The house
Le Bristol opened in April 1925 on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, in the former Hôtel de Castellane, remade in Art Deco with the architects Gustave Umbdenstock and Urbain Cassan.
Its name honours Frederick Hervey, the fourth Earl of Bristol, an eighteenth-century traveller famous for demanding luxury wherever he went.
From June 1940 it served as a residential annex of the American embassy; during the Occupation the architect Leo Lehrman hid in room 106 and, at night, drew the wrought-iron lift that still stands in the hall.
It holds the Palace distinction, with 189 rooms and suites (Atout France).
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At a glance
- Address
- 112 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris
- Classification
- 5 stars – officialAtout France · 27 November 2025
- Palace
- Distinction since the 2026 listAtout France · Collection Palace 2026
- Rooms and suites
- 189Atout France
- Opened
- 1925Wikidata
- Architect
- Gustave Umbdenstock, Urbain Cassan, Cäsar PinnauWikidata
The setting
- Water
- Fontaine du Cirque350 m away
On the map
The hotel's building lit – © OpenStreetMap contributors
Sources
Atout France – Hébergements touristiques classés en France · OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) · Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · Atout France – Collection Palace 2026 (announced 4 June 2026) · Photo: Joeshlabotnik / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Official websiteoetkerhotels.com/hotels/le-bristol-paris