France’s vibrant capital is full of historic streets, grand boulevards, handsome parks, and notable museums. And, of course, there are plenty of gorgeous hotels. But when you visit Paris with kids, finding the right hotel can be challenging.
In North America, many hotels offer rooms with two queen or double beds that can easily accommodate a family of four. (Adjoining rooms, pull-out sofas, and the option to request cots are also not uncommon, helping with sleeping arrangements for larger families and groups.) But more spacious, family-friendly hotel rooms are harder to find in the heart of Paris, where hotels are set in centuries-old mansions or narrow townhouses with smaller footprints.
As part of a trip to Paris with my husband and teenage daughter and son, I scouted several hotels—from over-the-top luxury properties to trendy and cinematic boutique outposts—that offer plenty of character and space, whether you’re a couple traveling with one kid or a clan of six. Here are six appealing hotels for families looking for a fun and stylish place in Paris to rest their heads.
The effortlessly cool Hotel Babel offers family rooms that sleep up to four.
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Babel Belleville
- What to expect: A hip hotel in a multicultural neighborhood, surrounded by some of the city’s hottest restaurants
- Neighborhood: 20th arrondissement (Belleville)
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Belleville sits a short walk from the Canal St. Martin and the buzzing 10th and 11th arrondissements, and it has become one of Paris’s hottest neighborhoods in the past couple of years. It remains multicultural, with snug wine bars interspersed among artist studios, synagogues, and halal butchers. Its namesake hilltop park offers a panoramic view of Paris, including a tiny Eiffel Tower in the distance. At the 31-room Babel, families can have a bit of privacy while still staying together by booking the interconnected queen rooms. The rooms accommodate up to four people. Though small, these rooms are warm and cozy thanks to patinated walls in hues of terra-cotta, azure, and ochre, luxurious bed linens, and flea market finds sculpted in wood, ceramic, and bronze.
After a long day of pounding the pavement in Paris, unwind with a movie in your room at Hotel Paradiso.
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mk2 Hotel Paradiso
- What to expect: A cinema-themed hotel that encourages family movie night
- Neighborhood: 11th arrondissement
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Designed by movie lovers for movie lovers (France’s mk2 cinema chain is the owner), Hotel Paradiso offers 35 guest rooms fitted with laser projectors, screens, and 3D surround sound systems. There’s also a rooftop terrace with an open-air cinema, and a private karaoke room for up to 10 people—for a fun night with the whole fam. For a family of four, the Grande Suite Cinema features two bedrooms with king beds (one room converts into a screening room) that look out to a Charlie Chaplin mural by French street artist JR. There are also simpler connected family rooms, one with a queen and the other with two twins. Meanwhile, Le Loft is a room designed for up to six guests and features a lounge, dining area, arcade games, PlayStation 5, and a giant movie screen. Located on a tree-lined boulevard near Place de la Nation, the hotel is 25 minutes by metro to the Paris Zoo and 18 minutes by metro to the Louvre.
The Parisian Apartment at Mandarin Oriental Paris has four bedrooms with en suite bathrooms
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Mandarin Oriental Paris
- What to expect: Impeccable five-star service with decadent rooms to match
- Neighborhood: 1st arrondissement
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Situated on Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris’s priciest shopping street, this hotel with “palace” status (a coveted title assigned only to a handful of ultra-luxury hotels in the city) is the epitome of elegance. Family rooms connect a king bedroom to a twin bedroom, each with its own bathroom. The decor is modern with retro and playful touches—a reproduction of Man Ray’s photograph “The Kiss” is incorporated into velvet headboards in the guest rooms. There’s a spa with an indoor pool open to guests of all ages, a gym, cocktail bar, and a pâtisserie whose treats are works of art. The hotel offers tents for a bit of in-room “glamping,” a kids room-service menu, and babysitting services for an additional charge and with 24-hour notice. If your pockets are deep and you want to spread out, book the Parisian Apartment, a 4,628-square-foot suite on a single level that offers four bedrooms with en suite bathrooms, a dining area, a kitchen, two living rooms, and a private 2,400-square-foot landscaped terrace furnished with loungers, sofas, and dining tables perfect for entertaining en plein air.
A pool in a floating hotel on the Seine? What’s not for the kids to love?
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OFF Paris Seine
- What to expect: A floating hotel moored on the banks of the Seine
- Neighborhood: 13th arrondissement
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There are Paris hotels that are near the Seine, then there’s OFF, a hotel that’s actually on the Seine. The city’s first boat hotel feels like a sleek glass and steel cocoon, although it is a barge designed by a nautical architect. You may be sleeping in a floating hotel, but a cheesy cruise ship this is not. Instead, the 54 rooms and four suites feature walls decorated with playful gold stencil motifs and views of either the Seine or the quay, and kids and adults alike will love the novelty of sleeping on a boat. If you’re a family of three, book the Horizon Suite facing the river, or opt for connecting rooms for a bit more space. The highlight of your stay will be cocktails in the lounge bar right next to the pool, where your kid can chill on the inflatable gold swan.
You can pretend you are staying with your eccentric French aunt at Saint James Paris hotel.
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Saint James Paris
- What to expect: A gorgeous château where every room is unique
- Neighborhood: 16th arrondissement
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Imagine if you had a wealthy French aunt with impeccable taste and an eye for detail who lived in a magnificent château in an exclusive corner of Paris. The estate would be decorated with a modern yet timeless touches—velvety textiles, antique objets, chinoiserie wallpaper, sofas and armchairs upholstered in whimsical geometric patterns. The bathrooms? Marble, of course. The staff and service gracious but efficient. That’s exactly what to expect at the Saint James, where you can savor your breakfast on the terrace, sip a cocktail surrounded by leather tomes in the library, or enjoy the spa’s (indoor) swimming pool (where kids are allowed, too). There are 22 double rooms, but if you are traveling with one or two kids, you’ll want to book one of the 26 suites, which range from 450 to 850 square feet and offer separate living areas.
Molitor hotel is set around a 1929 Art Deco swimming pool
Hotel Molitor Paris – MGallery by Sofitel
Molitor Paris MGallery Collection
- What to expect: Cooling off in not one but two pools
- Neighborhood: 16th arrondissement
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Popping in and out of some of the world’s greatest museums can be fun for adults, but sometimes kids just need to run wild. Enter Molitor hotel, a 1930s art deco former public pool, now a 124-room hotel with two pools, one indoors and one out. Because access to the pools is generally restricted to guests and the hotel’s in-house club members, it’s a see-and-be-seen scene. Families of three can book a king room with an additional bed, while foursomes can spread out across two connecting rooms, each with a queen. If you can pull your brood away from the pools, Bois de Boulogne—an enormous park with paddle boat and bike rentals and several playgrounds—is only a few minutes away.
This article was originally published in 2022 and most recently updated on May 2, 2025, with current information. Sophie Friedman contributed to the reporting of this story.
