15:00
Check-in
Rooms are ready from 3pm, and checkout is at noon. No category page gives a floor except La Suite Gustave Eiffel’s, on the sixth, and the hotel notes that its photographs may not show the room you are given.
Shangri-La Paris Eiffel Tower view: the rooms that face it, and what they cost
Shangri-La Paris has the closest Eiffel Tower view of any hotel in our Paris guide: the tower stands 640 metres away across the Seine. Choose a category that promises it: on 9 December an Eiffel View Room cost €3,455 on Booking.com before VAT, €1,182 more than a Terrace Room.
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Who should book Shangri-La Paris for the Eiffel Tower view
Book it if
You want the tower in the window, near and whole, for an anniversary, a proposal or a first visit to Paris, with a terrace if the season allows.
The Eiffel View RoomLook elsewhere if
You want the centre on foot or the view for less: Le Meurice, on the Tuileries, sold an Eiffel room with a Juliet balcony for €2,450 with taxes on 9 December, with the tower 2.6 km away.
Other hotelsA prince’s house facing the tower
Roland Bonaparte built here for his library and his herbaria a few years after the tower went up on the other bank; the view he had is the one the hotel now sells by the room.
Prince Roland Bonaparte, a great-nephew of Napoleon, bought the land on the Chaillot hill in 1891 and had the architect Ernest Janty build his house between 1892 and 1895, to hold a library of nearly 150,000 books and his collections of plants, French Wikipedia records. He died there in 1924. The State later used the building for its foreign trade office and sold it to Shangri-La in 2005; the hotel opened on 17 December 2010.
Across the river the tower had stood since 1889, when it opened lit by 10,000 gaslights, its operator recalls. Today the house holds Palace distinction and Monument Historique status, the hotel says, and keeps the prince’s former stables, where the spa’s pool now is, beside a garden with views of the tower.
To learn what the view is like from inside, we read the 1,124 Google reviews with text among the hotel’s latest 2,000, up to 1 October 2026: 123 mention the tower. Guests write of waking up to it, of dinner in the room to watch it sparkle, of a tower that is “practically in your room”, and in 2023 one guest saw it from the bathroom as well, the reviews say.
A night facing the tower, hour by hour
Times for 17 November 2026, when the sun sets at 5.08pm; on 9 December it sets a quarter of an hour sooner, and the sparkles keep the same hours.
17:08
Sunset
On 17 November the sun goes down at 5.08pm. The tower’s golden lights come on by themselves within 10 minutes of dark, and the beacon starts turning at the top, its operator explains.
18:00
The first sparkle
Its 20,000 bulbs flash for 5 minutes at the start of every hour from nightfall, the operator says, so the first comes at 6pm in November. Le Bar Botaniste, the prince’s botany turned into cocktails, opens at the same hour and stays open until 1am.
20:00
Dinner in the garden or in the room
Maison Roland, the hotel’s bistro in the garden, serves from noon to 10pm every day. Several guests ate upstairs instead to keep the tower in sight, their reviews say; room service runs 24 hours a day.
00:00
The last sparkle
At midnight the tower sparkles one last time and goes dark, lights and beacon together; in summer, when it closes at 12.45am, the last sparkle comes at 1am, the operator says.
07:00
Breakfast and a swim
Breakfast is served from 7am to 10.30am. The 17-metre pool of Chi, The Spa, in the prince’s former stables, opens to hotel guests at 7am and closes at 9pm.
From avenue d’Iéna to the tower
The hotel stands on the Chaillot hill above the Seine; the tower is on the other bank, 15 minutes away on foot.
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The Eiffel View Room, on Shangri-La’s own page
The Eiffel View Room has 45 m²; the room pages below were read on 4 October 2026.
On the hotel’s page
- 45 m², with the Eiffel Tower framed by tall French windows
- A marble bathroom with a walk-in shower and a separate deep-soaking bath
- Heated floors and a television set into the bathroom mirror
- Guerlain toiletries, bathrobes and slippers
- A 3D tour of the room, from the category page
- One size up, the Terrace Eiffel View Room: 55 m² and a furnished terrace facing the tower
The Shangri-La rooms that face the tower
Each category in the hotel’s own words, read on 4 October 2026, from the rooms to the suites.
| Eiffel View Room | 45 m²; the tower through tall French windows |
|---|---|
| Terrace Eiffel View Room | 55 m²; a private furnished terrace facing the tower |
| Paris Panoramic Signature Room | 54 m², the only one of its kind; a 43 m² terrace over the tower and the Seine, and the tower again from the marble bathroom |
| Junior Suite Paris View | 55 m²; the French garden and a partial view of the tower |
| Duplex Eiffel View Suite | 80 m² on 2 levels; the tower through windows 2 storeys high |
| La Suite Gustave Eiffel | 70 m² on the sixth floor; the tower and the Seine from a wraparound corner terrace |
| La Suite Chaillot | 110 m²; a wraparound terrace that, the hotel writes, puts the tower almost at arm’s length |
| Superior and Deluxe rooms | 36 and 40 m²; a courtyard or the glass cupola, the garden or the avenues, and no tower |
The Eiffel View Room and La Suite Gustave Eiffel
The first Eiffel category frames the tower in its window; the sixth-floor suite puts a terrace around it.
Both photographs come from the hotel. In the first, the Eiffel View Room’s French window opens onto the tower just beyond a wrought-iron rail, near enough to make out its girders. In the second, the sitting room of La Suite Gustave Eiffel catches it in the middle window, with the terrace beyond the doors on the right. Between the 2 sit the Terrace Eiffel View Room, 55 m² with its own terrace, and the Duplex Eiffel View Suite, whose windows rise 2 storeys. Every bathroom has a walk-in shower, a separate bath and heated floors.
All 18 categories, with photographsOther Paris hotels with an Eiffel Tower view
The cheapest room described with the tower in 4 other palaces, its price on 9 December 2026 and its distance from the tower.
Search for a Paris hotel with an Eiffel Tower view and the results open on lists: travel blogs counting up to 21 hotels, Tripadvisor and Reddit threads, Expedia, and boxes of hotels from budget to palace. Most of them stop at the hotel’s name. The table below goes one step further, to the room each palace sells with the tower in its description and what that room cost on the same night.
Shangri-La is the nearest. Further off, the tower becomes one part of a wider view: to the right of a balcony on avenue Montaigne, above the Grand Palais from avenue Gabriel, beyond the Tuileries from rue de Rivoli, at the end of the Seine from the Pont Neuf.
| Hotel | Cheapest room described with the tower | 9 December 2026 | To the tower |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shangri-La Paris | Eiffel View Room, 45 m² | €3,455 before 10% VAT, on Booking.com | 640 m |
| Hôtel Plaza Athénée | Deluxe Suite, Avenue Montaigne View with Balcony, 60 m² | €6,580 with taxes and fees | 1.1 km |
| La Réserve Paris | Eiffel Junior Suite | €2,800 with taxes; not on sale that night | 1.9 km |
| Le Meurice | Superior Room, Eiffel View with Balcony, 32 m² | €2,450 with taxes and fees | 2.6 km |
| Cheval Blanc Paris | Eiffel Suite, 100 m², breakfast included | €8,600 with taxes, before city tax | 3.5 km |
La Réserve showed an indicative €2,800 rate, but the room was unavailable and could not be booked for the selected night. Prices read on 4 October 2026 on each hotel’s own booking engine for one night for 2 on 9 December 2026; Shangri-La’s on Booking.com, which quotes before VAT and city tax. Distances in a straight line from each hotel to the centre of the tower, measured on OpenStreetMap the same day.
- What guests say about the view
Of the 1,124 Google reviews with text among Shangri-La’s latest 2,000, read on 1 October 2026, 123 mention the tower. At the Plaza Athénée it is 25 of 1,121, at Cheval Blanc 22 of 561, at La Réserve 6 of 630, at Le Meurice 1 of 500.
If you are still choosing
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Questions about the Eiffel Tower view at Shangri-La Paris
Which rooms, from where, at what hour and at what price: what travellers ask before booking a room facing the tower.
Which rooms at Shangri-La Paris have an Eiffel Tower view?
Those whose descriptions promise it: the Eiffel View Room (45 m²), the Terrace Eiffel View Room (55 m², with a terrace), the Paris Panoramic Signature Room (54 m² and a 43 m² terrace), the Duplex Eiffel View Suite and the Duplex Terrace Eiffel View Suite, La Suite Gustave Eiffel on the sixth floor, La Suite Chaillot, La Suite Shangri-La and the Family Eiffel View Suite. The Junior Suite Paris View and the Terrace Suite with Paris View get a partial view, the rooms page says.
Is the Eiffel Tower view worth the extra cost?
It costs about €1,000 to €1,200 a night more than a room of the same size without it. On Booking.com, for 9 December 2026, the 45 m² Eiffel View Room cost €3,455 and the 45 m² Terrace Room, which looks onto the garden or the avenues, €2,273; for 13 January 2027 the gap was €1,000, €3,273 against €2,273. Both before 10% VAT. What the supplement buys here is distance: at 640 metres the tower fills the window, where from the other palaces it stands 1.1 to 3.5 km away. The choice is between that closer tower view and the Terrace Room’s outdoor space; the value of the supplement depends on how much time you plan to spend in the room.
Can you see the Eiffel Tower sparkle from the room, and at what time?
From the rooms and suites that face it, yes. The tower sparkles for 5 minutes at the start of every hour from nightfall until midnight, and in summer, when it closes at 12.45am, until 1am, its operator says. On 17 November 2026 the sun sets at 5.08pm, so the first sparkle is at 6pm and there are 7 before the lights go out. From a Superior or a Deluxe room you will not see them.
Do the Superior and Deluxe rooms see the Eiffel Tower?
No. The Superior Room, 36 m², looks onto the courtyard or the glass cupola, and the Deluxe, 40 m², onto the hotel garden or the surrounding avenues, the rooms page says. 2 guests write of upgrades in their Google reviews: in 2020 to an Eiffel Tower view, and in 2024 from an Eiffel View Room to a duplex with a terrace.
Can you see the Eiffel Tower from the bath?
The marble bathroom of the Paris Panoramic Signature Room is advertised with a glimpse of the tower. That bathroom view is not specified for the other categories. In the Google reviews, a guest in October 2023 had the view from the bathroom, and a guest in 2019 describes terrace rooms where the terrace, the bed and the bath all face the tower.
How far is Shangri-La Paris from the Eiffel Tower on foot?
1,089 metres, about 15 minutes, from the hotel to the foot of the tower on avenue Gustave Eiffel, crossing the Seine, on an OpenStreetMap walking route measured on 4 October 2026. Place du Trocadéro, the esplanade facing the tower, is 528 metres away, 7 minutes. In a straight line the tower stands 640 metres from the hotel.
How much does a night in an Eiffel View Room cost?
On Booking.com, read on 4 October 2026 for 2, room only, with free cancellation: €2,545 on 17 November 2026 with a 20% autumn discount (€3,182 without it), €3,455 on 9 December 2026 and €3,273 on 13 January 2027, each before 10% VAT and a city tax of €16 a person a night. With breakfast for 2 the same room cost €3,309, €3,582 and €3,400. The Terrace Eiffel View Room cost €2,909, €4,182 and €3,727 on the same 3 nights.
Can I see the Eiffel Tower without booking an Eiffel room?
From the garden, yes: the hotel speaks of a secret garden with Eiffel Tower views, where Maison Roland serves lunch and dinner, and guests in the Google reviews describe tea and lunches on the terrace facing it. The Junior Suite Paris View gets a partial view. For the other rooms, the view depends on what the category’s description promises.
Book the Eiffel View Room by its name: the cheaper rooms face the courtyard or the garden
The Eiffel View Room on the official site
Written and checked by Lumina, independently of Shangri-La Paris. Lumina sells no rooms or tickets: every link leads to its source.
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