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Mandarin Oriental Lutetia, Paris
Paris, France. Located in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, on Boulevard Raspail facing the Bon Marché and Square Boucicaut.
Photo
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- Opened
- 1910
- Rooms
- 184rooms and suites
- City
- ParisFrance
- Setting
- CityEurope
Practical information
- Address
- Mandarin Oriental Lutetia, Paris
45, boulevard Raspail
75006 Paris
France - Telephone
- +33 1 49 54 46 00
- Official website
- www.mandarinoriental.com
- Best available rate
- Check availability
At a glance
- 184 rooms including 47 suites, reduced from 233 during the 2014–2018 restoration by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.
- The Brasserie Lutetia, Bar Joséphine, the Salon Saint-Germain and the Orangerie.
- The 700 m² Akasha wellbeing centre with a 17-metre swimming pool.
- Located in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, on Boulevard Raspail facing the Bon Marché and Square Boucicaut.
History
11 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.
The Boucicaut family, owners of the Bon Marché opposite, opens the Lutetia, an Art Nouveau building by Louis-Charles Boileau and Henri Tauzin.
Anti-Nazi German exiles such as Heinrich Mann and the young Willy Brandt gather here, derided by Nazi propaganda as “the Lutetia Crowd”.
James Joyce stays at the hotel, his last Paris address.
After the German entry into Paris, the hotel is requisitioned by the Abwehr, German military counter-intelligence.
At the Liberation it becomes a reception centre for prisoners of war, displaced persons and survivors of the concentration camps.
The Taittinger family acquires the restored hotel.
Designer Sonia Rykiel opens a boutique here and oversees a redesign recalling its Art Deco era.
Starwood Capital sells the Lutetia to the Israeli Alrov group for €150 million.
The hotel closes for restoration; its contents are auctioned in May.
The Lutetia reopens after a restoration led by architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte.
Under Mandarin Oriental management, the hotel is rebranded Mandarin Oriental Lutetia, Paris.
Sources: Wikipedia (EN), “Hôtel Lutetia” (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Official website · Atout France press release, 2018 reopening. Text rewritten and translated by Grand Hotels of the World.
