Recommended Hotels in the 15th Arrondissement of Paris (Near the Eiffel Tower)

Four hundred and thirty rooms on Avenue de Suffren, a three-minute walk from the tower and a minute from the Champ de Mars. Most rooms have a balcony and some look straight at the tower. The Frame restaurant has an open kitchen, a wine bar and a terrace, the gym is open around the clock, and breakfast, from six thirty to ten thirty, also has Asian, vegetarian and gluten-free options. There’s a parking garage under the hotel too. Note that this is a big conference hotel, not a boutique, and that the rooms with a tower view are significantly more expensive. I still recommend paying for one on a short stay, because that’s the whole point here.

Four hundred and five soundproofed rooms on Rue Jean Rey, about two hundred meters from the tower. There’s a garden with a terrace where the hotel bistro sits, and the gym looks out at the tower itself. The Privilege rooms on the upper floors are the ones with the view, and breakfast is a buffet from six thirty to ten thirty. The Bir-Hakeim station on line 6 is about three hundred and eighty meters away, and the RER C station is even closer. Note that the standard rooms face the garden or the street, not the tower. I recommend asking for a high floor, because the difference in the view is dramatic.

Forty-five rooms on the Boulevard de Grenelle, facing the elevated metro tracks and close to the Grenelle market. The ground-floor bar sits under a glass roof with a green wall and is open to non-guests too. The Classic rooms are 18 square meters, air-conditioned and soundproofed, with a Nespresso machine and a kettle, and there’s also private parking at about 35 euros a day. The La Motte-Picquet-Grenelle station, with lines 6, 8 and 10, is a two-minute walk away. Note that in some rooms the shower is open, with no full partition. I recommend asking for a room facing the courtyard, because the boulevard stays lively in the evening too.

A hundred and ninety-nine rooms on Rue du Cotentin, a ten-minute walk from the Montparnasse train station and four hundred meters from the Pasteur and Montparnasse-Bienvenüe metro stations. The hotel has a restaurant, a bar with a shaded terrace, a gym and a coworking space, and a video game corner for the kids. Children sleep and eat here for free, and the Executive rooms come with free drinks and a Nespresso machine. Note that this is a train station hotel, that rooms facing the tracks pick up noise, and that the Eiffel Tower is three kilometers away. I recommend it for families who are continuing by train to the Loire Valley or Brittany.

Two hundred and fifty rooms on Rue d’Oradour-sur-Glane, around a Mediterranean garden full of palm trees with the Le Patio restaurant at its center. The wellness area has a heated indoor pool with a counter-current, a hammam, a Jacuzzi and massage rooms. There are connecting rooms for families of up to four and suites with a private terrace onto the garden, and parking at about thirty euros a night. Note that this is the far southwestern edge of Paris, right next to the exhibition center, and that prices jump during trade fairs. I recommend checking weekends in particular, because that’s when the hotel empties out and the prices are good.

A hundred and forty-nine rooms on Rue du Colonel Pierre Avia, designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte (born 1948). The idea here is that there’s no lobby, no bar and no separate breakfast room: there’s one space called the Club, open around the clock, with snacks, drinks, an open fridge, a work corner and a library. From six thirty to nine thirty in the evening they serve a free aperitif there with local products, and the sauna and gym are included in the price. Note that this is already the southwestern edge of the city, near the Périphérique. I recommend it for anyone coming for a conference or a trade fair, because everything is included and there are no surprises on the bill.

Eighty-three rooms and four suites on Rue de Vaugirard, fifty meters from the Porte de Versailles station on line 12 and from the main entrance of the exhibition center. The rooms are soundproofed and face either the courtyard or the street, and breakfast is a buffet from seven to ten thirty. My favorite detail here is a wine and beer machine in the lobby that pours into glasses printed with the Eiffel Tower. Note that the elevator is very small and fits about two people with suitcases. I recommend it for anyone coming to the agricultural show or the motor show, because it’s hard to sleep any closer.

Fifty-five rooms on Avenue de la Motte-Picquet, eighteen of them for three or four people, which makes it one of the best options in the area for families. The lobby has a marble floor and a designer fireplace, the stairwell has stained-glass windows, and the rooms have solid oak parquet. The bar is open from eight in the morning until midnight, and room service comes from a neighborhood restaurant between noon and ten in the evening. The La Motte-Picquet-Grenelle station, with three lines, is ninety meters away. Note that the hotel has no restaurant of its own and that breakfast is paid separately. I recommend that families take the room for four rather than two separate rooms.

About fifty rooms on the Boulevard de Grenelle, right between the Cambronne station on line 6 and the La Motte-Picquet-Grenelle station. Breakfast is included in the room rate, which is not a given in Paris: a cold buffet with pastries, baguettes, cold cuts, cheeses, yogurts, fruit salad and fresh-squeezed orange juice, and on nice days you can eat it on the patio. The headboards are designed as lace in the shape of the Eiffel Tower, and the rooms are air-conditioned and soundproofed. Note that the standard rooms are about twelve square meters and the showers are narrow. I recommend it for a couple staying three nights who want to know in advance what breakfast will cost.

A hundred and six rooms on the Quai de Grenelle, in a hotel designed together with the artist Daniel Buren (born 1938). The rooms sleep from two to six people, and some are built around sleeping pods designed by Ora Ito (born 1977). On the roof there’s a vegetable garden that supplies some of the restaurant’s ingredients, and you can even join a cooking workshop. The lobby has free arcade games and a pool table, and every floor has a bathroom with a baby bath and a changing table. Note that the rooms are functional and compact, not romantic. I recommend it for families with small children, because the changing table on every floor saves a lot of hassle.