Hotel
Ritz Paris
César Ritz's legendary 1898 hotel on Place Vendôme, with the Ritz Club pool and spa, Bar Vendôme and the École Ritz Escoffier cookery school.
A design-led hostel at Place du Colonel Fabien with dorms, private rooms, a ground-floor café and a ninth-floor rooftop bar open in summer.
Good to know
Generator Paris is a large, design-conscious hostel at Place du Colonel Fabien, between Canal Saint-Martin and Belleville. It offers dorms from four to ten beds, including female-only dorms, plus a range of private rooms, some with Paris views and one type with its own terrace.
Café Fabien on the ground floor serves breakfast and stays open late, and from April to September the Khayma Rooftop on the ninth floor opens in the evenings. Colonel Fabien Métro station on line 2 is right outside. It is a sociable choice for younger travellers and groups who want low prices without sacrificing style.
Reviewed by Lifestylemetro · Details checked October 23, 2026
The Khayma Rooftop on the 9th floor opens from 6pm to 10pm daily between April and September.
Yes, from doubles and twins to private rooms for up to 10 people.
Tour operator
The classic Seine cruise company, sailing from Port de la Conférence by the Pont de l'Alma with guided sightseeing, brunch, lunch and dinner cruises.
Restaurant
A cavernous Belle Époque dining hall on the Grands Boulevards serving low-priced French classics non-stop, every day of the year.
Café
A Saint-Germain café dating from around 1887, famed as a haunt of Apollinaire, Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir and home of the Prix de Flore.
Bar
A historic American-style bar near the Opéra, open since 1911 and long said to be the birthplace of the Bloody Mary and the French 75.