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Cheval Blanc Paris
Paris, France. Located in the restored Samaritaine building on the banks of the Seine, in Paris's 1st arrondissement.
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- Opened
- 2021
- Rooms
- 72rooms and suites
- City
- ParisFrance
- Setting
- CityEurope
Practical information
- Address
- Cheval Blanc Paris
8 quai du Louvre
75001 Paris
France - Telephone
- +33 1 40 28 00 00
- Official website
- www.chevalblanc.com
- Best available rate
- Check availability
At a glance
- 72 rooms and suites, each of at least 45 m², up to a vast apartment of around 1,000 m².
- Plénitude, three Michelin stars under Arnaud Donckele; Hakuba, a two-Michelin-starred Japanese sushi counter; Le Tout-Paris brasserie with its 650 m² seventh-floor terrace.
- The first Dior Spa Cheval Blanc, on two floors, and a 30-metre pool.
- Located in the restored Samaritaine building on the banks of the Seine, in Paris's 1st arrondissement.
History
8 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.
Ernest Cognacq opens La Samaritaine at the corner of rue du Pont-Neuf and rue de la Monnaie; from 1872 he runs it with his wife Marie-Louise Jaÿ.
Frantz Jourdain and Henri Sauvage extend the department store towards the Seine.
LVMH takes a majority stake in La Samaritaine, gaining full ownership in late 2010.
The store closes for urgent fire-safety works, starting sixteen years of redevelopment.
Cheval Blanc Paris opens in the restored store building, designed by Peter Marino with works by Tracey Emin and Tony Cragg; the store itself had reopened in June.
Plénitude, led by Arnaud Donckele with pastry chef Maxime Frédéric, is awarded three Michelin stars.
Hakuba, a Japanese kaiseki-sushi restaurant created with chef Takuya Watanabe, opens on the ground floor.
Atout France awards the hotel the Palace distinction; Hakuba gains a second Michelin star in March.
Sources: Wikipedia (EN), “La Samaritaine” (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Sortir à Paris, “Le Cheval Blanc Paris joins the ranks of official palaces” · Mes Prestiges – Cheval Blanc Paris. Text rewritten and translated by Grand Hotels of the World.
