Rates: €180-400 per night
Added extras: a covered outdoor patio
Services: breakfast and a bar
Opposite a fire station, a few steps from Saint-Paul metro (the very heart of the Marais), you’ll find a bright red doorway which opens onto a rose-pattern entrance. This intimate hotel is named after Joséphine Bonaparte – that is, if she had lived in this Instagram era of hashtags and catchy portemanteaus. This is where two eras meet at a crossroads.
Romantic hotel par excellence, JoBo ticks all the boxes. Expect pink corridors decorated with birds and swans and all 24 rooms are all decorated rock n’roll style with panther prints on the walls and floor – Joséphine’s favourite – making for a sensual, almost sexual atmosphere. Grab a sofa spot a The JoBo’s cosy bar for breakfast or tea, then when night falls, while away the hours with a well-made cocktail or two. Marvellous.