Recommended Apartments in the 8th Arrondissement of Paris (the Champs-Élysées, the Madeleine and the Arc de Triomphe)

A spacious studio with warm decor on Rue du Cirque, the little lane off Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré right next to the Élysée Palace, the home of the French president. This is the quiet end of the Champs-Élysées, the part where the avenue is still lined with gardens rather than shops. The Place de la Concorde is a few steps away, and from there you can carry on to the Jardin des Tuileries and the Louvre on foot. Keep in mind that this is a government and business district: very quiet in the evening, police on every corner, and very little street life after seven. If you want a bar downstairs, you’ll be heading to another arrondissement. I recommend it to a couple who want a really central location and a quiet night’s sleep, and don’t need a neighborhood vibe.

The apartment is on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, the street with the flagship stores of the big fashion houses and, at its far end, the Élysée Palace. If shopping in Paris is high on your list, there’s no better address than this one. From here it’s a ten-minute walk to the Musée de l’Orangerie and the Louvre, and the Place de la Madeleine is about the same distance. Note two things: this is one of the most expensive areas in Paris and the prices show it, and the street is busy during shopping hours, so a bedroom facing it will hear traffic almost all day. I recommend asking for a bedroom facing the inner courtyard, and that tip matters more here than anywhere else on this list.

A one-bedroom apartment on Rue d’Anjou, a quiet side street a few minutes’ walk from the Église de la Madeleine, running north toward Boulevard Haussmann. The really high score, 9.3 from fifty-four reviews, is the highest I found in the 8th with a meaningful number of reviews. From here you can walk to the Madeleine, the well-known food market next to it and the luxury shops of Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. This is an apartment for a couple only, with no sofa bed, and that’s exactly what makes it comfortable: there’s no temptation to squeeze four people into a space that suits two. Keep in mind that the 8th is mostly a business and office district, which means quiet evenings but also less of a neighborhood feel on weekends.

A one-bedroom apartment on Rue de Miromesnil, on the seam between the Champs-Élysées area and the quieter neighborhoods to its north. The Miromesnil metro station is right at the door, with two lines that take you straight to the center and to Montmartre. The score of 8.4 from fifty-eight reviews shows reasonable consistency over time. This is also an apartment for a couple, with a bedroom separate from the living room, which makes all the difference over several nights compared with an open studio. Note that this listing only has photos in portrait format, so the photo on the card shows only part of the frame.

A stylish apartment at the western end of the 8th, a short walk from the Champs-Élysées and from Place Charles-de-Gaulle, better known by its old name, the Étoile, where twelve avenues fan out around the Arc de Triomphe. The decor here leans toward luxurious and ornate, which is exactly the language of the neighborhood. What’s worth knowing before booking anywhere in this area: it’s built for business, embassies and shopping, not for everyday life. Grocery stores, neighborhood bakeries and reasonably priced restaurants are rare here, and you’ll often find yourselves heading to another arrondissement for dinner. I recommend it to a couple coming for a few nights who plan to eat out anyway.

An apartment that comfortably sleeps five, on a street that connects directly to the Champs-Élysées. For a family that wants to be in the heart of the 8th without paying suite prices, this is the balance point. All around you is everything the arrondissement has to offer: the avenue itself, the Arc de Triomphe, the Grand Palais, and metro line 1, which takes you straight to the Louvre and the Marais without changing. I covered the rest of the area on my page about the attractions of the 8th arrondissement. Note that this is a residence, not a hotel: there’s no concierge and no room service, and the service ends with handing over the keys. I recommend it to a family who can manage on their own and would rather have a kitchen than a lobby.

Twenty-nine apartments spread over several buildings in the Champs-Élysées area: Rue de Berri, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Rue d’Artois, Rue Copernic and more. All of them are renovated, with modern furniture, parquet floors, air conditioning and large windows. The studios are 25 to 30 m² and the apartments 50 to 60 m², there’s a washing machine and a dishwasher, and weekly cleaning is included. And here’s the drawback that has to be said out loud, because it isn’t spelled out anywhere: the specific apartment is assigned only about a week before arrival, so until then you won’t know which building or which street you’ll be staying on. There’s also no reception desk, and the keys are picked up from a key box at a separate address. I recommend it only to people who are truly flexible and aren’t building their plans around the address.

At 74 Avenue des Champs-Élysées stands a building from 1914 whose facade is protected by law, with 135 suites and apartments from 35 to 170 m². Each one has its own equipped kitchen with a dishwasher, a marble bathroom, air conditioning and soundproofing, and the inner courtyard itself is listed as a historic monument. Édith Piaf, Marlene Dietrich, Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles all stayed here in their day, and you can still feel it. There’s a 24-hour reception, daily cleaning, a gym, a breakfast buffet and free baby cots. The George V and Franklin D. Roosevelt metro stations on line 1 are minutes away. Note that the price is a five-star price on the most expensive avenue in the world, and there’s no parking on site. I recommend a suite facing the courtyard rather than the avenue, unless the view is exactly what you came for.

A 68 m² apartment on Rue Arsène Houssaye with three bedrooms that can sleep six, about 330 yards from the Arc de Triomphe and about half an hour’s walk from the Église de la Madeleine. It has a kitchen with a dishwasher and an oven, a washing machine, air conditioning and a smart TV, and the building has an elevator. Picking up the keys is simple and quick, which isn’t a given with apartments of this kind. And here’s the main reservation, a very practical one: there’s only one bathroom for three bedrooms and six people. A family getting ready to go out in the morning will feel it all day. I recommend it to a group of adults or to two families who don’t all leave at eight in the morning at the same time.