Ritz Paris Hotel

Ritz Paris Hotel

Walk out of the Ritz Paris and you are on Place Vendôme, close enough to reach the Marché de Saint-Honoré on foot or pass the Ecole Ritz Escoffier on the way. The hotel holds 98 rooms and belongs to Leading Hotels of the World, with a room range that runs wide: a Superior Double at 377 square feet for two people keeping things simple, up to a Standard Double Apartment near 1,819 square feet with room to spread out. Every category has a private bathroom, and each room comes with a mini-bar, bathrobe and slippers regardless of size; the suites add a mirror, safe, telephone and toiletries. What separates it from most hotels around Place Vendôme is the wellness facilities: an indoor pool sits alongside a hammam, sauna, steam room and full spa, a combination rarely found this close to the square. Staff speak ten languages, from Mandarin to Portuguese, and the 24-hour desk handles everything from booking an excursion to arranging the airport transfer; arrive after nine at night and you will need to call ahead so someone is there to greet you. Dogs travel with their owners for a nightly fee, and the bar and restaurant are on site for whenever you need them. Budget for the extras: a 72-euro buffet breakfast, a 500-euro breakage deposit per stay, 50 euros a day for parking. It suits someone who wants a recognised name and a spa she will actually use, not someone chasing a bargain or rough edges and personality. What lands is how ordinary the extraordinary is treated here, a hammam and paid parking handled as basics, not as selling points. On Place Vendôme, the Ritz Paris pairs 98 rooms, from a 377-square-foot Superior Double to an 1,819-square-foot apartment, with an indoor pool, hammam and full spa rarely found together this centrally. It suits a traveller who wants a known name and a spa she will use, not one chasing bargains.