Drawing Hotel is a 48-room, four-star boutique hotel at 17 Rue de Richelieu in Paris’s 1st arrondissement, built around contemporary drawing. Steps from the Comédie-Française, the Palais-Royal and the Louvre, it draws art lovers and couples who want a design-led stay with a working art space downstairs (source: Drawing Hotel).
The hotel was founded by Christine Phal, the force behind the DDESSIN drawing fair, and that pedigree shapes the guest experience. Artists created works directly on corridor walls, and the contemporary rooms pair French and international design furniture with a calm, pared-back palette. Below street level, the Drawing Lab runs rotating exhibitions open to the public. Breakfast is served at the D-Bar or in the patio, the afternoon brings tea-time, and evenings move to the rooftop for apéritifs with views over central Paris. An in-house art concierge arranges cultural itineraries that steer guests toward the galleries and studios Parisians actually frequent (source: Drawing Hotel).
Visitor Highlights & Practical Info
Book directly through the official site for the clearest view of room categories. Third-party listings quote rates from about €184 per night, with prices climbing during spring, fashion weeks and the September–October art fair season (source: fr-paris.us). Rooftop drinks are most pleasant on warm evenings, so arrive early for a seat. Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre metro (lines 1 and 7) is a short walk, and Daniel Buren’s striped columns in the Palais-Royal courtyard are about ten minutes away on foot.
