Hôtel Duo

Hôtel Duo starts off Forbes Traveler's list of 10 great properties for memorable Parisian nights. So you've fallen in love with the Marais and want to be in the center of the action? It doesn't get any more central than this swanky address, where the lobby features shades of green, gray and black, with houndstooth-patterned armchairs and crushed velvet sofas beneath giant lampshades overhead. Many rooms are small, but all are resolutely contemporary, even those ones with exposed beams. The lobby has a small bar, and there's a thick concentration of cafés is right outside the entrance.