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The Glass Pool
Thirty metres beneath a glass roof, the longest indoor pool in any Paris hotel. Best taken alone before seven.
1er arrondissement · Paris, France
Cheval Blanc Paris
A riverside house behind the quiet stone of La Samaritaine, with rooms that hold the Seine and the Pont Neuf in the same frame.
The verdict
A modern palace done with restraint. The lobby slows the arrival; the rooms hold the river. The whole building has been written as a single, quiet sentence.
From the editors · Vedere House
The particulars
- Opened
- 2021
- Architect
- Edouard François
- Rooms
- 72
- Best for
- A river view
- Season
- Year-round
Cheval Blanc keeps a particular kind of arrival. The entrance is discreet, almost missed, and the lobby is built to slow you down before the lift opens onto the river.
The rooms take the building's best advantage — wide river-facing windows, heavy drapery, a bathtub positioned so the Seine is the view when you lower yourself into it.
“A house that has chosen quiet over volume.
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In a city with no shortage of grand hotels, this one has chosen quiet over volume. Request a corner suite on a high floor. Ask for the bath run before you return from dinner. And keep an early morning free for the pool beneath the glass roof, taken alone.
Signature moments
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A Bath at the Window
The river-facing suites place the bathtub at the window. Run the bath before dinner; come back to the Seine at full dark.
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Plénitude at Dusk
Arnaud Donckele's three-star dining room on the seventh floor. Take the eight-course menu and the wine pairing; you will not get up before midnight.
Inside the house
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