Expert comments on the hotels in Paris
Anton Zverev the head of the French department of the tour operator company UNEX

Parisians cherish the heritage of Baron Osman. The general architectural style of the historical center remains unchanged to this day: gray, monumental houses, graceful forged balconies. In many buildings - monuments of architecture hotels are located today, this fact explains some of the features inherent in most Parisian hotels

So most of the two-, three-star hotels in Paris characterize:

  • small size of rooms - average area of ​​14-16 square meters . meters
  • small hotel lobbies
  • compact breakfast rooms
  • small elevator

Hotels belonging to a certain chain are usually higher level. Among the 2 * hotels are IBIS. Among the 3 * hotels - BestWestern, Mercure, Novotel. Among 4 * and 5 * hotels, belonging to chains or pools is not so important for determining quality. But, nevertheless, you can be sure that Accor hotels, four-star Pullman or five-star Sofitel, will definitely be one of the best in its segment. To Parisian hotels, this applies to a lesser extent, but here in the French regions, if there is Sofitel - it will definitely be one of the best hotels in the city.

Breakfasts in Paris hotels

Regarding the Parisian breakfast. Typically, a 2 * hotel provides a continental breakfast. This is tea, coffee, juice, croissant, jams. Buffet breakfast (it's already cheeses and sausage slicing, yogurt, jams, sweets) can be in good 2 * hotels (such breakfast is often an indicator of the level of the hotel 2 *).

Also a breakfast buffet is offered by most three-star hotels. Some 3 * hotels and almost all 4 * -5 * hotels provide a "hot" buffet breakfast. This breakfast offers a wide choice of dishes: flakes, milk, sliced, juices, fruits, desserts, omelets, sausages, sausages, ham.

In hotels of the highest category, in addition to the proposed general menu for breakfast, you can order for yourself something special, what the cook will prepare for you. Service at breakfast in these hotels is also special. No fuss at common tables with food. Waiters with clients work individually. It's breakfast in the restaurant to the fullest.

When ordering breakfast in the rooms in hotels 4 * -5 * the client is brought a continental breakfast (tea, coffee, biscuit, juice).

Book popular Paris hotels at the best prices

Paris Marriott Champs Elysees Hotel from 23 961 rubles Paris Hôtel Vernet from 16 938 rubles Paris 25 Rue Vernet Castille Paris @ from 13 771 rubles Paris 33 Rue Cambon
Chambiges Elysées from 14,253 rubles Paris 8, rue Chambiges Mercure Paris Gare De Lyon from 8,194 rubles Paris 2 place Louis-Armand Francois 1er from 11,086 rubles Paris 7 Rue Magellan
Best Western Grand Hotel de L'Univers Saint-Germain from 8 056 rubles Paris @ Rue Grégoire de Tours Hotel Choiseul Opera from 5,440 rubles Paris 1 rue Daunou Residence La Concorde from 6,817 rubles Paris 5 Rue Cambon
Belambra City - Magendie from 4,476 rubles Paris 6 rue Corvisart Le Hameau de Passy from 4 200 rubles Paris 48, rue de Passy Regyn's Montmartre from 3,374 rubles Paris 18 Place des Abbesses

Which district of Paris to choose

Traditionally, the Russian market is oriented towards the right bank of the Seine . That is, the area of ​​the Opera, the Louvre Museum, the Great Boulevards, the Saint-Lazare train station, the Champs Elysees. The bulk of the Parisian hotels 2 * and 3 * (and this category, which, above all, selects the client on a group excursion tour) is located right on the right bank. These are the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 10th and 17th arrondissements of Paris. Hotels of the Left Bank are more expensive, higher level in the whole mass.

The experts and fans of Paris after their first trips choose Left Bank - 5, 6 and 7 of the district. The left bank is not as noisy and crowded as the Right. There are fewer tourists, less fuss, more truly Parisian charm and freedom. If you are in Paris for Halloween - be sure to visit the area of ​​the Latin Quarter. It will be fun, very dynamic, stylish and colorful.

Best hotels in Paris today: Le Bristol, Plaza Athenee, Fouquet's Barriere, De Crillon, Meurice, Four Seasons George V.

Recommended hotels in Paris

Since 2008 in France there were 5 * hotels. Until 2008, this category for the qualification of hotels simply was not. The best hotels were 4 * Deluxe and Palace. For today, the choice of 5 * hotels in Paris is very large. Hotels of the same category differ in price, quality, service level.

Best hotels in Paris today: Le Bristol, Plaza Athenee, Fouquet's Barriere, De Crillon, Meurice, Four Seasons George V. The Ritz Hotel reconstruction. All listed hotels are truly unique and really the best in the French capital, and as a consequence - the most expensive. One of the indicators of the level of such hotels is the presence of a gourmet restaurant. And also the presence of a swimming pool, a large spa area.

5 * hotels, worthy of mention and recommendation: Park Hayatt Paris Vendome, Scribe, Le Royal Monceau Raffles, Marriott Champs Elysees. And also new hotels of this level in Paris: Shangri-La, and Mandarin Oriental.

The best 4 * hotels in Paris that you can safely recommend to discerning customers are Balzac, Concorde Opera, Lutetia, Warwick Champs Elysees, InterContinentalle Grand, Edouard VII, Westin, W Paris Opera, Napoleon, Raphael.

For connoisseurs of original modern design, you can recommend the following hotels: Sezz, Pershing Hall, Murano Resort, Kube. For those who prefer small cozy 4 * hotels, you can recommend: Keppler, Francois Ier, Le A, Daniel, La Placide St.Germain des Pres.

Room categories in the Parisian hotels

In the best 3 * hotels in addition to the standard rooms there are superior rooms, as a rule, larger areas, belonging to the category superior. In 4 * -5 * hotels, in addition to the standard rooms, there are rooms of a higher category: superior, deluxe. In some hotels (for example, Scribe, St. James Albany) - two-level duplex rooms. And, of course, the rooms of the highest category are suites. From rooms juniorsuite to Presidential, Royal suites.

When booking accommodation for families, you need to specify in which categories of rooms you can put an extra bed for a child. For a large family - to focus on booking connected rooms or rooms located nearby.

In addition to hotels, accommodation in residences and apartments is possible. There are apartments and 3 * and 4 *. There are a lot of them, there are plenty to choose from.

First of all, the accommodation in the apartments will be interesting for families, families or several couples traveling together. And also for customers more independent, mobile, oriented to living as if in their apartment. With the attributes inherent in the apartment: kitchen, dishes, hall, a large number of rooms.

Accommodation in castles-hotels in the suburbs of Paris

If residence in the Paris of the client is not very attractive, but at the same time he wants to be close to the city, this client can be recommended to stay in castle-hotels located in the suburbs of the city. This is: Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay, Chateau d'Ermenonville, Cazaudehore Et La Forestiere, Chateau de Brecourt, Chateau d'Esclimont, Domaine De Belesbat.