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Hôtel du Louvre

The Louvre is across the rue de Rivoli, the Palais-Royal and the Comédie-Française are next door, and the avenue de l'Opéra begins at the entrance.

The Hôtel du Louvre, a stone block with arcades at street level and a mansard roof.
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Class
Five-star hotel
Opened
1855
Rooms
164 rooms and suites
Area
Place André-Malraux, facing the Louvre

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    What sets Hôtel du Louvre apart

    1. The position

      The hotel stands alone on its own block, with a street on every side: the rue de Rivoli and the Louvre to the south, the Place du Palais-Royal to the east, the Place André-Malraux and the avenue de l'Opéra to the north.

    2. Pissarro's windows

      Camille Pissarro took rooms here in 1897 and 1898 and painted the avenue de l'Opéra and the square below from his windows, in every light and weather. The paintings are now in museums around the world.

    3. The building

      A stone block of the Second Empire with a mansard roof, renovated inside and out in 2018 and 2019.

    4. Writers in residence

      Sigmund Freud stayed in 1910 and worked here on his essay about the childhood of Leonardo da Vinci. Arthur Conan Doyle put a character up at the hotel in one of the Sherlock Holmes stories.

    What it has

    • Brasserie du Louvre
    • Bar
    • Views of the Louvre
    • Views of the avenue de l'Opéra

    Where Hôtel du Louvre is

    Address

    Place André-Malraux
    75001 Paris, France

    Nearest metro

    Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre, on lines 1 and 7

    Museums and sights nearby

    Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.

    The first grand hotel in Paris

    Napoleon III ordered a hotel built for the visitors to the Universal Exhibition of 1855, and the Grand Hôtel du Louvre opened that year on the other side of the Place du Palais-Royal. It was the first hotel in France on such a scale.

    In 1887 it moved across the square to the building it has occupied ever since, and its first home became a department store.

    The hotel is managed by Hyatt, as part of its Unbound Collection.

    Hôtel du Louvre: common questions

    Where is Hôtel du Louvre?
    At Place André-Malraux, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The nearest metro station is Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre, on lines 1 and 7.
    Which museums and sights are near Hôtel du Louvre?
    Louvre Museum is 300 m away, Musée d'Orsay is 750 m away, Musée de l'Orangerie is 1.0 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.
    Does Hôtel du Louvre have a swimming pool?
    No. Hôtel du Louvre has no swimming pool.
    Is Hôtel du Louvre a Palace hotel?
    It is a five-star hotel. It does not hold the Palace distinction, the title the French state gives to a small number of five-star hotels.
    When did Hôtel du Louvre open?
    In 1855. It has 164 rooms and suites.

    What visitors say about Hôtel du Louvre

    Rating from Google

    4.6

    1,400 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 4 October 2026.

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