For an anniversary, the question is scale. Le Pavillon de la Reine, from about €550, if you want a house in its own courtyard garden behind the Place des Vosges and a starred dinner at Anne without a taxi; Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel, from about €2,190, nearly four times as much, if you would rather mark it on the Place de la Concorde, with a butler for every room.
The romantic oneThrough the 17th-century Place des Vosges arcade and across a cobbled courtyard garden to a house green with creeper from late spring to autumn, with a MICHELIN-starred table inside.
€€From about €550 a night
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The catch
Entry rooms are small: the Classic is an attic room of about 21 m² on the top floor, and the Superior is 22 m².
The iconA Palace hotel in the 18th-century townhouse at the western corner of Gabriel's façade on the Place de la Concorde, restored in 2017, with Lagerfeld suites, a gold-mosaic pool and butlers.
€€€€From about €2,190 a night
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The catch
Only signature suites are sold with the Concorde view: Lagerfeld's Grands Appartements on the fourth floor and the Louis XV and Bernstein suites on the sixth. The 32 m² entry Deluxe Room faces an inner courtyard, and the Premier and Grand Premier Rooms a courtyard or the pedestrian Rue Boissy d'Anglas.
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Le Pavillon de la ReineHôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel
Le Pavillon de la Reine
Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel
The verdict
For an anniversary, the question is scale. Le Pavillon de la Reine, from about €550, if you want a house in its own courtyard garden behind the Place des Vosges and a starred dinner at Anne without a taxi; Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel, from about €2,190, nearly four times as much, if you would rather mark it on the Place de la Concorde, with a butler for every room.
Questions people ask
For an anniversary, the question is scale. Le Pavillon de la Reine, from about €550, if you want a house in its own courtyard garden behind the Place des Vosges and a starred dinner at Anne without a taxi; Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel, from about €2,190, nearly four times as much, if you would rather mark it on the Place de la Concorde, with a butler for every room.
A private house behind the Place des Vosges, with a starred dining room inside and the Marais at the gate. Spend on a Junior Suite rather than the attic Classic, and plan Sunday and Monday dinners elsewhere. A small, quiet, family-run house behind the arcades of the Place des Vosges that feels more like a private residence than a grand hotel. The starred dining room is a reason to stay in one night; the rest of the time the Marais is at the gate.
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
Book the Crillon for the building, the salons and the service, with Paris on foot outside the door. Pay for the Grand Premier Room, and save the view of the square for a signature suite. A famous 18th-century townhouse on the Place de la Concorde, restored with a designer's eye and run on personal service. It is a base for walking the city rather than a hotel to hide in, and it is priced as a splurge.
It has an indoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.