Plaza Athénée
1867 saw the opening of the Grand Hôtel Athénée on Rue Scribe by Louis Raphaël Bischoffsheim to provide accommodation to the guests of the Athénée Theatre. On 20 April 1913 the "Plaza Ath&eac...
1867 saw the opening of the Grand Hôtel Athénée on Rue Scribe by Louis Raphaël Bischoffsheim to provide accommodation to the guests of the Athénée Theatre. On 20 April 1913 the "Plaza Ath&eac...
The Parisian hotel with two names! And it all started with a kiss! More than anybody else, Edward, the Prince of Wales (1910–1936), influenced the naming of this house. So it was called (see above) Prince of Wales Hotel and ...
First of all, obtain your very own and personal copy of Marcel Proust’s A La Recherche du Temps Perdu. Inform reception tha you extend your stay. Sit down in the garden. Breath the air Proust never enjoyed (he was an indoor fanat...
Built on the site of a former Episcopal palace, the Hôtel de la Cité is located next to the Saint-Nazaire Basilica. It is the only luxury hotel within Carcassonne’s medieval citadel. The hotel's private gardens afford an impressi...
Since 1904 the elegant architecture of The Royal-Riviera has illuminated the entrance to Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.
Other Paris hotels may have the glamour, but the Grand Hotel du Louvre has the history. A stone's throw from the Louvre, its unmistakable facade stands as a timeless symbol of the birth of Hausmannian Paris, the modern city we know and love today. Of...
Le Beauvallon gets its name from the valley it is located in, characheterised by mimosa trees and umbrella pines. It has been dubbed in some quarters “the best kept secret on the Cote d’Azur.”
"Two words sum up this grandest of Parisian hotels: Opera and Empire. Its history is intertwined with that of the Opera Garnier next door. Both buildings were commissioned by Napoleon III in the days of the Second Empire and both are characterised by...
It may be just one of the almost criminally large number of Paris grand hotels, but Le Bristol manages to distinguish itself with an elegant-but-quirky character. Blame that on its history -- the mid-18th-century building was originally a home and di...
For many years known as The Bel Air, this famous hotel was constructed in 1908 as a place wher aristocrats and royals and business moguls could spend the winter in a mild climate and surroundings worthy of their great wealth. As the years passed by, ...