Bao & Friends

Art Deco 1920s boutique on a lively pedestrian market street, steps from Opera Garnier. Hammam spa by Le Tigre, cocktail bar and heated terrace, herringbone parquet Deluxe rooms, bespoke Parisian boudoir suites. The only hotel in this proposal that hits your $500/person target at every room level.

5-star boutique with one of the best hotel pool setups in Paris — 18m indoor pool, hammam, full spa with treatments by CYD. 45 individually designed rooms. French-Asian fusion restaurant, whisky cocktail bar, sunny terrace. 2 min walk from Cadet metro, steps from Opera Garnier. Note: these are public/BAR rates — Fora preferred-partner rate is being pulled separately.

Only 18 rooms. Dark velvet, open fireplaces, in-room cocktail bars, private balconies. A Haussmannian shell housing one of Paris's most obsessed-over boutique interiors. Canal Saint-Martin neighborhood is the best in Paris for late-night wandering, dinner, and casual bars. Fora rate includes daily breakfast plus a welcome drink.

4-star Baroque jewel-box at the foot of the Opera Comique. 39 rooms each individually designed in Marie-Antoinette theatrical style — no two alike, each with marble baths and fine moldings. Onsite spa with pool, sauna, waterfall, and massaging waterbed. Walk to the Louvre, covered passages, Palais Royal.

Haussmannian elegance, antiques, and Paris's most iconic champagne bar — 240 labels in wainscoted historic surroundings, accessed via a Louis Vuitton trunk elevator. Marriott Tribute Portfolio, so Bao's Bonvoy status applies for points and recognition. LUMINOUS rate includes daily breakfast. You're arriving from Champagne. Checking into the champagne institution.

Martin Brudnizki — soft greens, warm yellows, coral, cane furniture, petal-shaped glass sconces. One of the only 5-star Paris hotels with a full lush garden and a rooftop bar with Eiffel Tower views. Full spa: Jacuzzi, plunge pools, salt pool, sauna, hammam. Michelin Guide listed restaurant. On the same street as Monsieur Cadet.