The address that invented Monte-Carlo. Opened in 1864 opposite the Casino, reopened in 2018 after a four-year, ground-up restoration that added a central patio and a top-floor suite with its own pool.
If you only know one hotel in Monaco, it is this one. The Hôtel de Paris was built by the Société des Bains de Mer in 1864 as the anchor of a brand-new resort quarter, and the Place du Casino was laid out around it. Everyone from Churchill to the Grand Prix winners has stayed here, and the lobby — with the bronze horse whose leg gamblers still rub for luck — is a genuine piece of Riviera history.
The 2014–2018 renovation was more than a refresh: the building was partly rebuilt around a new open-air patio, the room count dropped so that every remaining room got bigger, and a set of terraced suites was added on the upper floors. The Suite Princesse Grace has a private pool looking straight down at the Casino.
Downstairs is Le Louis XV – Alain Ducasse, which in 1990 became the first hotel restaurant anywhere to hold three Michelin stars, and the cellar beneath it holds around 350,000 bottles cut into the rock. A private lift takes guests to the Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo, the SBM spa shared with the Hermitage next door.
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Nice Côte d'Azur airport is the gateway: roughly 30 minutes by car or helicopter transfer, 45 minutes by the express bus, or an hour by train with a change. If you are arriving by train, Monaco-Monte-Carlo station is built into the rock in the middle of the country, and every hotel on this site is a short taxi or a walk-plus-lift away — Monaco's network of public lifts and escalators does most of the climbing for you.
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Belle Époque palace ★★★★★
The romantic one. A pink-and-cream Belle Époque palace a minute from the Casino, built around a Winter Garden whose glass dome is attributed to Gustave Eiffel’s workshop.
Independent luxury hotel ★★★★★
The design-led alternative to the SBM palaces: Jacques Garcia interiors, a Karl Lagerfeld-designed pool deck, and a Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant, on the garden side of the Casino.
Resort ★★★★
Monaco’s resort option: four hectares on its own peninsula at Larvotto, with a lagoon pool that has a real sandy bottom — the closest thing in the Principality to a beach holiday.
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