Auteuil or the 2nd. Hôtel Molitor Paris, from about €380, if you want two heated pools and a Clarins spa and will ride the Métro in; Grands Boulevards Experimental, from about €260, if you would rather have the Métro a minute away and dinner under a glass roof.
The pool oneParis's 1929 Art Deco swimming baths, rebuilt as a close copy in 2014 with a hotel on top. Book it to swim, and accept the ride into town.
€€From about €380 a night
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The catch
Auteuil is the western edge of Paris, 7 km from Notre-Dame, and the Métro into the centre is a ten-minute walk.
The smart moneyFifty designer rooms down a passage off the Grands Boulevards, with a glass-roofed courtyard restaurant and a rooftop bar.
€From about €260 a night
Choose Grands Boulevards Experimental if
The catch
The entry Petit Boulevard rooms are 14 to 15 m², and room size is the complaint guests make most often.
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The verdict
Auteuil or the 2nd. Hôtel Molitor Paris, from about €380, if you want two heated pools and a Clarins spa and will ride the Métro in; Grands Boulevards Experimental, from about €260, if you would rather have the Métro a minute away and dinner under a glass roof.
Questions people ask
Auteuil or the 2nd. Hôtel Molitor Paris, from about €380, if you want two heated pools and a Clarins spa and will ride the Métro in; Grands Boulevards Experimental, from about €260, if you would rather have the Métro a minute away and dinner under a glass roof.
Book Molitor for the water: the rebuilt 1929 pools, a serious spa and a room that looks out over the cabins. Central Paris is a Métro ride away, so plan the days around the pool rather than the other way round. A swimming hotel at the western edge of Paris: the two rebuilt 1929 pools and the spa are the stay, and the sights are a Métro ride away. It suits people who will be in the water every day.
It has indoor and outdoor pools. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
Grands Boulevards Experimental spends its money on the courtyard restaurant, the rooftop and the decoration, and keeps the rooms small and the rates low. Book a Parisian Eaves room, eat downstairs at least once, and spend the days out in the city. A design-led, sociable 50-room hotel in the middle of Paris, priced for people who would rather spend on the city than on the room. The draw is the courtyard restaurant, the rooftop bar and the decoration, not floor space or hush.
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.