LE MEURICE, PARIS
Over the years, Le Meurice has developed a reputation for lavish entertainment and was renowned as the patron of the arts. The hotel has played proud host to an array of world-famous artists: Pablo Picasso and his wife Olga Khokhlova hosted their wedding lunch at Le Meurice in 1918, legendary French fashion designer Coco Chanel hosted glittering receptions and organised fashion shows in the Salon Pompadour, and surrealist painter Salvador Dali checked-in for extended stays throughout the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s, inspiring the hotel’s Le Dali restaurant. The hotel was a great literary haunt in the 1970s, and today still retains its position at the centre of Parisian artistic and cultural life; it remains a favourite destination for dozens of prominent artists and intellectuals. Le Meurice continues to support artists, after 11 years of The Meurice Prize for contemporary art, this year the hotel launched a Literature Prize to celebrate writers.
Le Meurice, the oldest Parisian Palace, established in 1835, has been dazzling guests for centuries, so much so that countless public figures have made it their Parisian ‘home away from home.’ Only steps away from the Louvre and Place Vendôme, Le Meurice has always been one of the most important hotels in Paris throughout its history. The hotel is sited on one of the most historic spots in Europe: many of the principal events of the Napoleonic Period and the Restoration of the Bourbon Kings took place at the Tuileries Gardens, which Le Meurice overlooks. Completed under the reign of King Louis Philippe, this seven-storey hotel houses a rare ensemble of salons decorated in 18th-century style.
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