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Hôtel Napoléon Paris
Paris, France · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Hotel Napoleon sits at 40 Avenue de Friedland, a seven-story 96-room house from the late 1920s, four minutes from the Arc de Triomphe. Historic Hotels Worldwide. Interwar Paris on one of Haussmann's twelve Etoile avenues.
- 96 rooms
- Opened 1928
- Neighborhood: 8th arrondissement
- Rooms from 183 sq ft (17 m²)
- Architect: Henri Porteau
About Hôtel Napoléon Paris
- Operates under the Hotel Napoleon name from the late 1920s at 40 Avenue de Friedland.
- Ninety-six rooms, seven stories, a four-minute walk from the Arc de Triomphe.
- Historic Hotels Worldwide member.
- Entry-level rooms start at 183 sq ft (17 m²).
History
Hôtel Napoléon Paris sits at 40 Avenue de Friedland in the 8th arrondissement, a few minutes from the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Élysées, but its backstory is more intimate than monumental. The hotel traces its roots to the 1920s, and current booking references place its construction in 1920, with the property later operating under the Hôtel Napoléon name from the late 1920s. That makes it one of the Parisian addresses that bridges the city’s interwar hotel boom and the lasting pull of the capital’s grand boulevard era. A contemporary hotel listing records the building as seven stories high with 96 rooms, underscoring that this is an established urban hotel rather than a palace-scale institution.
The property’s location is its defining historical asset: Avenue de Friedland was part of the Haussmannian reworking of Paris, and the hotel has long traded on that position just off one of the city’s most important ceremonial routes. Modern travel coverage continues to frame it as a classic Paris address rather than a brand-new entrant, and the hotel remains closely associated with the refined residential-and-embassy quarter around the Arc de Triomphe.
What is easier to verify than legend is continuity: the hotel still operates as an independent Paris property with a substantial footprint, a central address, and the sort of provenance that comes from surviving nearly a century of changing tastes in the French capital. Because public web sources are sparse on named architects, celebrity guests, or major restorations, those details are best left unstated rather than guessed.
The Arc de Triomphe, commissioned in 1806 and completed in 1836, is a four-minute walk, placing guests at the apex of the Champs-Élysées axis within the prestige cluster of hotels and embassies that crowd the Étoile.
The setting
Hôtel Napoléon Paris stands at 40 Avenue de Friedland in the 8th arrondissement, one of the twelve grand avenues radiating from the Place de l'Étoile — the urban star Haussmann completed around the Arc de Triomphe under Napoléon III. The Arc de Triomphe, commissioned in 1806 and completed in 1836, is a four-minute walk, placing guests at the apex of the Champs-Élysées axis within the prestige cluster of hotels and embassies that crowd the Étoile. Avenue de Friedland runs northward toward the grands magasins and Parc Monceau, threading through a neighborhood of Haussmannian residences that has defined the upper 8th since the Second Empire's remaking of Paris. 2-minute walk to Arc de Triomphe. 2.2 km from Place de la Concorde square.
Restaurants and bars
- Bar 1807 — Bar
- Le Bivouac — Restaurant · Breakfast buffet
Experiences
- Cultural activities nearby — Concierges reserve seats for performances and advise on nearby galleries, theatres and cabarets.
- Seine riverside walk or sunset cruise — Riverside stroll or sunset cruise a few minutes' walk away.
Amenities
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Recommended (2026)
- Historic Hotels Worldwide member
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