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The Peninsula Paris

The old Hotel Majestic, where Gershwin wrote An American in Paris and the Vietnam peace accords were signed, reopened in 2014 as one of the most modern hotels in the city.

Class
Five-star hotel, Palace
Opened
2014
Rooms
200 rooms, 34 of them suites
Area
Avenue Kléber, by the Arc de Triomphe

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    What sets The Peninsula Paris apart

    1. The building

      A grand hotel of 1908 in pale stone, a few hundred metres down the avenue Kléber from the Arc de Triomphe. Its lobby, its staircases and its gilded salons were restored by hand over four years.

    2. The rooftop

      A restaurant and terrace on the roof, with a view across the 16th arrondissement to the Eiffel Tower, built around a replica of the biplane in which two French aviators tried to cross the Atlantic in 1927.

    3. The rooms

      Among the largest in Paris, and the most technical: everything in the room is worked from tablets beside the bed. The best suites have private roof gardens.

    4. Spa and pool

      A spa on the lower level, with an indoor swimming pool.

    What it has

    • Indoor pool
    • Spa
    • Rooftop restaurant
    • Cantonese restaurant
    • Le Lobby
    • Bar Kléber
    • Terraces
    • Fitness room

    Where The Peninsula Paris is

    Address

    19 avenue Kléber
    75116 Paris, France

    Nearest metro

    Kléber, on line 6

    Museums and sights nearby

    Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.

    A hotel with a walk-on part in history

    The Hotel Majestic was built between 1906 and 1908 on the site of the palace of a Russian nobleman, where Queen Isabella II of Spain had lived in exile. In the First World War it served as a hospital.

    The French state bought it in 1936. The German military command in France occupied it from 1940 to 1944. After the war it was the first headquarters of UNESCO, and then a conference centre of the foreign ministry: the agreement that ended American involvement in the Vietnam War was signed here in January 1973.

    It was sold in 2008 and reopened on 1 August 2014 as The Peninsula Paris, the first European hotel of the Hong Kong group. It holds the Palace distinction.

    The Peninsula Paris: common questions

    Where is The Peninsula Paris?
    At 19 avenue Kléber, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The nearest metro station is Kléber, on line 6.
    Which museums and sights are near The Peninsula Paris?
    Arc de Triomphe is 350 m away, Eiffel Tower is 1.4 km away, Musée de l'Orangerie is 2.3 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.
    Does The Peninsula Paris have a swimming pool?
    Yes. It has an indoor swimming pool, in the spa.
    Is The Peninsula Paris 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 The Peninsula Paris open?
    In 2014. It has 200 rooms, 34 of them suites.

    What visitors say about The Peninsula Paris

    Rating from Google

    4.7

    4,058 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 4 October 2026.

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