Close at the entry rate, but the tower view costs extra. Le Bristol Paris, from about €1,790, if you want a 1,200 m² garden, three-star Epicure and a welcome for children; Shangri-La Paris, from about €1,730, if you would rather have the Eiffel Tower in the window, about 600 metres across the Seine and seen at an angle, and will pay for a room named Eiffel, high up.
The grand oneA 1925 Faubourg palace with a 1,200 m² garden, a sixth-floor pool, three-star Epicure and a welcome for children.
€€€€From about €1,790 a night
Choose Le Bristol Paris if
The catch
The pool is small and indoors, open to hotel guests from 6.30am to 10.30pm: a swim with a view, not a place for lengths.
The viewPrince Roland Bonaparte's palace in the 16th, booked for one thing above all: the Eiffel Tower in the window.
€€€€From about €1,730 a night
Choose Shangri-La Paris if
The catch
The entry Superior Room, 36 square metres, looks onto the courtyard or the glass cupola, and the tower view starts with the Eiffel View Room at about €3,005 against €1,730 on the same February night.
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The verdict
Close at the entry rate, but the tower view costs extra. Le Bristol Paris, from about €1,790, if you want a 1,200 m² garden, three-star Epicure and a welcome for children; Shangri-La Paris, from about €1,730, if you would rather have the Eiffel Tower in the window, about 600 metres across the Seine and seen at an angle, and will pay for a room named Eiffel, high up.
Questions people ask
Close at the entry rate, but the tower view costs extra. Le Bristol Paris, from about €1,790, if you want a 1,200 m² garden, three-star Epicure and a welcome for children; Shangri-La Paris, from about €1,730, if you would rather have the Eiffel Tower in the window, about 600 metres across the Seine and seen at an angle, and will pay for a room named Eiffel, high up.
Le Bristol is the grand Paris hotel to bring children to, with a garden, a pool and a three-star kitchen under one roof. Pay for the garden side, and plan your dinners around Epicure's Tuesday to Saturday hours. A classic Paris palace run on service and priced at the very top, with a three-star kitchen in the house and a garden at its heart. It is set up for families as much as for couples.
It has an indoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
Book Shangri-La Paris for the Eiffel Tower in the window of a prince's house, and pay for a room named Eiffel, as high up as you can, to get it. Without the view, you are paying palace rates for a courtyard or garden outlook. A polished, quiet palace in a prince's house, priced at the top of the market, where the room you book decides the stay. The draw is the tower in the window and the heritage around it, not the kitchen or the nightlife.
It has an indoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.