The house
Le Meurice faces the Tuileries from the rue de Rivoli, between the Place de la Concorde and the Louvre, and stretches back to the rue du Mont-Thabor.
It began as an inn for English travellers on the Calais road and moved here in 1835, into a building on the model of Napoleon's architects Percier and Fontaine.
Between 1898 and 1907 the architect Henri-Paul Nénot rebuilt it behind its listed façades to compete with the new Ritz; Queen Victoria had stayed on its first floor in 1855.
It received the Palace distinction in 2011; its rooms are decorated in the Louis XVI style.
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At a glance
- Address
- 228 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris 1er Arrondissement
- Classification
- 5 stars – officialAtout France · 30 November 2022
- Palace
- Distinction since the 2026 listAtout France · Collection Palace 2026
- Rooms and suites
- 160Atout France
- Opened
- 1835Wikipedia (English and French articles, named in the text's sources)
- Architect
- Charles Percier Bassant, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, Henri-Paul Nénot, Jean-Loup RoubertWikidata
The setting
- The building
- 4 floorsOpenStreetMap
- Park
- Jardin des Tuileries80 m away
- Park
- Bosquet des oiseaux100 m away
- Park
- Aire de jeux pour enfants des Tuileries100 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) · Wikipedia (English and French articles, named in the text's sources) · Atout France – Collection Palace 2026 (announced 4 June 2026) · Photo: Axou / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Official websitewww.dorchestercollection.com/fr/paris/le-meurice