deco design. Architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte led its restoration, reworking the rooms and suites and adding a spa. Today, the bar’s six fresco scenes inspire its signature cocktails—a thoughtful way to make the building’s decorative history part of a stay on the Left Bank.

Antique furniture transferred from the George V in the 1950s helps explain the San Régis’s richly furnished, residential character. Set in a private mansion built in 1857, this 42-room hotel on rue Jean Goujon remains in the hands of the Georges family, who have preserved its sense of a personal home. Individually decorated rooms combine period pieces, paintings, and fabrics from houses such as Pierre Frey and Braquenié; upper-floor Terrace Junior Suites add private outdoor space overlooking the Eiffel Tower and Paris rooftops. Downstairs, Les Confidences occupies a winter-garden setting beneath a glass roof, with living plant walls. Avenue Montaigne, the Champs-Élysées, and the Grand Palais place fashion and culture within easy reach.

Antique furniture, hand-carved wood paneling and hand-painted murals give Hôtel Raphaël its distinctly traditional Parisian character. Built in 1925, the hotel occupies a stone building with an intricately sculpted facade on avenue Kléber, steps from the Arc de Triomphe in the 16th arrondissement. It belongs to Les Hôtels Baverez, a collection of three Paris hotels managed by the same family for four generations. Its rooftop garden takes in the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and Sacré-Cœur, adding a sweeping perspective to an address defined by decorative detail. The hotel is currently undergoing a makeover, with a return announced for 2027.

Shaded gardens give Le Pavillon de la Reine a secluded character on the Place des Vosges, with the Marais at its doorstep. Inside, designer Didier Benderli of Kérylos Intérieurs has shaped a setting that mixes classic and contemporary decoration across 56 individually styled rooms and suites. The emphasis on personal spaces gives this Paris address an intimate scale, while restaurant Anne supplies a reason to spend an evening in. There, chef Thibault Sombardier and executive chef Matthieu Pirola build their cooking around the seasons and the ingredients arriving in the kitchen. Together, the gardens, individual interiors, and serious restaurant make the hotel a compelling base for a stay centered on the Marais.

Prince Roland Bonaparte’s former home gives Shangri-La Paris its architectural identity, most vividly in L’Appartement Prince Bonaparte: the prince’s own rooms now form a suite with 16-foot ceilings, original moldings and gilt work, and Versailles-style parquet floors. Its blue-and-gold bedroom and balconies facing Avenue d’Iéna and the Guimet Museum make the building’s residential past tangible. The 100-room-and-suite hotel occupies a listed historic monument in the 16th arrondissement, with views of the Eiffel Tower and Seine. French period design and Asian influences meet in the apartment’s interiors, giving a particularly detailed expression to the hotel’s place within the Shangri-La brand.