9 hotels
The great hotels of France
9 luxury hotels in France are documented in this guide, ordered by international renown. The oldest, Le Meurice, opened in 1815; the most recent, Four Seasons Hotel George V, in 1928. Each page gives the history, the key figures and a direct line to the events team.
Paris, France
Hôtel Ritz Paris
César Ritz’s 1898 hotel on Place Vendôme, set behind a listed 17th-century façade by Jules Hardouin-Mansart.
Since 1898
Paris, France
Hôtel de Crillon
An 18th-century palace on Place de la Concorde, behind Ange-Jacques Gabriel’s colonnade, a hotel since 1909.
Since 1909
Nice, France
Hôtel Negresco
The 1913 Belle Époque palace on the Promenade des Anglais, crowned by its pink and green dome.
Since 1913
Paris, France
Hôtel Lutetia
Built in 1910 by the Bon Marché for its customers, the only grand hotel on the Left Bank of Paris, reopened in 2018 after four years of restoration.
Since 1910 · 184 rooms
Paris, France
The Peninsula Paris
The 1908 Hotel Majestic on avenue Kléber, where the 1973 Paris Peace Accords were signed, reborn in 2014.
Since 1908 · 200 rooms
Paris, France
Four Seasons Hotel George V
The first hotel in Europe to hold three Michelin-starred restaurants under one roof, behind a 1928 Art Deco facade on avenue George V.
Since 1928 · 244 rooms
Paris, France
Le Meurice
A Paris hotel since 1815, on rue de Rivoli facing the Tuileries, where Salvador Dalí spent his winters.
Since 1815 · 160 rooms
Paris, France
Le Bristol Paris
A 1,200 square metre garden inside a Faubourg Saint-Honoré block and a rooftop pool built like a yacht's deck, in the first French hotel named a Palace.
Since 1925 · 190 rooms
Paris, France
Hôtel Raphael
A 1925 hotel still in the hands of its founding family, with a seventh-floor roof garden facing the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower.
Since 1925 · 83 rooms