Hôtel Noucha
Family affaire
Leafy and laidback 16th
Paris is for lovers — but it’s also for all that ensues from that Tour Eiffel proposal… Hôtel Noucha welcomes families, offering baby kit, child-tailored dishes and a peaceful locale. Named after the owner’s grandmother, the hotel itself is a petit family tree. Tots or not, there’s plenty of passion here, with a roof terrace for classic cocktails, considered design and heirloom pieces to make you feel right at home.
Facilities
Rooms
27, including one suite.
Checkout
Noon, but flexible, subject to availability and a fee (€90 until 2pm; or €150 for stays until 4pm). Earliest check-in, 3pm, but if there’s availability you can check-in earlier for a fee (€90 from noon; €150 from 10am).
More Details
Rates do not include breakfast (€23 an adult, €19 a child, for a Continental spread).
Also
Two of the hotel's Deluxe Rooms are wheelchair-accessible and have roll-in showers. Public areas are accessible too.
Free Internet Access
Pet Friendly
On-Site Restaurant
At the Hotel
Free WiFi throughout, terrace and lounge. In rooms: air-conditioning, TV, Tivoli Bluetooth speaker, Nespresso coffee machine, tea-making kit, free bottled water, bathrobes, slippers and Lola James Harper bath products.
Our Favourite Rooms
Even with their striped panels, geometric-patterned carpet and jazzy marble mantlepieces, Noucha’s rooms embrace quiet luxury, featuring custom and antique details reflecting the building’s considered styling (by local designer Jordane Arrivetz) and hand-me-down heritage. Lean into the ‘luxury’ by booking a Duplex, which has a private terrace and more space than your average city room; or the Junior Suite, which also has a view of the Eiffel Tower. Families, meanwhile, will be comfortable in the connecting rooms or the ultra-private, four-bedroom Maison Parisienne.
Packing Tips
Bring a few well-thumbed Balzac or Molière tomes to flash in the cafés (both writers have history in this area). But save space in your suitcase for your own heirlooms from the Passy brocante (flea market).
Also
The hotel’s meeting room has a charming literary theme and is lined with books.
Children
This doesn’t just feel like a family heirloom — with its connecting rooms and standalone apartments, baby kit aplenty and kindly staff, it’s very much a home for all la famille.
Gallery
Food & Drink
Top Table
Dote on Paris like a lover from the hotel’s flowery rooftop terrace.
Dress Code
Make like the decor and adorn yourself with meaningful vintage accoutrements.
Hotel Restaurant
Noucha’s restaurant sits on the ground floor and courts no airs and graces — shelves bearing antique knick-knacks continue the at-home attitude and banquettes and bistro tables cosily seat couples or families. Dishes take the similar, simple yet perfectly executed look Parisians apply to dressing: radishes sprinkled with smoked salt and dipped in whipped butter; veal chop in its own rich jus; and a top-tier beef tartare. Make it a local-style long lunch to include the cherry-and-pistachio mille-feuille.
Hotel Bar
The bijou bar area leads off from the restaurant. Decked out in racing-green panelling, marble and tan leather, it’s a handsome apéritif-taking spot. A classic Saint-Germain Spritz or Dry Martini feel fitting choices here, but the signature Noucha cocktail (gin, passionfruit cream, lime and ginger ale) goes down easy, too. There are mocktails for abstainers, and — naturellement — an excellent edit of French wines by region.
Last Orders
Breakfast runs from 7am to 10.30am, lunch is from noon to 2.30pm, and dinner from 7pm to 10pm. Drinks and snacks are available from noon to 10pm.
Planes
Charles de Gaulle is a 40-minute drive from the hotel, while Paris Orly is a 30-minute drive away. Hotel staff can help with arranging transfers.
Trains
From the Gare du Nord, Eurostar arrivals can ride the Metro’s pink Line 4 to the Odéon stop then change to yellow Line 9 and disembark at the Église d'Auteuil stop, just a 10-mninute walk from the hotel. Otherwise, a taxi ride will take you around 40 minutes. You’re well placed for exploring other arrondissements here, with the Jasmin (Line 9) stop also within easy walking distance.
Automobiles
There’s no parking on-site, but there is charged public parking nearby. Paris is better suited to walkers anyway, so we recommend only hiring wheels if you’re heading beyond the city limits.
Worth Getting Out of Bed For
The 16th arrondissement isn’t far from Paris megastars, the Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower (which you’ll spy throughout the neighbourhood), yet feels undiscovered. Its Haussmannian buildings house an authentic community, so you get a taste of the real Paris, albeit one where citizens fill their wardrobes at Isabel Marant and top up their larders at La Grande Épicerie. The one-time stomping ground of Molière and Racine, it’s still culture-heavy, home to the Musée d’Art Moderne, Musée Marmottan-Monet (with Claude’s flowery works) and Maison de Balzac. Plus fashion-and-art temples in the form of the Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Palais Galliera and Fondation Louis Vuitton. The latter is set in a fanciful Frank Gehry building in sprawling Bois du Boulogne parkland, which is home to the Longchamp racecourse and other distractions.
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