Le Meurice
France
Le Meurice overlooks the Tuileries Garden from Rue de Rivoli, giving visitors a particularly convenient relationship with historic central Paris. The Louvre and Place de la Concorde frame the wider setting, while the hotel's interiors combine grand decorative traditions with a continuing interest in art. Rooms and suites offer different city perspectives within that established framework. The food and drink give the property considerable personality. Restaurant le Meurice Alain Ducasse provides a gastronomic focus, while Philippe Starck's Le Dalí offers a more relaxed setting for seasonal French cooking. Bar 228 brings leather armchairs and live jazz into the evening, and Cédric Grolet's pastry boutique adds another reason to pause. La Maison Valmont supplies the spa and beauty offering. Le Meurice is especially attractive for travellers whose Paris plans centre on museums, gardens and walking through the first arrondissement. Its appeal is the combination of a highly useful location with artistic character and dining that can be enjoyed at several levels of formality.