Le Cinq Codet

What’s not period per se is period-inspired, the stylish seriousness of interwar modernism being very much in fashion at the moment. The rooms and suites, meanwhile, are a subtle revelation: the eccentric layouts, many split-level, make for accommodations that are nothing if not memorable, and spaces that are inspiring and efficient, even if they’re somewhat more typically Parisian when viewed in terms of raw square footage. And the overriding feeling is of a hotel whose every element is expertly selected, from the artworks to the furnishings, across a range of eras from 20th-century classics to the present day.

In classic Parisian boutique style, Le Cinq Codet lacks the proper restaurant that might push it over the top. The bar, though, with its sunny indoor space and its open-air terrace, does serve a light all-day menu, as well as a breakfast of particular note — it’s made to order, rather than the usual buffet fare. Add to that a spa and fitness center and you’ve got a hotel that, substance-wise, offers rather more than the norm — and is, when it comes to style, in the top class indeed.