Paris Digest
Paris city guide since 1997
5 star hotels in Paris are a world apart. A few mythical hotels combine the French touch with the luxury of international palaces. Few people can afford them. Stay there just for one night or during your complete stay in the city. Paris hotels.
Paris is famous for lifestyle: fashion, elegance, great dinners, stylish interiors. This reputation is fully deserved when you consider its extraordinary 5 star hotels. Most of them are located near Champs-Elysées Avenue or the Louvre. If you can afford it, spend one night or more in a 5 stars hotel. The experience is worth the money. The stay will remain a great souvenir. Our selection of the three top 5 star hotels in Paris that we like the best and a description of their district.
Hotel Royal Monceau is a 5 star hotel refurbished by world-renowned designer Philippe Starck. At walking distance from both Arc de Triomphe and Champs-Elysées, the hotel boasts a swimming pool, a spa and a 99-seat cinema. The spacious rooms and suites are equipped with a flat-screen TV and a bar. Bathrobes and Clarins toiletries are featured in the bathroom. Matsuhisa serves modern Japanese cuisine and the Michelin-starred Il Carpaccio restaurant serves Italian dishes, whilst the desserts are created by the famous pastry chef Pierre Hermé.
5 stars Hotel Royal Monceau is in Champs-Elysées district.
70 meters wide, the Champs-Elysées run for 1910 meters in a straight line up hill from Place de la Concorde, the largest square in Paris, to Arc de Triomphe, Napoleon's monument. This famous avenue is the heart of the top Paris shopping district. Famous french and international brands have established there a large showroom or flagship store. Louis Vuitton and Guerlain stores are among the most beautiful.
When it comes to luxury in the most romantic and stylish city in the world, consider the 5 star and legendary Hotel Plaza Athénée. Located in Avenue Montaigne, the high end fashion avenue near the Champs-Elysées, this Dorchester Collection hotel is in the ideal location for the finest shopping that Paris has to offer. It also boasts magnificent views of the Eiffel Tower. Established in 1913, this luxurious hotel has frequently welcomed royalty, celebrities, and politicians. It is widely recognized as one of the best 5 stars hotels in Paris.
5 stars Plazza Athénée is located in Avenue Montaigne in between the Champs-Elysées and the Seine river banks. Avenue Montaigne is the fanciest shopping avenue of Paris. Avenue Montaigne retains its dedication to luxury. Many high end fashion brands have a flagship store on Avenue Montaigne. Avenue Montaigne is famous for Dior flagship store at number 30, the historical building where Dior was founded by Christian Dior, the French fashion designer, on December 16th 1946.
This 5 star hotel is set in the former La Samaritaine department store on the Seine river banks, a 5-minute walk from Louvre Museum. 458 m from Sainte-Chapelle and a 9-minute walk away from Centre Pompidou. Equipped with a sauna and terrace, Cheval Blanc combines modernity and originality. Its 20 rooms and 9 suites share in the hotel’s sophisticated elegance. Each room is unique and offers guests 5 star comfort and tranquility. The gastronomic restaurant offers guests refined cuisine.
Located at walking distance from Hotel Cheval Blanc Paris and one of the world's top art museum and certainly the largest, the Louvre is also the most visited with over 10 million visitors every year. Housed in the former Palace of the French Kings, a beautiful monument by itself, the Louvre displays the famous Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, attracting crowds of visitors. It has many other first class European paintings from Italy, France, Flanders, Netherlands and England. It also displays superb collections of ancient Arabic, Egyptian, Greek and Roman art. Each department of Le Louvre is a museum by itself and would justify a visit of half a day. The Louvre
