Paris · Hotel shortlist
The best 3 star hotels in Paris
Marc Delacroix France
These are my five favourites in Paris, out of the 212 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.7.
Le Presbytere is the one I would book myself.
Highest rated of the five
Le Presbytere
★★★★★4.9 from 514 reviews
A 4.9 from a three star usually means somebody is running the place properly rather than spending the budget on marble in the lobby.
LALA is in the 17th, which is the arrondissement I send people to when they want Paris without the coach parties.
The review base is 115, so read it as a strong early signal rather than a settled reputation. Everything in that signal points the same way.
Why it works for this trip
- 4.9, from a three starHigher than most of the four stars in my set, and by some margin.
- The 17th, not the tourist beltResidential, real restaurants, and walkable to the Arc de Triomphe end of the city.
- Around $259 a nightAgainst a Paris median of $273 across the 702 hotels I priced.
- Batignolles nearbyOne of the last genuinely local corners of central Paris and worth an evening on its own.
- Small enough to be run by people who careWhich is usually what a score like this is actually telling you.
All five, ranked
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1
Le Presbytere
★★★★★4.9 from 514 reviews
- Bar
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Airport shuttle
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2Hôtel du Collège de France
★★★★★4.8 from 983 reviews
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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3Hôtel Henriette
★★★★★4.8 from 701 reviews
- Restaurant
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Airport shuttle
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4Paris France Hotel
★★★★★4.7 from 1,558 reviews
- Restaurant
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Airport shuttle
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5Britannique Hotel - Paris Centre
★★★★★4.7 from 1,315 reviews
- Spa
- Bar
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Airport shuttle
How this list was put together
212 Paris hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Marc Delacroix France
Closes the shop two weeks each winter and goes wherever people make something fermented. Dairies in the Basque country, the Caucasus and rural Sardinia.
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