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A Sixth-Floor Window
The Tuileries become a carpet from the sixth floor; Montmartre sits at the far horizon. Ask for a Belle Étoile suite or a corner Tuileries room.
1er arrondissement · Paris, France
Le Meurice
A palace facing the Tuileries, with rooms that open onto the length of the gardens and the roofline of the Louvre beyond.
The verdict
The view is the room. Le Meurice has the Tuileries at its window and two centuries of patient service in its bones — a palace that has never had to raise its voice.
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The particulars
- Opened
- 1835
- Style
- Louis XVI · Starck
- Rooms
- 160
- Best for
- A garden view
- Season
- Year-round
Le Meurice sits on the rue de Rivoli as it has for two centuries, the view from the front rooms running the full length of the Tuileries. The arcades below are how the city arrives at your door — a walk past the Louvre, a coffee at Angelina, a late return through the gardens.
“The Tuileries become a carpet, and Montmartre sits at the far horizon.
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The rooms on the sixth floor are the ones worth asking for, where the Tuileries become a carpet and Montmartre sits at the far horizon. The service is quiet, accurate, and slightly unhurried — the kind that notices the weather and the hour without being asked.
Keep a morning for the tearoom, a late afternoon for the spa, and one evening for Dalí's dining room under Starck's ceiling.
Signature moments
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Tea at the Salon
Le Dalí — Starck's ceiling, Lalique chandeliers, scones at four. The tearoom holds its own against any in the city.
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A Late Afternoon at the Spa
Valmont below ground level, with a small pool and a colder room. Best at five, when the city outside is at its most demanding and you are not in it.
Inside the house
Pair with
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Plénitude
The classical evening at Donckele's hands — refined, multi-course, taken slowly. Walk back through the Tuileries; arrive at the room past midnight.
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A Private Sunset on the Seine
An hour on the water before tea on the terrace — both at their best at the same hour, and the boat boards a short walk from the door.
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