- The Cheval Blanc Paris, LVMH’s first city address, holds 72 keys including 46 suites inside the former Samaritaine department store.
- Architect Peter Marino shaped the whole building, with a 30-metre pool and four restaurants, among them Plénitude under Arnaud Donckele.
- The Dior Spa has a 33.16-metre pool and 48 exclusive treatments spread across six wellbeing suites.
- Rates open at 2,250 euros a night for a Deluxe room.
Cheval Blanc Paris is a five-star hotel and the first city address in the LVMH collection, set inside the former Samaritaine building. This is the group’s luxury savoir-faire turned into a hotel, in a contemporary and deliberately exclusive setting at the very heart of the French capital.
A Peter Marino masterpiece on the Seine
Turning the Art Deco Samaritaine into a modern hotel fell to Peter Marino, the architect behind luxury boutiques the world over. With only 72 keys, 46 of them suites, Cheval Blanc Paris offers generous accommodation, a lobby hung with contemporary art, unusually wide corridors and a 30-metre pool, a record in Paris.
The panoramic views over the Seine and the Pont Neuf are, on their own, part of what you are paying for.
Four restaurants, one Parisian ambition
Cheval Blanc Paris does not only want to please its guests, it wants Parisians to come in. Four very different restaurants make that case. Limbar, on the ground floor, works as a contemporary bakery by day and a serious cocktail bar by night. Plénitude, run by Arnaud Donckele, holds three Michelin stars on the first floor. Seven floors up, Le Tout-Paris reworks the traditional Parisian brasserie, while Langosteria has become the most sought-after Italian table in the city, with elegant interiors and a leafy terrace.
Rooms and suites at Cheval Blanc Paris
The 72 rooms and suites are unusually generous. Starting at roughly 46 sq m, each one has a wide picture window, a separate dressing room and a bathroom with both a bath and a steam shower. The centrepiece is L’Appartement, a private residence spread over the eighth and ninth floors with seven bedrooms, sitting rooms, dining rooms, a screening room, a wellbeing room and a 12.5-metre private pool.
The hotel does not officially carry the Palace distinction, yet the service matches the most decorated addresses in Paris. Guests are greeted personally, a bottle of Ruinart waits in the room, dedicated butlers are on call and housekeeping is discreet and constant. The house even provides private cars for getting around the city.
The same attention runs down to the toiletries: full-size products inspired by the Art Deco building and composed by perfumer François Demachy. Room service carries an « essential » caviar menu with three options, served with blinis and condiments.
Inside the Dior Spa
Tucked inside the Samaritaine, the Dior Spa states its case in numbers. A 33.16-metre pool anchors the whole floor, open to hotel guests and to the 75 members of the Club. Its six suites, among them Bonheur and Sauvage, host 48 treatments running from Petit Bonheur to Sublime Révélation. The signature Dior gestures, such as the Éveils Sensoriels, are worked into every treatment, and the New Look suite offers the Rêve Couture treatment performed by six hands. A small shop rounds it off with Dior icons and exclusive formulas.
Our verdict on Cheval Blanc Paris
Cheval Blanc Paris is less a hotel than a way of living in the city. With rates from 2,250 euros for a Deluxe room, the experience is unmistakably exclusive, and the price is the one real reservation we came away with. We award it 9 out of 10 for an address that is chic, Parisian and genuinely singular.
Useful information
- Website: chevalblanc.com
- Address: 8 Quai du Louvre, 75001 Paris
- Telephone: +33 1 40 28 00 00
- Email: info.paris@chevalblanc.com
- Social media: Instagram
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