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Hôtel Molitor Paris – MGallery
Paris, France · MGallery · Accessible Luxury
The Piscine Molitor opened in 1929 in the 16th as an Art Deco twin-pool complex; the modern bikini made its public debut here in 1946. The baths closed in 1989. Accor brought the house back in 2014 as an MGallery hotel around the original 46-metre outdoor and 33-metre indoor pools, with 100 works of street art on the old ceramic geometry.
- 124 rooms
- Opened 2014
- Neighborhood: 16th arrondissement
- Rooms from 236 sq ft (22 m²)
- Architect: Jean-Philippe Nuel
- Interiors: Jean-Philippe Nuel
About Hôtel Molitor Paris – MGallery
- Jean-Philippe Nuel designed the 124-room hotel interiors over the preserved interwar basins.
- Bois de Boulogne, Roland-Garros, and Auteuil racecourse sit next door in the 16th.
- Historic Hotels Worldwide lists the house; the 2014 reopening is when MGallery took the door.
- Entry-level rooms start at 236 sq ft (22 m²).
History
Hôtel Molitor Paris is not a conventional grand hotel so much as a reborn Paris landmark: an Art Deco swimming complex that opened in 1929 and returned to public life as a hotel after a long, desolate hiatus. Accor describes the property today as a conversion of an iconic Art Deco swimming pool and bathing club, with the original pool court still defining the experience.
The Molitor baths were built in the late 1920s as a municipal leisure facility in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France, and the surviving complex became famous for its twin pools and streamlined interwar design. After the pools closed in 1989, the site fell into disuse and was later redeveloped into the hotel that Accor opened in 2014 under the MGallery brand.
What makes Molitor compelling is the way its new life preserves the old geometry rather than hiding it. The 46-meter outdoor pool and 33-meter indoor pool now anchor the property, while the restaurant and rooftop program frame the historic basin instead of replacing it. Accor also notes that the hotel features 100 works of street art and a spa, underscoring a deliberately contemporary layer laid over a deeply Parisian shell.
In other words, Molitor’s story is one of reinvention more than nostalgia: a former public bath, shuttered for a generation, then revived as one of Paris’s most recognizable adaptive-reuse hotels.
The setting
Hôtel Molitor Paris – MGallery is set at 16 Avenue de la Porte Molitor in the 16th arrondissement, within a meticulously restored Art Deco complex built as the Piscine Molitor in 1929 — one of Paris's most celebrated pools, where the modern bikini made its public debut in 1946. The 2014 restoration preserved the original pools, ceramic tiles, and Art Deco geometry while layering street art and five-star hospitality onto a structure saturated with 20th-century cultural memory. The Bois de Boulogne is immediately at hand, Roland-Garros and Auteuil racecourse are neighbours, making this the most distinctly residential and culturally layered luxury hotel address in Paris. 5 km from Eiffel Tower. 6 km from Arc de Triomphe.
Restaurants and bars
- Restaurant Molitor — Restaurant
- Brasserie — Restaurant
- 1929 — Restaurant
- Rooftop Molitor — Restaurant · Mediterranean-inspired
- Bar du Restaurant Molitor — Bar
- Bar Bikini — Bar
Experiences
- Spa Molitor by Clarins — One of Europe's largest hotel spas by Clarins with 13 treatment rooms.
Amenities
- Spa
- Indoor pool
- Sauna
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
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