Excellence Luxury Villas — Paris
Luxury Paris Rentals — Hôtels Particuliers, Châteaux & Designer Apartments
Le Marais · Saint-Germain · 7th Arrondissement · Île Saint-Louis · Trocadéro · Montmartre
The world's most beautiful city — privately, exclusively and entirely yours
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Paris lived as it was always meant to be — privately
A hôtel particulier is Paris's most coveted private address: a grand aristocratic townhouse built between the 17th and 19th centuries, sitting behind its own porte-cochère on a quiet cobbled street in the Marais, the 7th arrondissement or Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Our Paris collection includes properties that have never appeared on any platform before — residences occupied by their owners for eleven months of the year, made available exclusively to Excellence Luxury Villas clients for the remaining weeks.
These are homes with five-metre painted ceilings by académiciens whose names appear in the Louvre, with Versailles parquet floors that predate the Revolution, with private cobbled courtyards and walled gardens that feel entirely impossible in a city of two million people. They come with a dedicated concierge who knows the best table at Le Grand Véfour, can arrange a private tour of the Louvre's reserves after closing, and who has a standing relationship with the head sommelier at Le Cinq. This is Paris lived as the city's own most demanding residents intended.
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Living above the Seine — the ultimate Parisian address
For those who prefer a contemporary residence to a historic mansion, our Paris collection spans every arrondissement and every style of exceptional urban living. A Haussmannian apartment on the Boulevard Saint-Germain with original coffered ceilings and a direct view of the church tower. A Left Bank designer residence in the 6th arrondissement, two minutes from Café de Flore and the Luxembourg Gardens. A penthouse above the Trocadéro — the finest vantage point in Paris — with an unobstructed view of the illuminated Eiffel Tower at precisely 11pm. A converted artist's studio in the Marais with double-height ceilings, a private roof terrace, and a view across the roofline that Hemingway would have recognised.
All our Paris apartments include daily housekeeping, fresh linen on arrival, a pre-stay concierge briefing and 24/7 support throughout. Many include dedicated staff — a morning housekeeper, a butler available by WhatsApp, a private car and driver. Restaurant reservations at Taillevent, Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, Guy Savoy, Pierre Gagnaire and whichever newcomer has just received its third Michelin star; private museum access; personal shopping on the Place Vendôme — all arranged before your key is turned.
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From the Marais to Montmartre, from the Left Bank to the Trocadéro — experienced without crowds, without queues, without compromise.
The world's most romantic city — with a private concierge who knows all of it
Paris earned its reputation as the world's most romantic city through a combination of light, architecture, cuisine and culture that no other capital has ever quite replicated. A private villa or apartment rental transforms that reputation into something intensely personal — something that belongs entirely to you, rather than to every other guest in the same hotel corridor. Champagne on the terrace as the Eiffel Tower begins its nightly light display at the stroke of eleven. Breakfast from a boulangerie four doors away that has been baking since 4am. A private car waiting below to take you to Versailles before the tour coaches leave the autoroute.
Our Paris concierge specialises in experiences that cannot be booked through a website. A private dinner on the Seine aboard an exclusively chartered vintage vessel with a chef from a two-starred kitchen. A private guided evening at the Louvre — the Grande Galerie empty except for you and a curator who actually knows what Géricault was thinking. A proposal arrangement coordinated between florists, photographers, the management of the restaurant and the best jeweller on the Place Vendôme. A table at Maxim's for an anniversary that deserves to be marked properly. Paris responds to intention. We provide the intention and the knowledge to make it count.
Paris with children — and with the space to do it properly
Paris in a private apartment or hôtel particulier is an entirely different proposition to Paris in a hotel. Two families sharing a grand Marais townhouse with five bedrooms, a private courtyard, a full kitchen and a housekeeper who arrives at 8am can feed children at any hour, accommodate afternoon naps without navigating hotel corridors, and give teenagers their own floor without resorting to adjoining rooms. The kitchen, the garden, the sitting room — all of it is yours, at any hour, as long as you want it.
Our family Paris concierge arranges: private skip-the-queue tours of the Louvre with guides who specialise in bringing the collection alive for children; a private afternoon at Versailles with access to rooms closed to day visitors; patisserie and macaron-making classes run by a Meilleur Ouvrier de France pastry chef; Citroën 2CV tours of Montmartre for children and adults alike; and family cycling routes along the Seine towpath and through the Bois de Boulogne. For larger groups celebrating a significant occasion — a 50th birthday, a family reunion, a corporate incentive — our Paris team fills a hôtel particulier with flowers, sources a chef from one of the city's finest restaurants, and creates an evening that both the city and your guests remember.
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The grandeur of a private château — 90 minutes from central Paris
For those who want the space and grandeur of a private château alongside proximity to the capital, our collection extends into the Île-de-France, the Oise valley, the Eure-et-Loir and the Loire's most accessible northern reaches. Properties within 90 minutes of Paris include Renaissance manor houses with their own chapels and wine caves, estates in the Vexin with private lakes and 18th-century dovecotes, and converted farmhouses in the Chevreuse valley that combine rural beauty with a 30-minute motorway run to the 6th arrondissement.
The Eurostar from London St Pancras arrives at the Gare du Nord in two hours and twenty minutes. Our Paris team meets clients at the arrivals gate in a private car. The same service applies from Charles de Gaulle and Orly. From aircraft steps to champagne on your private Paris terrace: under an hour. We have been making this happen since 2008 and the choreography is, by now, entirely effortless.
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