About this hotel
General information
César Ritz opened his hotel on Place Vendôme on 1 June 1898, intending it to be a house where the most exacting guest would find every detail within reach. It has since become one of the landmarks of Paris. Marcel Proust, Ernest Hemingway and Jean-Paul Sartre wrote here, Coco Chanel lived here for more than three decades, and the Prince of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the kings of Spain, Sweden and Portugal, Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo all came to stay; many suites now carry their names.
Palatial scale is matched by an intimate atmosphere and attentive service. L’Espadon holds two Michelin stars, the Hemingway Bar still draws the writer’s admirers, and the health club, modelled on Roman baths, has one of the most beautiful pools in Paris. The Ecole Ritz Escoffier cookery school, an 1,100 m² garden, eight salons for receptions and fashion shows, a business centre, a boutique, a limousine service and a concierge complete the picture, and weddings and honeymoons are arranged.
Location
The hotel stands on Place Vendôme in central Paris. Orly and Le Bourget airports are 30–45 minutes away by car, Charles de Gaulle 45–60 minutes.
Spa
The 1,700 m² Ritz Health Club is designed in the spirit of Graeco-Roman baths, with a heated indoor pool with counter-current and underwater music, a jacuzzi, sauna, hammam, solarium, hair salon and beauty salon. Treatments include hydrotherapy, massage — classic, Swedish, shiatsu, Ayurvedic, reflexology and lymphatic drainage — wraps, CELLU M6 body-contouring programmes and baths with essential oils and seaweed, while the poolside bar serves light dishes and fresh fruit and vegetable cocktails.
Sports & leisure
The Ritz Health Club has a pool with swimming lessons and aqua aerobics, a gym and a squash court. The hotel is also home to the Ecole Ritz Escoffier cookery school and offers a range of excursions.
For children
Children have their own sports and cultural activities, from swimming lessons in the pool to classes at the Ecole Ritz Escoffier. Rooms are set up for families, restaurants offer children’s menus, and babysitting is available on request.
Restaurants & bars
One restaurant, four bars and a cellar of more than 1,000 wines from France’s finest estates, along with a collection of rare 1812 cognacs; in-room dining is available.
- L’Espadon — inventive and classic French cuisine by Michel Roth, two Michelin stars, beneath a painted sky ceiling or out in the garden
- Vendome Bar — classic dishes, pastries, aperitifs and afternoon tea to piano music, with a terrace in summer
- Hemingway Bar — wood panelling, leather armchairs, 25 photographs taken by the writer himself, malt whisky, beers from around the world and tapas
- Pool bar — light breakfasts and lunches and fresh fruit and vegetable cocktails among mosaics and columns
- Ritz Bar — an evening bar with its own entrance on rue Cambon, red velvet, a marble fireplace and DJs
Rooms
There are 142 rooms and suites, each decorated individually with brocade and silk, antiques, fine woods, marble and original art. Windows look onto Place Vendôme, the Grand Jardin or the Paris rooftops towards the Eiffel Tower or the Opéra Garnier; many of the 15 Prestige suites are named after the hotel’s famous guests.
Rooms have air conditioning, satellite TV, a direct-dial telephone, Wi-Fi, a CD player, radio, a safe, a minibar and a hairdryer.
Superior Room
Louis XVI furniture, a queen-size bed or twin beds, a sitting area and a marble bathroom, with windows onto rue Cambon or the Vendôme terrace.
Executive Room
A quietly elegant room with a king-size bed or twin beds, a sitting area with a decorative fireplace and a marble bathroom, overlooking the Grand Jardin or the Vendôme terrace. Can connect to a neighbouring room.
Deluxe Room
Each one individually decorated in soft colours with original art, with a king-size bed or twin beds, a sitting area and a marble bathroom, facing rue Cambon or the Grand Jardin. Can connect to a neighbouring room.
Grand Deluxe Room
A neoclassical room in pastel tones with a king-size bed or twin beds, a sitting room and a marble bathroom, overlooking the Grand Jardin.
Executive Junior Suite
A suite on an upper floor with open views and plenty of daylight: a bedroom in pastel tones, a sitting area with a velvet sofa, a desk and a marble fireplace, a walk-in closet and a marble bathroom with bath and shower. For up to two guests.
Deluxe Junior Suite
A king-size bedroom, a large sitting room with a decorative fireplace and work area, and a bathroom, facing the Cambon or Vendôme gardens. Can connect to a neighbouring room.
Executive Suite
Carved panelling and classical art frame a king-size bedroom, a living room and two bathrooms, overlooking the Vendôme or Cambon gardens. Can connect to a neighbouring room.
Deluxe Suite
A bright suite with a separate entrance to the king-size bedroom, a living room, a large dressing room and two Carrara marble bathrooms, facing the Vendôme or Cambon gardens. Can connect to a neighbouring room.
Suite Prince de Galles
Named after the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, with carved panelling, old paintings and tapestries, a bedroom, a living room and two bathrooms with jacuzzi; views of the garden and Place Vendôme.
Suite Marcel Proust
Reached by a private staircase: a panelled living room with portraits, a trompe-l’œil library, a desk and a chess set, and a bedroom in a light-filled alcove hung with damask. For up to two guests.
Suite Grand Jardin
A suite with two separate entrances, a living room, a bedroom and a walk-in closet, with stairs up to a private tree-shaded roof terrace overlooking the Grand Jardin. For up to three guests.
Suite Opéra
A sunlit neoclassical suite with a king-size bedroom and a living room whose bay window frames the gilded façade of the Palais Garnier.
Suite Charlie Chaplin
A neoclassical interior with Chaplin’s personal belongings and Louis XVI furniture, a king-size bedroom and a separate living room, looking onto Place Vendôme.
Suite Ernest Hemingway
A suite full of the writer’s mementoes, with a living room, two bathrooms and a large walk-in closet; the bedroom and a bathroom open onto a leafy terrace above the Grand Jardin. For up to three guests.
Suite Chopin
A suite with a grand piano and a listed painted ceiling in the bedroom: one or two king-size bedrooms, a living room, two or three bathrooms and views of Place Vendôme.
Suite F. Scott Fitzgerald
A tribute to Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and the 1920s, with crystal chandeliers and high ceilings: two bedrooms with their own sitting areas, bathrooms and dressing areas, a living room and a hammam, overlooking Place Vendôme.
Suite Maria Callas
A sixth-floor suite in ivory and pink: a bedroom under a sloping ceiling, a large separate living room, two bathrooms, a dressing room, a hammam and four balconies looking over the Paris rooftops to Place Vendôme, the Opéra Garnier and the Eiffel Tower.
Suite Mansart
A sixth-floor suite under the mansard roof with a bedroom, a separate living room, two bathrooms, a walk-in closet, balconies and a large tree-lined roof terrace looking from Place Vendôme to the Eiffel Tower.
L'Appartement Ritz
The entire seventh floor, reached by a private lift: a living room, dining area and kitchen, two bedrooms with their own bathrooms and dressing rooms, and two terraces over the Grand Jardin and the Paris rooftops with views of the Opéra Garnier. For up to three guests.
Suite Vendôme
One of the largest suites, in red and ivory with crystal chandeliers, inlaid Louis XVI furniture, two bedrooms, a living room, a dressing room and two marble bathrooms; wide windows look straight onto Place Vendôme.
Suite Windsor
Decorated in the Windsors’ favourite style — pastel silks, carved panelling, Louis XVI furniture — with one or two king-size bedrooms, a living room that doubles as a meeting room, two or three bathrooms and views of Place Vendôme.
Suite Coco Chanel
Decorated by Gabrielle Chanel herself and recreated by Karl Lagerfeld from old photographs, with Coromandel boxes, Baroque mirrors, portraits and sketches. One or two king-size bedrooms, a living room and two or three bathrooms, one with a steam room and jacuzzi; views of the garden and Place Vendôme.
Suite Impériale
High ceilings, a listed historic salon and a bedroom modelled on Marie Antoinette’s at Versailles: one to three king-size bedrooms, a living room, dining room, kitchen and two to four bathrooms, one with a steam room and jacuzzi, overlooking Place Vendôme.
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