Best Hotels in Paris for a Romantic Getaway (2026)
Where to stay in Paris as a couple: 12 romantic hotels, from the Four Seasons George V to a five-suite Montmartre hideaway, with views, spas and downsides.
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Quick answer: the most romantic hotels in Paris
Dinner as the main event, and newly redone rooms: Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris
A rooftop pool and a garden: Le Bristol Paris
The Seine outside the window: Cheval Blanc Paris
Mornings over the Tuileries: Le Meurice
The Eiffel Tower across the river: Shangri-La Paris
A small hotel that feels like a private apartment: La Réserve Paris
A hidden courtyard on the Left Bank or in the Marais: Relais Christine or Le Pavillon de la Reine
Five suites and nobody else: Hôtel Particulier Montmartre
Where to stay in Paris for a romantic getaway
Paris does romance in more than one register, and the hotel you pick decides which one you get. It might be a suite with the Eiffel Tower framed in the window, or a garden courtyard you'd never guess was there from the street. It might be a rooftop pool, or a five-suite townhouse on the hill in Montmartre.
France awards a distinction above five stars, called Palace, and the 2026 list published by Atout France on June 2 names 13 hotels in Paris. Eight of the hotels below hold it. The Ritz doesn't, and it's on this list anyway.
This guide names 12 hotels, from Palaces on the Right Bank to small hideaways in Saint-Germain, the Marais and Montmartre, with the trade-off for each one.
How we chose these hotels
We weighed five things that make a hotel work for a couple, and favored credentials we could check over marketing language.
Criterion | What it captures |
Privacy and atmosphere | Hotel size, gardens and courtyards, and suites with terraces or balconies. |
The view | Eiffel Tower, Seine, Tuileries or Place des Vosges, and which rooms actually have it. |
Dining | MICHELIN-starred restaurants in the 2026 guide, and a bar worth staying in for. |
Spa and pool | Couples' treatment rooms and a pool, which several hotels here lack. |
Acclaim | Palace status, MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide stars and The World's 50 Best Hotels, cited with the year. |
1. Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris: Best for Dinner and Newly Redone Rooms
A 1928 hotel off the Champs-Élysées, with three MICHELIN-starred restaurants and a courtyard full of flowers.
Location: 31 avenue George V, 8th arrondissement, in the Golden Triangle between the Champs-Élysées and Avenue Montaigne.
Best for: Couples who want the trip to revolve around dinner, and a room that's just been redone.
Acclaim: Palace (2026), three MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star, and six MICHELIN stars across three restaurants in the 2026 guide.
Don't miss: Dinner at L'Orangerie, which looks onto the Marble Courtyard through glass walls.
The George V became a Four Seasons in December 1999. A three-year renovation of all 243 rooms and suites, designed by Pierre-Yves Rochon, was unveiled in September 2025, the first full redo of the rooms since the hotel joined the group. Standard rooms run close to 40 m², which is generous for central Paris.
Dining is the reason to book it. Le Cinq holds three MICHELIN stars under chef Christian Le Squer, L'Orangerie holds two and Le George one, which puts six stars under one roof. Jeff Leatham, the hotel's artistic director since 1999, designs the flower installations in the lobby, the Marble Courtyard and the guest rooms, and they change through the year.
For a view, the Penthouse has three private terraces framing the Eiffel Tower. Le Spa has a couples' treatment suite and a 17 m pool. Condé Nast Traveler readers voted the hotel number one in Paris in the 2024 Readers' Choice Awards. See the suites and dining at Four Seasons Hotel George V.
Downside: It's priced at the top of the market, and the ground floor gets busy at night, since every restaurant and the bar share it.
2. Le Bristol Paris: Best for a Rooftop Pool and a Garden
A 1925 Palace on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, with a garden at its heart and a pool on the roof.
Location: 112 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 8th arrondissement, a few steps from the Élysée Palace.
Best for: Couples who want a garden, a pool and a three-star dinner without leaving the hotel.
Acclaim: No. 19 in The World's 50 Best Hotels 2026, Palace (2026), three MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star.
Don't miss: A swim in the sixth-floor pool, designed like a 1920s yacht with teak decking, with views over the rooftops to Sacré-Cœur.
Le Bristol marked its centenary in 2025 and has held Palace status since 2011. Its garden covers about 13,000 sq ft, and the spa opens onto it, with suites for couples. Épicure holds three MICHELIN stars under chef Arnaud Faye. It ranked 19th in The World's 50 Best Hotels in both 2025 and 2026.
Downside: The pool is small, and the neighborhood is closer to the Élysée than to the river.
3. Cheval Blanc Paris: Best for the Seine Outside the Window
A 72-room hotel inside the restored La Samaritaine building, on the river by Pont Neuf.
Location: 8 Quai du Louvre, 1st arrondissement.
Best for: Couples who want the Seine, a long pool and a design-led room.
Acclaim: Palace (new for 2026), three MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star, No. 20 in The World's 50 Best Hotels 2026.
Don't miss: A drink on the seventh-floor terrace of Le Tout-Paris, over the Seine.
Cheval Blanc opened in September 2021, and some rooms have bay windows that look toward the Eiffel Tower and Notre-Dame. Every room comes with a butler around the clock. The Dior Spa has a 30 m pool, and the hotel's three restaurants hold six MICHELIN stars between them: three at Plénitude, two at Hakuba (awarded in March 2026) and one at Le Tout-Paris.
Downside: It shares its building with the Samaritaine department store, so the stretch of riverfront outside is busy.
4. Le Meurice: Best for Mornings Over the Tuileries
A hotel founded in 1835, facing the Tuileries Garden on rue de Rivoli.
Location: 228 rue de Rivoli, 1st arrondissement, a short walk from the Louvre.
Best for: Couples who want classic Right Bank Paris on the doorstep, and serious pastry.
Acclaim: Palace (2026), three MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star; Restaurant Le Meurice Alain Ducasse holds two MICHELIN stars.
Don't miss: Cédric Grolet's pastries, then a walk through the Tuileries across the street.
Le Meurice has 160 rooms and suites, and the ones on the garden side look straight over the Tuileries. The Belle Étoile penthouse has a terrace with views across the city, and the spa is the only Valmont spa in Paris.
Downside: Rooms facing the inner courtyard get little light, and the hotel has no pool.
5. Hôtel Plaza Athénée: Best for Fashion-Street Glamour
A 1913 hotel on Avenue Montaigne, recognizable from the street by its red awnings and red geraniums.
Location: 25 avenue Montaigne, 8th arrondissement.
Best for: Couples who want couture-street glamour and a room with the Eiffel Tower in it.
Acclaim: Palace (2026), three MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star, No. 41 in The World's 50 Best Hotels 2026.
Don't miss: Lunch at Le Relais Plaza, the hotel's Art Deco brasserie.
The Plaza Athénée has 208 rooms and suites, and the sixth-floor balcony rooms look toward the Eiffel Tower. The Dior Spa relaunched in September 2023 with a couples' treatment room, and La Cour Jardin, the courtyard terrace, turns into an ice rink in winter. In September 2026 the hotel's fine-dining room was renamed La Grande Table du Plaza Athénée, under executive chef Jocelyn Herland.
Downside: There's no pool, and the MICHELIN Guide calls the bar the place to be seen, so it's rarely quiet.
6. Shangri-La Paris: Best for Eiffel Tower Views
Prince Roland Bonaparte's 1896 mansion, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
Location: 10 avenue d'Iéna, 16th arrondissement, near Trocadéro.
Best for: Couples for whom the view is the point of the trip.
Acclaim: Palace (2026), Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star, one MICHELIN Key.
Don't miss: Lunch at Maison Roland, the garden bistro that opened in May 2026.
Shangri-La opened in December 2010 and today has 100 rooms and suites. Many face the tower, and the hotel sells Eiffel View and Terrace Eiffel View categories. The spa has a 17 m pool in what were once Bonaparte's stables. If you're booking for the view, book one of those categories by name, since not every room has it.
Downside: The 16th is quiet and residential, and the hotel no longer has a MICHELIN-starred restaurant.
7. La Réserve Paris: Best for a Small, Private Stay
A Second Empire mansion off the Champs-Élysées, with 40 rooms and suites.
Location: 42 avenue Gabriel, 8th arrondissement, near the Grand Palais.
Best for: Couples who want a hotel that feels like someone's private apartment.
Acclaim: Palace (2026), three MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star; Le Gabriel holds three MICHELIN stars.
Don't miss: Dinner at Le Gabriel, chef Jérôme Banctel's restaurant.
La Réserve opened in 2015, with interiors by Jacques Garcia. With 40 keys it's the smallest Palace on this list, and it runs like a private house, with butler service. The Nescens spa has a 16 m pool and a hammam, and some rooms and suites look toward the Eiffel Tower.
Downside: Rates are at the very top of the city, and couples after gilt and chandeliers will find the decor understated.
8. Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel: Best for 18th-Century Grandeur
An 18th-century palace on Place de la Concorde, open as a hotel since 1909.
Location: 10 place de la Concorde, 8th arrondissement.
Best for: Couples who want history on a grand scale, and a pool.
Acclaim: No. 14 in The World's 50 Best Hotels 2026, the highest-ranked hotel in Paris; Palace (2026), two MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star.
Don't miss: The skylit pool at Sense, A Rosewood Spa.
The Crillon reopened in July 2017 after a four-year renovation, with 124 rooms and suites, some of them designed by Karl Lagerfeld. Rooms on the front look over Place de la Concorde, and Les Ambassadeurs is the bar you'll want for a first drink.
Downside: Its fine-dining restaurant, L'Écrin, closed at the end of 2025 and won't reopen in its redesigned form until 2027, and the square outside carries heavy traffic.
9. Ritz Paris: Best for Old-School Glamour
César Ritz's 1898 hotel on Place Vendôme.
Location: 15 Place Vendôme, 1st arrondissement.
Best for: Couples who want a famous name and a famous bar.
Acclaim: Three MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star, No. 72 on the extended list of The World's 50 Best Hotels 2026; Espadon holds one MICHELIN star.
Don't miss: A cocktail at Bar Hemingway.
The Ritz reopened in 2016 after a four-year renovation and has 142 rooms and suites. The Prestige suites carry the names of past guests, Coco Chanel and Chopin among them, and the hotel's garden and indoor pool make it easy to stay in for an afternoon.
Downside: It doesn't hold Palace status, which the hotel has never sought, and the formality won't suit every couple.
10. Le Pavillon de la Reine: Best for the Marais
A 17th-century residence on Place des Vosges, behind the square's arcades.
Location: 28 place des Vosges, 3rd arrondissement, in Le Marais.
Best for: Couples who want to spend their days wandering the Marais.
Acclaim: One MICHELIN Key; its restaurant, Anne, holds one MICHELIN star.
Don't miss: Dinner in the ivy-framed garden courtyard.
Le Pavillon de la Reine has fewer than 60 rooms, set around a garden courtyard you can't see from the square. There's a small spa with a jacuzzi and a hammam. Place des Vosges, outside the door, is the oldest planned square in Paris.
Downside: The spa is small and the hotel has no pool.
11. Relais Christine: Best for a Left Bank Hideaway
A 17th-century mansion on a quiet Saint-Germain street, built over the remains of a 13th-century abbey.
Location: 3 rue Christine, 6th arrondissement, a few minutes from Pont Neuf.
Best for: Couples who want the Left Bank, a garden suite and a spa in a vaulted cellar.
Acclaim: One MICHELIN Key; a member of Relais & Châteaux.
Don't miss: The Guerlain spa, set in 13th-century vaults, with a jacuzzi.
Relais Christine has 48 rooms and suites, redesigned by Laura Gonzalez, around a cobbled courtyard. There's a private garden behind it, with garden suites opening onto terraces, and you're a short walk from the cafés of Saint-Germain and the Seine.
Downside: The hotel has no restaurant, and the smallest rooms are about 19 m².
12. Hôtel Particulier Montmartre: Best for Total Seclusion
Five suites in a townhouse behind a black iron gate in Montmartre.
Location: 23 avenue Junot, 18th arrondissement, on the hill in Montmartre.
Best for: Couples who want to feel like the only guests.
Acclaim: No Palace status or MICHELIN Key. It trades on privacy.
Don't miss: A drink at Le Très Particulier, the hotel's cocktail bar.
The house was bought in 2007 and turned into a hotel of five suites, each designed by a different artist. Its garden was laid out by landscape architect Louis Benech, and the streets of Montmartre start at the gate.
Downside: It's uphill and a long way from central sights, with no spa or pool.
How to choose a romantic hotel in Paris
A few questions narrow the list quickly.
Decide whether you need the Eiffel Tower in the room. Shangri-La, the Plaza Athénée and La Réserve sell rooms with the view, and at the Four Seasons George V it's the Penthouse terraces. Book the specific room category when you reserve.
Check for a pool if it matters. Le Meurice, the Plaza Athénée and the three small hotels at the end of this list have none. Cheval Blanc's is the longest on this list, at 30 m.
Pick the neighborhood for how you'll spend the day. The 8th is for dining and shopping, the 1st puts you on the Seine and the Tuileries, and the Marais, Saint-Germain and Montmartre are for walking with nowhere to be.
Book the restaurant when you book the room. Three-star tables like Le Cinq, Épicure, Plénitude and Le Gabriel fill early, and a hotel stay doesn't guarantee a seat.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most romantic hotel in Paris?
It depends on the trip. For couples who want dinner at the center of it, Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris has six MICHELIN stars across three restaurants and rooms renovated in 2025. For a view of the Eiffel Tower, Shangri-La Paris. For total privacy, Hôtel Particulier Montmartre, which has five suites.
Which Paris hotels have Eiffel Tower views?
Shangri-La Paris sits across the river from the tower, and many of its rooms face it. The Plaza Athénée's sixth-floor balcony rooms have it, the Four Seasons George V Penthouse has three terraces framing it, and some rooms at Cheval Blanc and La Réserve have it too.
What is a Palace hotel in Paris?
Palace is a distinction Atout France awards above the five-star rating. The 2026 list names 33 hotels in France, 13 of them in Paris, including the Four Seasons George V, Le Bristol, Le Meurice and Cheval Blanc, which joined in 2026.
Which romantic hotels in Paris have a pool?
Cheval Blanc Paris (30 m), the Four Seasons George V (17 m), Shangri-La Paris (17 m), La Réserve (16 m), Le Bristol's rooftop pool, the Ritz and the Hôtel de Crillon all have one. Le Meurice and the Plaza Athénée don't.
What is the best neighborhood in Paris for couples?
The 8th arrondissement has more Palace hotels than any other part of Paris. For walking and cafés, Saint-Germain on the Left Bank, the Marais around Place des Vosges, and Montmartre all suit couples who like to wander.
Are MICHELIN Keys the same as MICHELIN stars?
No. Stars rate restaurants; MICHELIN Keys rate hotels, from one to three. Nine Paris hotels hold three Keys, and seven of them are on this list.
