Vedere House
Cheval Blanc Paris — the reception hall

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.

La note

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.

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Les particularités

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.

Sur place

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.

Moments choisis

A still indoor pool beneath a glass ceiling

01

The Glass Pool

Thirty metres beneath a glass roof, the longest indoor pool in any Paris hotel. Best taken alone before seven.

A freestanding bathtub by tall windows opening onto Paris

02

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.

A finely set restaurant table with crystal and low candlelight

03

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.

Dans la maison

La Samaritaine, rue de la Monnaie — the building that houses Cheval Blanc Paris
La Samaritaine, rue de la Monnaie
La Samaritaine — Art Nouveau façade detail
La façade, du Pont Neuf
The Seine at dusk seen from a window
Pont Neuf at dusk
An ornate Paris rooftop scene at twilight
From the rooftop
A quiet Paris quay in early morning light
Les quais, sept heures

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