Fodor's Expert Review Shangri-La Hotel Paris

Displaying French elegance at its best, this impressively restored 19th-century mansion gazing across the Seine at the Eiffel Tower was once the stately home of Prince Roland Bonaparte, grandnephew of the emperor himself, and his gilded private apartments have been transformed into La Suite Impériale. Many of the luxurious historical details have been carefully restored or faithfully re-created for the property's transformation into the first Shangri-La hotel in Europe. This hotel is already a classic, with half of the rooms smack-dab in front of the Eiffel Tower, and nearly two-thirds with their own balconies. All have ultraglamorous French and Asian touches and the latest technological amenities. Marble bathrooms have deep soaking bathtubs, heated floors, Guerlain toiletries, and TV screens embedded in the mirrors. Two highly rated restaurants (including one with a stunning atrium), several cozy lounges, a 24/7 fitness room, Paris's most beautiful indoor hotel pool (with an outdoor terrace), and a soothing wellness center with therapeutic facials, massages, and body treatments make it hard to ever leave.