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Paris: the best new luxury hotels

The arrival of three big Asian luxury groups over the past year – in the form of the Shangri-La Paris, the Royal Monceau Raffles and the Mandarin Oriental – has shaken up the seemingly timeless order of Parisian grand hotels. Rivalling each other in terms of spacious suites, exclusive spa treatments and gastronomic restaurants, they give Paris some of the most luxurious, and priciest, rooms in the world.

The Asian arrivals have also spurred Paris’s existing grand hotels out of complacency. Le Meurice and George V have been redoing their bedrooms, the Bristol has added an entire new wing and upmarket brasserie, the Sofitel Faubourg has new fashion-themed suites, and the Prince de Galles is to remerge late next spring after total refurbishment, but keeping its Art Deco mood.

Thankfully, for those outside the world in which any hotel room cheaper than €800 is not worth thinking about, there has also been an overall renaissance in Paris hostelry. Plenty of the small independent hotels and typical period buildings that are still the norm here have also been transformed, adding mini spas and quality beds – and often showing more originality than the international groups, or colonising previously unfashionable districts.

If you are looking for a grand hotel experience, summer can be a good time to come, with excellent rates in August before the autumn decorating salons and fashion shows. All year round, look for last-minute deals, good rates on Sundays, or offers with breakfast included – which in luxury hotels can easily save you €100 for two.

The Royal Monceau set the ball rolling. It reopened nine months ago – following a demolition party and two years of work – as a self-proclaimed “hotel for creatives”, complete with art bookshop, art gallery, art curator and art concierge, in-house cinema, mobile recording studio and a concept/fashion store from L’Eclaireur.

Downstairs is a brilliantly buzzy meeting place – at the crossroads between the Long Bar, quickly colonised by local lawyers and financiers, La Cuisine restaurant, with its painted ceiling and illuminated bar, and the grand staircase, which is pretty much all that’s been kept of the original 1928 hotel. There is also a sultry red smokers’ fumoir and an Italian restaurant, Il Carpaccio, which resembles a Florentine Renaissance grotto.

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Paris is among the most sophisticated cities in the world so it’s not at all surprising that it’s also home to many fine luxury hotels. In this article you will find a selection of five 5 star luxury hotels in Paris that you may want to make reservations at with the Paris Hotel Deals online hotel reservations website for your visit to the “City of Lights.” This website also includes a pretty good Paris Travel Guide Blog .

Champs Elysees Plaza Hotel – This hotel has a fantastic location near the famous Champs Elysees. It’s close to the Louvre, the Opera, and the Eiffel Tower. Many of the guest rooms in this 5 star hotel have private Jacuzzi tubs and all of the rooms offer an internet connection, room service, and fantastic views of Paris!

Hyatt Hotel Regency – If you’re looking to stay right in the middle of the most fashionable shopping district in Paris then the Hyatt Hotel Regency on Boulevard Malesherbes is a great choice. It’s also a great place to stay if you’re a lover of fine food as there are two great restaurants in this hotel; Cafe M and La Chinoserie.

Hotel Fouquets Barriere – This hotel is so filled with luxury that staying here is akin to staying in a true palace palace! It’s a cool place to stay for lovers of swimming since it is home to one of the biggest pools in the city. And like all of the five star hotels in this article; it has an excellent location. It’s located at the intersection of Avenue Georges V and Champs Elysees.

Hotel Ritz Paris – Each room in this five star hotel has climate control, a personal safe, room service, satellite TV, a full sized bathroom, and high-speed internet. It’s located in a very upscale neighborhood at 15 Place Vendome.

Le Meurice Hotel – This beautiful hotel was built in 1835. All of the guest rooms feature exquisite marble bathrooms and a majority of the rooms overlook the Tuileries Garden and have great views of the skyline of Paris.

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