Where is Hôtel Plaza Athénée?

At 25 avenue Montaigne, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The nearest metro station is Alma-Marceau, on line 9.

Which museums and sights are near Hôtel Plaza Athénée?

Arc de Triomphe is 1.1 km away, Eiffel Tower is 1.1 km away, Musée de l'Orangerie is 1.4 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.

Does Hôtel Plaza Athénée have a swimming pool?

No. Hôtel Plaza Athénée has no swimming pool, though it has a spa.

Is Hôtel Plaza Athénée a Palace hotel?

Yes. It holds the Palace distinction, which the French state gives to a small number of five-star hotels judged exceptional.

When did Hôtel Plaza Athénée open?

In 1913. It has 154 rooms and 54 suites.

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Hôtel Plaza Athénée

Red awnings, red geraniums, and the couture houses for neighbours. The Plaza Athénée has been the hotel of fashion since Christian Dior opened across the avenue.

The Hôtel Plaza Athénée seen along the avenue Montaigne. — Ali Sabbagh, CC0

Class: Five-star hotel, Palace
Opened: 1913
Rooms: 154 rooms and 54 suites
Area: Avenue Montaigne

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What sets Hôtel Plaza Athénée apart

The avenue Montaigne
The most elegant shopping street in Paris runs past the door, lined with the great fashion houses. The Seine is at the end of it, and many rooms on the upper floors look straight at the Eiffel Tower.
The façade
Every window has its red awning and every balcony its red geraniums, hundreds of them. It is one of the most photographed hotel fronts in the world.
The Dior spa
The Dior Institut, opened in 2008, with treatment rooms, a sauna and a steam room. The couturier presented his first collection a few doors away in 1947.
Restaurants and the courtyard
Le Relais Plaza, an Art Deco brasserie that has barely changed since the 1930s. La Cour Jardin, open in summer in a courtyard hung with ivy. La Galerie for tea, and a bar that stays up late.

What it has

Dior spa
Le Relais Plaza
La Cour Jardin
La Galerie
Le Bar
Eiffel Tower views
Fitness room

Where Hôtel Plaza Athénée is

Address

25 avenue Montaigne
75008 Paris, France

Nearest metro

Alma-Marceau, on line 9

Museums and sights nearby

Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.

A century of couture

The Plaza Athénée opened on 20 April 1913, the same season as the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées next door, and drew the composers and performers who worked there. It stayed open through the First World War.

After 1946, when Christian Dior set up his house on the avenue, the hotel became part of the life of fashion. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton lived in it for six months in 1971.

It belongs to the Dorchester Collection, was enlarged and renovated in 2014, and has held the Palace distinction since 2012.