Hôtel Le A

Paris, France

• Style All-white and arty
• Setting Chi-chi Champs-Elysées

All-white Hôtel Le A in Paris is not really a boutique hotel but rather a work of art with bedrooms and a buzzing lounge bar attached: a great base if you want to be on the Right Bank.

Murano Resort Paris

Paris, France

• Style Flamboyant funhouse
• Setting Bohemian Marais

Murano Resort Paris is a freaky, fabulous funhouse on the inside. Stepping into the white and silver lobby is like landing on the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Hotel Sezz

Paris, France

• Style Discreet, sexy, arty
• Setting Seine-set tranquillity

This artful Hotel Sezz in Paris' 16th arrondissement has a spectacular classical façade concealing incroyable contemporary cool, with Christophe Pillet-designed furniture.

Kube

Paris, France

• Style Ice-cool retro-modern funhouse
• Setting Backstreets of the 18th

A handy five minutes from the Paris Eurostar terminal is an achingly hip temple to all things futuristic: Kube hotel. This unique stay is on a mission to turn you into one of its distinct tribe of fun-loving, tech-savvy design aficionados.

Le Placide

Paris, France

• Style Contemporary pied-à-terre
• Setting Left Bank Latin quarter

This luxury boutique hotel in Paris has the feel of an exclusive private members' club. Light-soaked minimalist interiors by Starck collaborator Bruno Borrione and a central location in Saint-Germain make Le Placide a chic base for a whirlwind city break.

Hôtel Daniel

Paris, France

• Style 18th-century exoticism
• Setting Chic Champs-Elysées

Hôtel Daniel in Paris blends near and Far East with classic French flair: Toile de Jouy, hand-painted wallpapers and Khotan carpets create a vision of delicate Chinoiserie.

• Smith Vintage

Montalembert

Paris, France

• Style Classic Parisian elegance
• Setting Stylish St Germain des Prés

With its semi-hidden reception, art-filled rooms and open feel, the elegant Montalembert in Paris feels more like a private apartment building than a boutique hotel.

Hôtel des Academies et des Arts

Paris, France

• Style Life on canvas
• Setting Arty Rive Gauche

Situated on the same Paris street that was once home to Gauguin and Modigliani, Hôtel des Academies et des Arts is the epitome of Left Bank chic.

L'Hôtel

Paris, France

• Style Lavish Left Bank boudoir
• Setting Arty Saint-Germain

It may be the place where Oscar Wilde quipped his last, but opulent boutique hotel L’Hôtel, on Paris’ arty Left Bank, is so much more than a fin-de-siècle relic.

• Smith Vintage

Hotel Keppler

Paris, France

• Style Homely Haussmanian hideaway
• Setting Off the Champs Elysées

Set aside from the bustling boutiques of Paris’ most famous street, Hotel Keppler houses designer Pierre-Yves Rochon’s sumptuous blend of the contemporary and the classic.

Hotel Particulier Montmartre

Paris, France

• Style Art-house opulence
• Setting Serene secret garden

Each room at this hidden hotel on the Montmartre hillside has been designed by a different contemporary artist – making a stay at Hotel Particulier Montmartre like spending the night in an especially cosy gallery.

Hôtel Duo

Paris, France

• Style Bon chic, bon gens, bon marché
• Setting Merveilleux le Marais

Currently being run by its fourth generation of women, Hôtel Duo in Paris is a super-stylish, very feminine retreat in the centre of the lively Marais. Its Jean-Christophe Nuel-designed interior exudes modern luxury.

• Budget boutique hotels

La Réserve Paris

Paris, France

• Style Millionaire pied-à-terre
• Setting Eiffel-view Right Bank

Sleekly neutral and extravagantly roomy, La Réserve Paris is a top-drawer set of serviced apartments facing the Eiffel Tower, perfect for groups of family or friends.

Hotel le Bellechasse

Paris, France

• Style Luxuriously Lacroix
• Setting Lively Left Bank

Styled by Christian Lacroix, Hôtel le Bellechasse has all the flamboyance of a Moulin Rouge showgirl, its bold boudoirs awash with colour.

Hôtel Récamier

Paris, France

• Style Globetrotting glamour
• Setting Sophisticated Saint-Germain

Hôtel Récamier is a petite B&B in fashionable Saint-Germain, with stylish fixtures, view-toting balconies, cosy rooms and fashionable fabrics.

Hôtel Thoumieux

Paris, France

• Style Handsome prints
• Setting Seventh heaven

Hôtel Thoumieux prizes our favourite things in life: food and style. Stay in this print-adorned hotel and you’ll have two great restaurants at your disposal, flamboyant interiors to admire, and the seventh arrondissement on your doorstep.

Le Royal Monceau

Paris, France

• Style Where the art is
• Setting Upscale Avenue Hoche

Philippe Starck’s Le Royal Monceau hotel in Paris has a decadent, modern design: exposed brickwork, plush carpets and iron railings.

Saint James Paris

Paris, France

• Style High-flying flamboyance
• Setting Erstwhile airfield

Saint James Paris sounds like the stuff of fiction. A grand château with gorgeous gardens – in the city centre? Home to the world’s first balloon airfield? With leopard-print and lipstick-red interiors? Trust us, it’s true.

La Belle Juliette

Paris, France

• Style La vie en rose
• Setting Central Saint-Germain

La Belle Juliette in Saint-Germain is named after an 18th-century socialite – we can only assume she was a colourful, cultured character, with a penchant for pink and purple, books and antiques, and a very, very sweet tooth.