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Hôtel Le Derby Alma
The hotel on the corner of avenue Rapp and avenue Franco-Russe in May 2021.
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About Hôtel Le Derby Alma
A 33-room four-star hotel near the Pont de l'Alma and the Eiffel Tower, on the corner of avenue Rapp and avenue Franco-Russe, with rooms on a Paris fashion theme and a bar with a terrace.
Best for
- Travellers who want to walk to the Eiffel Tower and the Seine from a small hotel.
- Families who need a suite or connecting rooms for four.
Know before you book
Check-in is from 3 pm and check-out is by noon, under the group's terms of sale. The hotel's website does not mention parking or step-free access, so ask before booking.
- The hotel
- 33 rooms and suitesHaute-couture interiors by Maison Numéro 20.
- Eiffel Tower
- Suite and terrace roomsThe Eiffel Tower Suite and terrace rooms look towards the tower.
- Bar and terrace
- Tuesday to SaturdayOpen to non-residents from 3 pm to 11 pm.
Le Derby Alma stands at 8 avenue Rapp, on the corner of avenue Franco-Russe in the 7th arrondissement. The hotel gives walking times of about 4 minutes to the Pont de l'Alma, 5 minutes to the Champ-de-Mars and 6 minutes to the Eiffel Tower, and rue Saint-Dominique is 4 minutes away.
The 33 rooms and suites were redecorated by Oscar Lucien Ono of Maison Numéro 20 on a haute-couture theme. Classic rooms measure 15 to 18 m² and Executive rooms 18 to 21 m², and some Executive rooms open onto a terrace with a view of the Eiffel Tower. Junior Suites (28 m²), Family Suites (28 to 31 m²) and the Eiffel Tower Suite (31 m²) sleep three or four, and two Classic rooms can be connected for a family of four.
The bar and its terrace in front of the hotel are open to non-residents from Tuesday to Saturday, 3 pm to 11 pm. Breakfast is a buffet, room service runs around the clock, and a fitness room for cardio, strength training and yoga is open daily from 7 am to 11 pm. There is no restaurant or spa, but massages can be booked in your room.
Choose the right fit
Rooms at a glance
Compare the hotel’s room categories, then confirm your preferred configuration and dates directly with the hotel.
01 / ROOM CATEGORY
Classic Room
15–18 m² · 2 guests · queen bed · bath with shower
Room details
The standard room. Two Classic rooms can connect to form Communicating Rooms (33 m²) for four; ask the hotel by email about availability.
02 / ROOM CATEGORY
Executive Room
18–21 m² · 2 guests · queen bed · bath with shower
Room details
A larger double room.
03 / ROOM CATEGORY
Executive Room with Eiffel Tower View Terrace
18–21 m² · 2 guests · terrace
Room details
Opens onto a terrace from which you can see the Eiffel Tower.
04 / ROOM CATEGORY
Junior Suite
28 m² · up to 3 guests · king bed · large shower
Room details
A suite with a spacious shower room.
05 / ROOM CATEGORY
Family Suite
28–31 m² · up to 4 guests · king bed · whirlpool bath
Room details
Each Family Suite is decorated differently.
06 / ROOM CATEGORY
Eiffel Tower Suite
31 m² · up to 4 guests · king bed · Eiffel Tower view
Room details
A view of the Eiffel Tower and a bathroom with a whirlpool bath.
The practical details
Amenities & guest services
- 24-hour room service
- Fitness room, 7 am to 11 pm
- In-room massage on request
- Bar and terrace
- Air conditioning
- Coffee machine and kettle
- Cots and high chairs
- Pets accepted for a fee
Breakfast
The buffet is served from 7 am to 10:30 am Monday to Saturday and until 11 am on Sundays and public holidays. Breakfast can also be served in your room.
Families
High chairs, cots and discovery kits for children are available, and babysitting can be arranged on request. Cots are available in every category except the Classic room.
Pets
Pets cost €15 a night up to 5 kg and €30 a night above.
The Paris Atlas · Beyond the booking
History & cultural connections
The history of 8 avenue Rapp
Avenue Rapp was opened in 1858 as avenue du Champ de Mars and renamed in 1864 after Count Jean Rapp (1773–1821), a French general.[1]
City of Paris planning records show that a hotel and a shop stood at 8 avenue Rapp until 1999, when their demolition was approved. The six-storey hotel that replaced them was approved in February 2000, and its façades were revised in 2001. The hotel calls the building Haussmannian, but that describes its style, which copies Paris apartment buildings of the 1850s to 1870s, not its age.[2]
In 2004 the hotel was called the Hôtel Derby Alma and belonged to a small group, Derby Hotels. The Inwood hotel group took over its management in late 2011 and listed it among its hotels in May 2012. The designer Oscar Lucien Ono, of the studio Maison Numéro 20, later redecorated it on the theme of Paris haute couture, and the work was finished by May 2019.[3][4][5][6]
At 29 avenue Rapp, about 150 metres from the hotel, is the apartment building that Jules Lavirotte designed in 1900 with ceramics by Alexandre Bigot. Its façade won the City of Paris façade competition of 1901, and it has been a listed historic monument since 1964. About 230 metres west of the hotel, on rue de l'Université, the sculptor Auguste Rodin had his studios at the state marble depot, the Dépôt des Marbres, from 1880 to 1917.[7][8]
Sources for this history
- 1.Ville de Paris open data — street names and origins (avenue Rapp)
- 2.Ville de Paris open data — planning permits, 8 avenue Rapp (demolition approved 1999; new hotel approved 2000)
- 3.Internet Archive — Hôtel Derby Alma website, March 2004 (Groupe Derby Hotels)
- 4.BODACC company notices — Derby Alma Hotel, RCS Paris 408 239 515 (management changes of 2011 and 2012)
- 5.Inwood — press release of 16 May 2012 listing Le Derby Alma among its hotels
- 6.IDEAT — video: the Derby Alma hotel and haute couture (7 May 2019)
- 7.French Ministry of Culture, Mérimée database — Immeuble, 29 avenue Rapp (PA00088782)
- 8.The Paris Atlas — Rodin's studios at the Dépôt des Marbres
See where you’ll be
Paris, just outside the door
Places to discover nearby
landmark · Champ de Mars
Eiffel Tower
The tower at the era's edge of vision — and in the twenties and thirties, a champagne advertisement three hundred meters tall, fizzing in lights over everyone's night walks.
Explore this place
restaurant · Place de l'Alma
Chez Francis
The brasserie on the Place de l'Alma that Cendrars scholarship names as one of the writer's regular stops — a Right Bank address in a café life mapped mostly through Montparnasse.
Explore this place
apartment · Champ de Mars (Gros-Caillou)
2 Square de Robiac
James Joyce's longest Paris address — the family flat in a quiet cul-de-sac off the rue de Grenelle, with the cool quiet study where Work in Progress cost twelve hundred hours a chapter.
Explore this placeBefore you go
Useful questions, clear answers
Where is Le Derby Alma?
The hotel is at 8 avenue Rapp, 75007 Paris, on the corner of avenue Franco-Russe. The hotel gives about a 6-minute walk to the Eiffel Tower and 4 minutes to the Pont de l'Alma.
Which rooms have an Eiffel Tower view?
The Eiffel Tower Suite and the Executive Room with Eiffel Tower View Terrace look towards the tower. Other categories do not promise the view.
Can non-guests use the bar?
Yes. The bar and terrace are open to everyone from Tuesday to Saturday, 3 pm to 11 pm.
What are the check-in and check-out times?
Under the group's terms of sale, rooms are available from 3 pm and must be vacated by noon. Tell the hotel if you will arrive after 6 pm.
Is the building historic?
No. City of Paris planning records show that it was built in the early 2000s, on the site of an older hotel and shop, in a traditional Parisian style.
Are pets allowed?
Yes, for €15 a night up to 5 kg and €30 a night above.
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Sources & image credits
Hotel information reviewed .
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Image credits
Illustrations and reconstructions are labelled throughout this page.
- The hotel on the corner of avenue Rapp and avenue Franco-Russe in May 2021.Polymagou, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSource & reference
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