The world's most famous hotel address — Place Vendôme since 1898, where Coco Chanel lived for 34 years (her suite preserved as she left it) and Hemingway 'liberated' the bar in 1944. The world's only Chanel Spa and Bar Hemingway remain the defining pairing.
Why We Chose It
The Ritz Paris is not simply a hotel — it is a fixed point in the history of 20th-century culture. Coco Chanel lived in Suite 302 for most of her working life. Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed dined here on their last evening. Marcel Proust was a regular. The 2016 restoration by architect Thierry Despont took four years and €200 million; the result is the technically refined expression of 18th-century French decorative arts of any hotel in the world. The Hemingway Bar, run for decades by Colin Field, remains a benchmark for bar culture globally.
What Stands Out
- Place Vendôme
- Open since 1898
- €200m restoration 2016
- Hemingway Bar — one of the world's great hotel bars
- Espadon — two Michelin stars
- Coco Chanel's home for 34 years