Let's start at the top :

For the Posh and the Filthy Rich : it's got to be one of the following: (Not in any particular order)
Ritz
Meurice
Inter-Continental
Plaza Athénée
Bristol
Four Seasons George V
Crillon
Grand Hotel


Smaller, less well known Hotels : with hints of the type of my client who has stayed in them !

1. Familia Hotel, 11 rue des Ecoles, 75005 Paris Left Bank Tel: 01 43 54 55 27 for teachers on a Budget !
Metro : Jussieu, Cardinal Lemoine or Maubert Mutualité Advantages: Central

2. Hotel des Grandes Ecoles, 75 rue du Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris Left Bank MIDDLE RANGE Tel: 01 43 26 79 23
Metro Cardinal Lemoine Advantages : Garden Setting and central location, for middle America

3. Hotel de Fleurie, 32-34 rue Grégoire de Tours, 75006 Paris Left Bank Tel: 01 53 73 7000 for the weekend from London lot
Metro : Odeon or Mabillon Advantages: central to Saint Germain des Prés area

4. Hotel Muguet, 11 rue Chevert, 75007 Paris BUDGET in the 7th district ! Tel: 01 47 05 05 93 for middlers
Metro : Ecole Militaire and La Tour Maubourg Advantages between Les Invalides and Ecole Militaire

5. Hotel de L'Abbaye, 10 rue Cassette, 75006 Paris Tel: 01 45 44 38 11
Metro: Rennes or Saint Sulpice Advantages: for Da Vinci code lovers near St Sulpice Church, rue de Rennes, St Germain area and the Luxembourg Gardens. Discreet Hotel for Senators with a family

6. Relais Christine, 3 rue Christine, 75006 Paris, Top of the Range Boutique Hotel Tel: 01 40 51 60 80
Metro Odeon or Mabillon. Advantages : in the heart of the Latin Quarter Elegant for Newspaper magnates

7. Hotel Verneuil, 8 rue de Verneuil, 75007 Paris Tel: 01 42 60 82 14 This is not one you find on your own, someone has recommended it as their favourite bolt hole; Not Cheap I suspect ! Discreet; Between Ecole des Beaux Arts and Musée d'Orsay.
Leave the Bentley at home and take nearest metro : Rue du Bac

8. Pavillon de la Reine, 28 place des Vosges, 75003 Paris; Tel : 01 40 29 19 19 Heart of the Marais -Place Des Vosges , Right Bank Top of range Hotel linked to Relais Christine Hotel on left bank. Metro Basti

Favourite Hotels in Paris as chosen by my clients

Let's start at the top :

For the Posh and the Filthy Rich : it's got to be one of the following: (Not in any particular order)
Ritz
Meurice
Inter-Continental
Plaza Athénée
Bristol
Four Seasons George V
Crillon
Grand Hotel


Smaller, less well known Hotels : with hints of the type of my client who has stayed in them !

1. Familia Hotel, 11 rue des Ecoles, 75005 Paris Left Bank Tel: 01 43 54 55 27 for teachers on a Budget !
Metro : Jussieu, Cardinal Lemoine or Maubert Mutualité Advantages: Central

2. Hotel des Grandes Ecoles, 75 rue du Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris Left Bank MIDDLE RANGE Tel: 01 43 26 79 23
Metro Cardinal Lemoine Advantages : Garden Setting and central location, for middle America

3. Hotel de Fleurie, 32-34 rue Grégoire de Tours, 75006 Paris Left Bank Tel: 01 53 73 7000 for the weekend from London lot
Metro : Odeon or Mabillon Advantages: central to Saint Germain des Prés area

4. Hotel Muguet, 11 rue Chevert, 75007 Paris BUDGET in the 7th district ! Tel: 01 47 05 05 93 for middlers
Metro : Ecole Militaire and La Tour Maubourg Advantages between Les Invalides and Ecole Militaire

5. Hotel de L'Abbaye, 10 rue Cassette, 75006 Paris Tel: 01 45 44 38 11
Metro: Rennes or Saint Sulpice Advantages: for Da Vinci code lovers near St Sulpice Church, rue de Rennes, St Germain area and the Luxembourg Gardens. Discreet Hotel for Senators with a family

6. Relais Christine, 3 rue Christine, 75006 Paris, Top of the Range Boutique Hotel Tel: 01 40 51 60 80
Metro Odeon or Mabillon. Advantages : in the heart of the Latin Quarter Elegant for Newspaper magnates

7. Hotel Verneuil, 8 rue de Verneuil, 75007 Paris Tel: 01 42 60 82 14 This is not one you find on your own, someone has recommended it as their favourite bolt hole; Not Cheap I suspect ! Discreet; Between Ecole des Beaux Arts and Musée d'Orsay.
Leave the Bentley at home and take nearest metro : Rue du Bac

8. Pavillon de la Reine, 28 place des Vosges, 75003 Paris; Tel : 01 40 29 19 19 Heart of the Marais -Place Des Vosges , Right Bank Top of range Hotel linked to Relais Christine Hotel on left bank. Metro Bastille or Saint Paul but sort of client here wouldn't be taking the metro very often !

9. San Régis, 12 rue Jean Goujon, 75008 Paris Tel: 01 44 95 16 16 Golden triangle of the 8th district between the Champs Elysées and the river Seine. Family Hotel with antiques. Like the Stafford Hotel in London. Not Cheap;
Metro: Champs Elysées Clemenceau, Franklin D Roosevelt, Alma Marceau