Hotel De Crillon

A hotel since 1908, the Crillon is housed in a six-storey former palace on the Place de la Concorde, one block from the Tuileries and Champs-Elysées. The 147 guestrooms and suites retain Louis XV-style furnishings and offer views over Boissy d'Arras Street or one of two inner courtyards. All are equipped with dimmer switches, satellite television, Internet connections, minibars, and complimentary newspapers. Bathrooms include Italian marble baths with separate showers, bathrobes, and slippers.

The Michelin-starred Les Ambassadeurs restaurant is situated in a former 18th-century ballroom with views of the Place de la Concorde. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served daily, accompanied by an extensive wine list, and a jacket is required for lunch and dinner. L'Obélisque is a wood-panelled, brasserie-style restaurant offering regional French cooking, open for lunch and dinner. The intimate Piano Bar serves light meals at lunch, and the Winter Garden serves coffee, cocktails, and champagne throughout the day. Set in a quiet inner courtyard, the Patio is open for simple, light lunches from May until September. The Hotel de Crillon has a 24-hour fitness centre, a speciality gift shop, a video and CD library and a business centre with computers, Internet access and secretarial services. The hotel can provide joggers with towels, bottled water, and a special map of the neighbourhood. One block away are the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume in the Tuileries Gardens, and the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais in the gardens of the Champs-Elysées. The Louvre is four blocks away. Roissy-Charles de Gaulle International Airport is 30 kilometres away and can be reached by car in approximately 40 minutes. The hotel provides an airport shuttle (surcharge) on request.