Meurice Hotel Paris
Written by Vacation Idea.com Travel Editors.
The Hotel Meurice is located in the center of Paris overlooking the Tuileries Garden, near Palais Royal and the Louvre.
Why Go
The Hotel Meurice is a Parisian landmark hotel which has attracted important guests including kings, ministers, artists and actors since the 18th century. The hotel features lavish interiors, mosaic floors, hand-carved moldings and spacious lounges with high ceilings. The hotel is filled with antiques and art from Sotheby's and Christie's. The reception area leads into three main public spaces: the restaurant Le Meurice, the Bar Fontainebleau and Le Jardin d’Hiver (the Winter Garden).
Le Jardin d’Hiver feels like a garden with a century-old Art Nouveau-style glass roof, palm trees and 70 kinds of exotic flowers, including 20 varieties of orchids. The Jardin d’Hiver serves meals and afternoon tea in apricot glassware and custom-designed china.
Hotel guests who desire peace and quiet can escape to the Espace Bien-Etre, the hotel's 3,000 square foot Spa and Fitness Center built around an inner courtyard. The spa, decorated with marble, wood, stone, and glass, features Caudalie treatments and specially trained masseuses from Les Sources de Caudalie.
Rooms & Food
The hotel offers 160 soundproof rooms, each uniquely decorated with fine furnishings and luxurious fabrics. The first floor Presidential Suites, the fourth and fifth floors are decorated in Louis XVI style. The second and third floors feature less ornamental decor suitable for business travelers. The third floor is done in Empire style, and the sixth-floor is very intimate and distinctly Parisian in style.
Some hotel rooms have hand-painted ceilings depicting the sky. Other rooms features canopied beds or marble fireplaces. The bathrooms use colorful red and ochre marble from the Pyrenees, and Italian marble. Some bathrooms have alcove tubs and most have natural daylight.
Restaurant Le Meurice serves Parisian cuisine in an opulent setting with ornate gilding, Louis XVI period crystal chandeliers, antique beveled mirrors, and large bay windows. Walls are adorned with landscape paintings. The china was specially created to match the mosaic patterns on the floor.
Bar Fontainebleau features a hand-painted ceiling depicting the evening sky and serves cocktails, whiskies, cognacs, armagnacs and Dom Perignon by the glass.
Vacation Location - Paris
The hotel is located between the Place de la Concorde and the Louvre. The adjacent Rue Royale, Rue de la Paix and Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore offer a variety of shops.
Getting There
The hotel is about 40 minutes by car from Charles de Gaulle airport, and 30 minutes from Orly and Bourget airports.
Classic double rooms from 600 Euro. For reservations call the hotel directly at +33-1-44-581-010.
Meurice Hotel Paris, 228, rue de Rivoli, Paris, France, +33-1-44-581-010, www.meuricehotel.com
