When we’re in Paris we look for a luxury, a few things to make us feel just a bit special. It’s that kind of place. So, here we’ve selected the best hotels in Paris to make you feel a special.

Over the past year, as Paris slowly rolled out its multi-step reopening, the city welcomed some of the most anticipated hotels of the last decade. From the art-deco-inspired Cheval Blanc Paris overlooking the Seine to Bulgari Paris on the glamorous Avenue George V near the Champs-Élysées, these are the spots redefining the hotel landscape in the City of Light.

Cheval Blanc Paris

LVMH’s Cheval Blanc refers to its properties as maisons, since they’re meant to feel more like an intimate home than hotel. Since debuting in 2006, the brand has set up shop in beachy locales from St. Tropez to St. Barts, but Paris marked the first “urban haven” when the property opened its doors in fall 2021. Intended to feel like a vitrine overlooking the Seine, Cheval Blanc Paris takes over a Henri Sauvage-designed 1920s building that has been reimagined as a private apartment, complete with modernist and contemporary artwork by the likes of Vik Muniz and Sonia Delaunay.

Just a five-minute walk from the Louvre, the stone façade, which sits across from the Pont Neuf — the oldest-standing bridge on the Seine — has been restored to its original form. The interior takes on a gilded touch with a woven-metal staircase that leads from the lobby down to the Dior Spa Cheval Blanc (where you’ll also find the intimate Rossano Ferretti Salon), while the 72 rooms and suites take on a winter-garden-like feel with bay-window views, placing the river on prime display.

Hôtel Madame Rêve

Laurent Taïeb, who dreamt up KONG restaurant and bar under the glass roof of the Samaritaine, is behind the nine-year project that converted the 19th-century Louvre Post Office into Hôtel Madame Rêve. Accessed by a discreet, almost speakeasy-like entrance, the boutique hotel features 82 rooms and suites, plus a terrace with 360-degree views across the city’s rooftops and landmark monuments. The honey marble-clad ground floor café is draped in sumptuous velvet and nods to the artistry and elegance of eras past with period-piece-style furniture reminiscent of salons that sat in the city a century or two ago.

The warm, walnut-wood-lined rooms are spread across the third floor of the square-shaped building and showcase vistas over Paris or the suspended courtyard garden, and nearly half have a terrace or balcony. Each room feels like stepping into a different apartment, with some featuring vaulted ceilings below the glass roof, in addition to original artwork and furnishings that pay tribute to the building’s past and present life as a post office. French perfumer Olivia Giacobetti (who has developed fragrances for Hermès and Diptyque) is behind the subtle, cedar-and-rose scent wafting through the dimly lit, boudoir-inspired halls.

Bulgari Hotel Paris

Following suit with its sister properties in Milan, London, Dubai, Shanghai and Beijing, Bulgari Hotel Paris, which opened in December 2021 on the fashionable Avenue George V, is a celebration of Italian craftsmanship, from the marble and silk wallcoverings to the granite and eucalyptus woodwork.

The 76 rooms and suites include amenities like terraces overlooking the internal patio, butler service, and private hammams and kitchens. For one of the best views over the Eiffel Tower, book the lavish penthouse, a “garden in the sky” that spans more than 10,000 square feet across two floors that are connected by a statement-making spiral staircase and features a wraparound terrace and rooftop garden.

Kimpton St Honoré Paris

Boutique hotel brand Kimpton took over the former 1900s Samaritaine de Luxe department store and converted it into the art-nouveau-inspired, 149-room Kimpton St Honoré. Located near the iconic Place Vendôme in the stylish Opera district, the white- and cream-toned suites nod to lavish Parisian apartments with floor-to-ceiling windows and standing tubs stocked with made-to-measure French cosmetics line CODAGE — the same brand used in the tailor-made treatments in the subterranean spa (which also features an indoor heated pool, steam room and sauna).

Those familiar with the Kimpton brand will recognize amenities like evening social hour and morning tea and coffee service in the mezzanine library area with complimentary offerings from Parisian roaster Lomi and Kusmi Tea. The pet-friendly policy also takes on a Parisian touch with luxe dog treats in the form of all-natural macarons by Bonne et Filou, plus in-room dog beds and bowls.