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Paris, France
Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris
Paris, France. Located on Avenue Hoche in the 8th arrondissement, a few minutes from the Arc de Triomphe and Parc Monceau.
- Opened
- 1928
- Rooms
- 210rooms and suites
- City
- ParisFrance
- Setting
- CityEurope
Practical information
- Address
- Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris
37 avenue Hoche
75008 Paris
France - Telephone
- +33 1 42 99 88 00
- Official website
- www.raffles.com
- Best available rate
- Check availability
At a glance
- 149 rooms and 61 suites, reinterpreted by Philippe Starck; the hotel holds France’s official “Palace” distinction.
- Il Carpaccio (Michelin-starred Italian), Matsuhisa Paris by chef Nobu, Le Bar Long and La Cuisine.
- Raffles Spa of 1,500 m² with a 23-metre pool, the 99-seat Cinéma Katara, an art gallery and bookshop with more than 300 works.
- Located on Avenue Hoche in the 8th arrondissement, a few minutes from the Arc de Triomphe and Parc Monceau.
History
10 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.
Hoteliers Pierre Bermond and André Junot open the Royal Monceau, with 265 rooms, at the height of the Années folles.
Begun by architect Charles Lefebvre and completed by Marcel Julien and Louis Duhayon, the building blends Renaissance Revival and Art Deco.
Josephine Baker and Maurice Chevalier perform here; Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Kessel and Coco Chanel are regulars at the bar.
After the Liberation of Paris, the hotel is requisitioned as an Allied headquarters, frequented by Eisenhower and Montgomery.
The hotel fully reopens to the public.
Ho Chi Minh stays for several weeks at the time of the Fontainebleau Conference.
Guests include Winston Churchill, King Farouk of Egypt, Walt Disney and Ray Charles.
The hotel closes for a two-year renovation designed by Philippe Starck, adding an art gallery, a bookshop and a private cinema.
It reopens as Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris.
Chef Nobu Matsuhisa opens his first French restaurant here, and the hotel joins Historic Hotels Worldwide.
Sources: Official website · Historic Hotels Worldwide, hotel history · Hospitality ON, “The story of the Royal Monceau” · Paris je t’aime (Paris tourist office). Text rewritten and translated by Grand Hotels of the World.
