Paris Digest
Paris city guide since 1997
The map of Paris hotels features 20 top hotels of our selection. These hotels are selected in four top districts: Champs-Elysées Avenue, Louvre Museum, Notre-Dame Cathedral and the left bank district. Paris Hotels. Paris maps.
Hotel D'Aubusson is a 17th-century private mansion set in the heart of the left bank. The five star hotel offers a jazz bar and an interior courtyard with a fountain. Guest rooms feature original beams, antique furniture and a monumental fireplace made of Burgundy stone. Some suites feature a four-poster bed and a view of the courtyard with its marble statues. Each room at Hotel D'Aubusson has a marble bathroom, a coffee machine and high-speed WiFi. A full English breakfast is served every morning.
Set between Notre-Dame and the Sorbonne, in the heart of the Latin Quarter, the Best Western Hotel Jardin de Cluny is committed to sustainable tourism. Free Wi-Fi,flat-screen TV with cable channels and lift access are provided for all rooms. All rooms have a private bathroom. A buffet breakfast featuring organic products is served every morning to an additional cost, in the 13th-century vaulted dining room.
Covering 1500 m², the Spa includes a 23 m infinity pool. Exclusive treatments, a fitness centre, relaxation rooms with a hammam and sauna are available.
Guests can dine at Il Carpaccio, the only Michelin-star Italian restaurant in Paris and sample Italian pastries prepared by superstar Pierre Hermé. The hotel has the first Matsuhisa restaurant in France, run by world renowned Chef Nobu Matsuhisa.
This 4-star hotel is located in the heart of the chic right bank in downtown. Quiet street in between the Opera Garnier and Louvre Museum. Charming boutique hotel, offering guest rooms with a refined decor and free Wi-Fi. The air-conditioned guest rooms are equipped with a minibar and a flat-screen TV with satellite channels. Each room has a private bathroom including a hairdryer.
This hotel is near Champs-Elysées Avenue. Rooms and suites overlook the quiet Avenue de Friedland or the green interior courtyard. They come fully equipped with LCD flat screen TV, air conditioning, and tasteful furniture. The modern marble bathrooms have bathtubs, magnifying mirrors and bathrobes. The Bivouac Café offers gourmet cuisine and the bar has a sheltered terrace with a fountain.
Hotel Delavigne is just 250 m from Odéon metro station and 650 m from the Luxembourg Gardens. It offers soundproofed accommodation with free Wi-Fi. Each room mixes contemporary decor with antique furniture and has a flat-screen TV. Individual private bathrooms are equipped with a bathtub or shower. The rooms on the upper floors offer views over the rooftops of the left bank district.
Hotel Delavigne is one of our favorite boutique hotels in the left bank. More left bank hotels.
The city is so diversified each season is great and has its own advantages. Plan your trip in fall or winter if you want to best enjoy the city life. December, Christmas and New year add the magical illuminations on Champs-Elysées. Shopping is great during the sales season in January and June. Outdoor sightseeing to admire monuments and gardens are best in May, June and September, when the weather is normally rather sunny and dry. In the summer, the weather is warm and traffic less intense, specially in August when many Parisians are on vacation. But the top attractions are crowded and life in the city is at a minimum, specially between August 1st and 15th. As in many touristic cities, avoid the touristic season.
A Paris sightseeing tour is a great way to see the top sights: the Eiffel Tower, the Champs-Elysées, the Invalides, the Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe, the Opera, Notre-Dame. Combine a sightseeing bus tour and a visit of the Eiffel Tower with priority access. Some sightseeing tours include lunch on the 1st floor of the Eiffel Tower. A cruise on the Seine river is an original way to admire the monuments along the Seine. A romantic outing for two or a fun trip for families, visiting Paris by boat is a fantastic way to admire the capital. There are night sightseeing tours in a panoramic bus and night cruises on the Seine. An atypical and magical evening in the city.
The metro is very dense within the city. It mostly has 1900 architecture stations. Line 14 and RER regional metro lines are contemporary. The metro has 14 lines, mostly underground, running to 214 km in length. There are 300 metro stations in the city. Check our Paris metro map.
The arrondissements are the city's administrative districts. The city has 20 arrondissements numbered 1st to 20th. Each arrondissement has its own city hall in addition to Paris City Hall. Locate city top sights on Paris Arrondissement map.
Locate our selection 30 French restaurants that we know well and consider the best on Paris restaurant map.
Locate the best shopping venues in the city on Paris shopping map: fashion streets, department stores.
Locate and view the top monuments on Paris monument map. Includes Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame. Louvre Museum, Sacré-Coeur, Arc de Triomphe, Conciergerie, Sainte-Chapelle, Fondation Louis Vuitton and Palais de Chaillot.
The Louvre Museum, Musée d'Orsay, Picasso Museum and Centre Pompidou are world famous museums of art. Locate the top museums on Paris museum map. Louvre Museum, Orsay Museum.
The city is famous worldwide for sightseeing, a combination of a perfect urban landscape, romantic river banks, beautiful streets, historical monuments, art museums and lovely parks. Locate the top sights on Paris sightseeing map.
