Boutique hotels are somewhat of a buzzword, but Paris. was made for this hotel scene. Palaces aside, Parisian buildings aren’t spacious. They may teeter up to eight or nine floors, but Haussmann buildings often culminate in chambres de bonne, the former maids’ quarters.
Ironically, what would have once been the least desirable rooms (no-one with money wanted to walk up and down eight floors multiple times a day in the pre-elevator age) are now the best rooms in the house, where you can see the Eiffel Tower from bed.
New buildings in Paris city centre aren’t allowed to be higher than 37m, so other than a handful that slipped through before the rules were fixed, Paris is pretty low rise. That means that the city’s most iconic landmarks are widely visible, and you certainly don’t need to be staying in a 500-room tower block to enjoy the best views.
Best boutique hotels in Paris
At a glance
1. La Fantaisie
This hotel ripped up Paris’s monochrome rulebook and threw it from their rooftop garden bar. The ceilings, the walls and even the carpets all bloom with flowers and impossible amounts of colour. The greenhouse-like restaurant (open to the public) is decorated with prints that look as though they’ve been pulled straight from the pages of a botanical guide and an abundance of plants. A slot at the basement spa, where creative mosaics replace florals, is included in the room price.
Address: 24 Rue Cadet, 75009 Paris
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2. Hotel Beige
At the opposite end of the spectrum, this hotel really did follow the rulebook, and is as Parisian in colour palette as a Saint Laurent trench coat. ‘Beige’ may be an uninspiring name for a place, but the aesthetic is really cream, clean whites and light wood, with interiors that perfectly match the light fudge colour of the building façade. In the heart of Paris’s fashionable 9th arrondissement, the historic 19th-century theatre Folies Bergère is just a stone’s throw away.
Address: 12 Rue de Maubeuge, 75009 Paris
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3. Hotel Lancaster
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