Les Bains Paris

On the Rue du Bourg-l’Abbé, in the Marais, Les Bains occupies the building of the Guerbois baths, created in 1885 according to the hotel, which later became the Les Bains Douches nightclub, then a hotel in 2015. Its 39 rooms and suites were decorated by Tristan Auer, according to the room pages; the Atout France register rates the hotel five stars (rating of 5 December 2022), and the MICHELIN Guide gives it a Key. The hotel also has the Roxo, a restaurant and bar, a club and the Les Bains Guerbois spa.

The hotel describes eight categories, all in our table: the Classic (23 m²), the Superior (26 m²), the Deluxe and the Executive (33 m² each), the Junior Suite (36 m²), the Suite (48 m²), the Les Bains Suite (80 m², with a 32 m² terrace) and the Penthouse Suite Les Bains Guerbois (120 m², with a 32 m² terrace). All sleep two, except the Penthouse, which sleeps 2 to 4.

No category page states a view: they list south-facing balconies “subject to availability”, a 12 m² balcony for the Suite, a south-facing terrace for the Les Bains Suite and the Penthouse. The Suite and the Les Bains Suite have a private steam room, the Penthouse two; the Suite has an outdoor shower, according to its category page.

The pool at Les Bains is indoors, according to the services listed by the hotel’s booking engine, and is in the club: the private-hire page describes a 160 m² venue with its “Legendary 22 m2 swimming pool”, an area, not a length. The spa presents it as a “vitality pool” with a counter-current swim system, massage jets, bubble jets and a waterfall; in our reading, it is the same pool, as the hotel names only one. In 2015, according to the home page, “the legendary Bains Douches swimming pool is restored to its original glory”.

Every room page lists “free access” to the pool, the steam room and the club for hotel guests. The Les Bains Guerbois spa, in an apartment within the hotel, has a relaxation area, a lounge devoted to the house’s fragrances and two treatment rooms; according to its page, “the experience is rounded out by access to the hotel’s hammam and pool”. No page says whether a visitor may book a treatment, when guests may swim or what rule applies to children: this pool is therefore not compared with the others on our pools page.

Seven of the eight categories sleep two; only the Penthouse Suite Les Bains Guerbois (120 m²) sleeps 2 to 4, with two bedrooms that connect within the suite. The hotel does not say how adults and children may be split or give any ages, and lists no rooms connecting two categories.

The rooms page offers a cot up to the age of 2. The hotel publishes no rule for children at the pool, the steam room or the spa, and no babysitting service. The pool is in the club, so ask the hotel before bringing children.