48 hours in Paris: where to stay, dine and drink
Two days, three palaces and the best tables in Europe. A weekend in Paris planned from the Atlas, for one or for two.
Where to stay
Choose between three palaces: the Ritz on the Place Vendôme, the Crillon on the Place de la Concorde, or Le Bristol on the Faubourg Saint-Honoré, with its garden and rooftop pool.
Day one
Lunch is the secret of the three-star restaurants. Book Arpège, near the Musée Rodin, where Alain Passard cooks with vegetables from his own gardens.
At seven, a drink at Bar Hemingway inside the Ritz. Then dinner with the Seine below at Plénitude in the Samaritaine building.
Day two
A slow morning, then lunch in the grand dining room of Le Cinq at the Four Seasons George V.
For the evening, the Marais: an Art Nouveau-inspired room at Bar Nouveau, among the best bars in the world, and a late drink at Danico near the Galerie Vivienne.
The addresses
- Ritz Paris · Paris
César Ritz opened his hotel on the Place Vendôme in 1898 with Auguste Escoffier in the kitchen. - Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel · Paris
An 18th-century palace commissioned by Louis XV on the Place de la Concorde, a hotel since 1909 and reopened by Rosewood after a four-year restoration. - Le Bristol Paris · Paris
Opened in 1925 on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, steps from the Élysée Palace. - Arpège · Paris
Alain Passard's celebrated table near the Musée Rodin. - Plénitude · Paris
The gastronomic restaurant of Cheval Blanc Paris, overlooking the Seine from the Samaritaine building. - Le Cinq · Paris
The grand dining room of the Four Seasons Hotel George V, where chef Christian Le Squer has held three stars since 2016. - Bar Hemingway · Paris
A small, wood-panelled bar inside the Ritz, named after its most famous regular. - Bar Nouveau · Paris
An intimate Art Nouveau-inspired bar in the Marais, ranked 15th in The 50 Best Bars 2026, up from 17th. - Danico · Paris
A bar behind the Daroco restaurant near the Galerie Vivienne, ranked 26th in The 50 Best Bars 2026.
