The Best Luxury Hotel Suites to Book in Paris

Located via a separate entrance, the Presidential suites at Le Royal Monceau offer guests their own apartment in Paris. The building offers five floors of suites, but the crème-de-la-crème is the Raffles Presidential Suite, which takes up the entire third floor and blends Parisian elegance—think parquet floors and wall sconces—with contemporary flair courtesy of designer Philippe Starck. Mirrored tables dot the space and the bedrooms feature oversized upholstered headboard beds framed in silver. The three-bedroom apartment also offers a modern stainless steel kitchen, and a butler service can be arranged. In the large bathroom with a clawfoot bathtub, guests will find Clarins skincare; but if you still need more pampering, just head down to the hotel’s award winning Spa MyBlend By Clarins where you’ll find a pool, sauna and fitness center. $25,000 per night; 33-1/42-99-88-00.

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Since a renovation in 2012, the elegant Four Seasons George V has set the gold standard in Parisian “Palace” hotels and the hotel’s 8th floor Penthouse Apartment is one of the finest in the city. The Pierre Yves Rochon-designed suite includes the utmost in luxury—Baccarat crystal and a plasma screen TV concealed by a black mirror—plus personal touches like a bookcase filled with antique books that make the place feel like your own pied-a-terre in Paris. Rochon’s choice of a soothing pastel and gold color palette and natural materials like travertine and sycamore create a calm and serene atmosphere. The light and airy suite features several terraces—a main terrace shaped like the bow of a ship with manicured box trees and a smaller terrace off the master bedroom with a four-poster daybed. Behind a wrought iron door lies an indoor sanctuary known as a winter garden, with a marble mosaic floor and floral fabric walls where you can feel like you’re dining alfresco without leaving the cozy confines of the apartment. $22,500 per night; 33-1/49-52-70-00.

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A favorite of princes and politicians, the largest four-bedroom suite in Paris occupies nearly the entire fifth floor of Dorchester Collection’s Plaza Athénée and has a private entrance with armored doors for added security. Long-time Plaza Athénee interior designer Marie-José Pommereau chose an eclectic mix of furnishings and materials during a renovation of the Royal Suite in 2012 to make it feel more like a Parisian apartment then a hotel room. Rooms sport Louis XV–style furnishings, vintage mirrors found at a flea market and jewel-toned colors—one bedroom features apricot drapes and orange velvet upholstery while a salon has gold embroidered couches and raspberry pillows. Just steps from the Plaza’s front door lie boutiques like Dior, Celine and Prada. After a day of shopping dine at the hotel’s Le Relais Plaza brasserie for pan seared foie gras and crystal gold caviar. $31,930 per night; 33-1/53-67-66-67.

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To reach the Panoramic Suite in the five-star Le Bristol Hotel Paris, guests walk up a small spiral staircase—an apt warning that you’re about to enter a sanctuary in the clouds. The light-filled suite had a starring role in the Woody Allen film Midnight in Paris (2011). The white and lavender bedroom where Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams filmed many of their scenes looks virtually unchanged but, thanks to renovations completed in 2014, the suite now has a large walk-in closet and a bathroom in head-to-toe white Carrera marble from Italy. The blue and gold salon has 18th-century furniture, antique mirrors, and paintings from the hotel owner’s personal collection. As the name suggests, the suite offers a panoramic view of the Opera and Montmartre, best enjoyed from the flower-filled terrace. $18,000 per night; 33-1/53-43-43-00.

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For 180 years, Dorchester Collection’s Le Meurice has hosted kings, queens, artists and celebrities like Beyonce and Jay-Z. It’s only fitting that the hotel's most spectacular suite is one-of-a-kind. Perched on top of the iconic mansard roof, the four-bedroom Belle Etoile Royal Suite offers an unparalleled 360-degree view of the city. From a terrace that’s over three times the size of most apartments in Paris you can see all of the city’s major landmarks—the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and the Louvre. The L-shaped metal and glass suite resembles the architecture of the Petit Palais, and the 19th century-inspired decor includes a midnight blue canopy bed in the master bedroom. The large walk-in closet leads to a stunning black-veined, white marble bathroom with windows on three sides. While soaking in the round whirlpool bath you can admire the Sacré Coeur on one side and the Musée d’Orsay and the Invalides on the other. $18,000 per night; 33-1/44-58-10-09.

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The Peninsula Paris, which opened in 2014, has brought a new level of grandeur to the city. Its crown jewel, the Peninsula Suite, features traditional Haussmann architecture with soaring ceilings and large windows. The decor is sumptuous and contemporary with a high back Art Deco style settee, grey Tai Ping carpets, and Baccarat chandeliers. The sprawling one-bedroom suite (it’s over 3,000 square feet) offers the latest in-room technology, including LED touch screen wall panels for operating lights and digital bedside tablets in 11 languages. With a dining room, a modern kitchen and an office, the suite offers all the comforts of home—but if you manage to leave, make your way to the hotel’s stately gold leaf–and-oak paneled Le Bar Kléber, where the Paris Peace Accords (ending the Vietnam War) were signed in 1973. From $25,000 per night; 33-1/58-12-27-77.

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This luxury suite is spread over two levels and offers the chance for ultimate pampering with a master bathroom that doubles as a spa with a glass ceiling, whirlpool bath, a gold mosaic Hammam and a massage treatment bed. Other perks include a large foyer and dining and living area with grand piano, soft purple silk chenille sofas and contemporary art works by Nora Speyer and French sculptor Roseline Granet. Two terraces offer views of the Eiffel Tower and Paris’ iconic rooftops and the sultry master bedroom has a king size bed, mahogany wood walls and a walk-in closet. Champagne and French pastries upon arrival are included in the rate, but for an even greater indulgence go to the Park Hyatt’s La Terrasse. During winter the outdoor restaurant serves Swiss raclette and is decorated to look like a Swiss chalet. $12,000 per night; 33-1/58-71-12-34.

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Shangri-La Hotel, Paris used to be the palace of Prince Roland Bonaparte, Napoleon’s grandnephew, and the hotel’s Appartement Prince Bonaparte offers the chance to stay in the prince’s former private apartments. The large one-bedroom suite has soaring 16-foot-tall ceilings with crown moldings, Versailles-style parquet floors and decor that features both Empire period and Asian influences, like Ming Dynasty–inspired vases. Only the finest materials have been used in the suite, from blue velvet curtains with handmade tassels to walls covered in silvery grey toile. While the suite may transport you back to the late 1800’s, it’s not lacking in hi-tech amenities: A plasma screen TV is ingeniously hidden behind the gilded mirror above the marble fireplace in the salon. To truly feel like royalty, request a drawn bath in the Jacuzzi strewn with rose petals before arrival. $21,255 per night; 33-1/53-67-19-98.

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The Mandarin Oriental's mostly white Royale Mandarin suite is a serene oasis off bustling rue Saint Honoré. The split-level suite on the 7^th floor features more contemporary streamlined furnishings with some nods to the 1930’s, like a sculptural guilloche metal staircase and a silk embroidered headboard in the master bedroom—custom work by Maison Lesage—depicting Man Ray’s Neck. The two-story tall living room features large windows overlooking the Paris rooftops and modern artworks including a folded metal triptych by artist Gérard Roveri. The two-bedroom suite also includes a small gym, a kitchen and a dining room with an alabaster marble bar conveniently equipped with a built-in ice bucket for storing champagne. As an added perk, a two-hour couples massage is included in the room rate and can be enjoyed in the white and gold bathroom (the gold squares on the walls are made of actual gold-leaf) while peering out the large window at the Eiffel Tower. From $22,800 a night; 33-1/70-98-78-88.

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The 40-room La Reserve hotel near the Champs Élysées feels more like a private mansion then a hotel, and you’ll feel right at home when you enter the Grand Palais suite. Warm herringbone oak parquet floors, a bronze and beige color palette and restored 19^th century furnishings make it feel like anything but a cookie cutter hotel room. The two-bedroom suite, designed by Jacques Garcia, has 14 floor-to-ceiling windows that open up onto the running balcony affording views of the Grand Palais and the verdant Champs Élysées gardens. The suite offers two salons, two gray and white Carrera marble bathrooms and two very well-appointed bars with wine coolers stocked with vintages from La Reserve owner Michel Reybier’s own wineries and complimentary Johnny Black Label Whiskey replenished daily. You won’t find a private gym or kitchen here but who needs it when you can pop-down to the state of the art gym to work with the onsite personal trainer or dine in the guests-only library stocked with hundreds of antique books. From $15,390 a night; 33-1/53-70-53-70.

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