Detailed Review
A few exceptional luxury hotels one day cease to be an address and become a legend. The Hotel de Paris is one of them. Built in 1864 with the ambition to offer the best of an era, the Hotel de Paris continues to symbolize this same excellence in the art of hospitality. Enchantingly situated on the Golden Square of the Place du Casino, with 250 extravagantly luxurious rooms and suites and stunning salons for meetings at the top, the Hotel de Paris is heir to the spirit of the grand hotels.
Press Quotes
“...an international byword for luxury, first-class service and the ideal ambience.” The Independent 08
“This belle-epoque palace is the place to see and be seen with stars, millionaires and world leaders.” Telegraph 05
Independent Reviews
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"The top MC hotel, whose two-star restaurant is world class and where star-gazing from the bottom on the steps is a favoured occupation of awe-struck tourists"
Hotel de Paris
By Jamie Dunford Wood
The top MC hotel, whose 2 star Louis XV restaurant is world class and where star gazing from the bottom on the steps is a favoured occupation of awe-struck tourists. Right across from the Casino, the Belle Epoque lobby and American Bar are swanky and impressive, though to get through the doors will need a high degree of assurance if you are not a guest. Upstairs, the rooms and corridors smell faintly institutional, with swirly carpeting and unimaginative repro prints on the walls, chipped furnishings and woodwork. Many of the 196 rooms exhibit huge TVs and, in some, their own wet bars, though everything offered so enticingly is, of course, extra - drinks, film, water - in this city of Mammon. Floral patterning predominates, but the overall feeling is tired. The rooms are well proportioned, with mosaiced floors in the impressive bathrooms, most with separate showers. The room rates include free entrance to the Casino. The courtyard views are cheapest, with the seaview rooms being generally smaller, but with balconies. Clientele is predominantly Italian and American.
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