Hôtel Joséphine

Montmartre & Northern Paris


Life's a cabaret at this novel, four-star boutique address in Pigalle. Named after 1920s cabaret star Josephine Baker, the hotel has 41 rooms with richly patterned wallpapers broken up by solid colours and 1930s period furniture and light fittings. Black-and-white cabaret photos decorate walls, and downstairs in the sociable library-lounge there's an honesty bar, free coffee and board games.

Rates fluctuate wildly so check online for the best deal. Breakfast (€15) is served in a gorgeous vaulted stone cellar.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Montmartre & Northern Paris attractions

1. Musée de la Vie Romantique

0.11 MILES

Framed by green shutters, this mansion where painter Ary Scheffer once lived sits in a cobbled courtyard at the end of a tree-shaded alley. The objects…

2. Playground Duperré

0.17 MILES

Looking more like a dramatic street-art installation, Paris' 'most beautiful basketball court' was redone in 2017 by Parisian design studio Ill-Studio in…

3. Cimetière de Montmartre

0.22 MILES

This 11-hectare cemetery opened in 1825. It contains the graves of writers Émile Zola (whose ashes are now in the Panthéon), Alexandre Dumas fils and…

4. Le Bal

0.29 MILES

Contemporary photography exhibits feature at this two-floor gallery, which has an excellent bookshop and an Austrian cafe, Otto. Watch for film screenings…

5. Musée National Gustave Moreau

0.32 MILES

Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau's former studio is crammed with 4800 of his paintings, drawings and sketches – although symbolism received more attention…

6. Abbesses Metro Entrance

0.34 MILES

Designed by art nouveau architect Hector Guimard, Abbesses' wrought-iron, glass-canopied metro entrance is Paris' only remaining Model A entrance, and one…

7. Le Mur des je t'aime

0.36 MILES

Few visitors can resist a selfie in front of Montmartre's 'I Love You' wall, a public artwork created in a small park by artists Frédéric Baron and Claire…

8. Le Bateau Lavoir

0.37 MILES

In the late 19th century and early 20th century impoverished artists Max Jacob, Amedeo Modigliani and Pablo Picasso – who painted Les Demoiselles d…