Le Grand Mazarin

Where it stands

Le Grand Mazarin occupies 17 rue de la Verrerie, at the corner with rue du Bourg-Tibourg, in the western Marais where the 4th arrondissement meets the Hôtel de Ville sector. It is the first urban address of the Maisons Pariente collection, and the Swedish designer Martin Brudnizki drew the interiors with French craft workshops.

Atout France gave it five stars on 6 October 2023; the MICHELIN Guide adds one Key. That puts it among the larger five-stars of the quarter, with 61 rooms.

The pool, the table, the rooms

The headline is the water. A heated pool, 8 metres long, lies in the basement under a fresco by Jacques Merle after Jean Cocteau; beside it come a jacuzzi, a hammam and a single treatment room. The wellness area is for residents only. Boubalé, the restaurant, and the cocktail bar welcome outside guests.

Families get more than usual: rooms and suites connect, and the hotel says they can be combined for up to ten people. Three rooms are adapted for guests with reduced mobility, though they are reached through the entrance at 6 rue des Archives. Air conditioning is listed, and small dogs are accepted for a supplement. The hotel’s website speaks of a building from the 14th century, but nothing backs the date, so we do not repeat it.

Getting around

Hôtel de Ville (lines 1 and 11) is three minutes away. Rambuteau (line 11) and Châtelet (lines 1, 4, 7, 11 and 14) both take about seven. The BHV Marais department store is barely 60 metres off; our BHV page explains the shop’s current state, which is changing.

Against the neighbours

Among five-stars close by, Hôtel Dupond-Smith has only eight rooms. The four-stars start with the Hôtel Bourg Tibourg, 24 rooms about 110 metres away, and the Hôtel Duo, 58 rooms at roughly 140 metres. Over at the place des Vosges, Le Pavillon de la Reine has 56 rooms and a jacuzzi but no pool, which is the clearest difference with the Mazarin.