Eiffel Tower rooms at both, at different distances. Shangri-La Paris, from about €1,730, if you want the tower close, about 600 metres across the Seine and seen at an angle, from a room named Eiffel on a high floor; Mandarin Oriental Lutetia, Paris, from about €1,470, if you would rather pay much less for a view room and see it 2.5 km off from a balcony, with the Invalides dome beside it.
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
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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.
The all-rounderThe Left Bank's only Palace: a 1910 landmark with a 17-metre pool below and Saint-Germain at the door.
€€€€From about €1,470 a night
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The catch
The entry Grand Superior Room is 33 m² and looks onto the inner courtyard; the balconies start two categories up.
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The verdict
Eiffel Tower rooms at both, at different distances. Shangri-La Paris, from about €1,730, if you want the tower close, about 600 metres across the Seine and seen at an angle, from a room named Eiffel on a high floor; Mandarin Oriental Lutetia, Paris, from about €1,470, if you would rather pay much less for a view room and see it 2.5 km off from a balcony, with the Invalides dome beside it.
Questions people ask
Eiffel Tower rooms at both, at different distances. Shangri-La Paris, from about €1,730, if you want the tower close, about 600 metres across the Seine and seen at an angle, from a room named Eiffel on a high floor; Mandarin Oriental Lutetia, Paris, from about €1,470, if you would rather pay much less for a view room and see it 2.5 km off from a balcony, with the Invalides dome beside it.
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.
The Left Bank's only Palace, with a 17-metre pool under it, a famous bar inside it and Saint-Germain outside the door. Pay for a balcony and walk everywhere. A heritage palace in the middle of Saint-Germain, built for walking out of the door and coming back to a real pool. Polished rather than quirky, and priced like the palace it is.
It has an indoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.