That’s not to say it doesn’t feel fresh and contemporary - quite the contrary, in fact. It’s here that I saw the stunning restoration firsthand, with the soaring 46-foot-high ceilings, sparkling chandeliers, and hand-painted frescoes conjuring the lavish belle époque period. Now, after $50 million worth of renovation and refurbishment, it joins more than 4,200 Hilton hotels worldwide.įirst impressions: I wasn’t really hit with the beauty and enormity of the hotel until I walked beyond the two small check-in counters into Le Grand Salon. Originally, though, it debuted in 1889 as Hotel Terminus to welcome those coming to the Exposition Universelle, a world’s fair.
Location: 108 rue Saint Lazare, Paris, 75008īackground: For the past 43 years, this five-story hotel right next to Paris’s second largest railway station, Gare Saint-Lazare, was the Concorde. The Hilton Paris Opera (Photo: The Hilton Paris Opera)
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