Select your luxury Paris hotel from the most exclusive addresses with Small Luxury Hotels of the World. Discover architectural perfection in Place des Vosges, dine in the Belle Epoque beauty of a Montmartre bistro and pick up new designs at chic boutiques in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
Things to do in Paris
Step into 16th-century aristocratic life at Musée Carnavalet in the Marais, and be transported back to fin-de-siècle Paris in a mansion filled with Aubusson tapestries and Sèvres porcelain at Musée Nissim de Camondo. Exclusive jewellers cluster round Place Vendôme, and the elegant boutiques of Chanel and Dior surround Avenue Montaigne’s Hausmann-era mansions. Hear an evening concert of chamber music fill the delicate stained-glass chapel at Sainte-Chapelle, or opera from an opulent golden box at Palais Garnier.
Art experiences in Paris
Pick and choose among the Musée du Louvre’s massive collection, perhaps paintings by Vermeer or Napoleon III’s grand salon in the Richelieu Wing with its gilt stucco decor and crystal chandelier. Outdoor sculptures surprise and delight in open-air exhibitions along the Seine, and in the romantic tucked-away garden of Musée Bourdelle in Montparnasse. Attend an exclusive art opening in the Marais, or be encircled by Monet’s waterlilies at the Musée de l’Orangerie.
Gourmet Paris
Dine at a red velvet banquette with views of clipped parterre gardens at the Palais-Royal or in the exclusive restaurants of Alain Ducasse or Michel Rostang. A low-lit bistro or rococo ballroom with frescoed ceilings might serve langoustines or escargots in a puff-pastry shell, risotto paired with grilled frogs’ legs followed by a light-as-air Grand Marnier soufflé. Complete a masterclass tasting of grands crus wines with a glass of Chateau Petrus or Cheval Blanc.
Stay in an luxury hotel in Paris with Small Luxury Hotels of the World and discover a secret walled garden in an aristocratic hôtel particulier or the private library of a chateau, and recline on an exclusive penthouse terrace by the Eiffel Tower.