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Hôtel du Louvre
Paris, France · Unbound Collection · Core Luxury
Paris's first true grand hotel opened here on November 1, 1855, purpose-built to receive visitors to that year's World's Fair between the Louvre and the Palais-Royal gardens. Sigmund Freud wrote "Leonardo da Vinci, A Memory of His Childhood" in a suite in 1910, and Camille Pissarro painted eleven canvases of the Boulevard des Capucines from his window. A 2019 restoration by Qatar's Constellation Hotels revived the Second Empire interiors for The Unbound Collection.
- 164 rooms
- Opened 1855
- Neighborhood: Louvre
- Rooms from 215 sq ft (20 m²)
About Hôtel du Louvre
- Opened November 1, 1855, during Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris, timed to receive visitors to that year's Exposition Universelle, as the city's first purpose-built grand hotel.
- Sigmund Freud wrote "Leonardo da Vinci, A Memory of His Childhood" in a hotel suite in 1910; Victor Hugo and Arthur Conan Doyle were also regular guests.
- Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro checked into a street-facing room and produced eleven canvases of the Boulevard des Capucines and Opera Garnier, now among his most studied cityscapes.
- A 2019 renovation restored the original Second Empire ceilings, marble columns, and crown molding across 164 rooms and 58 suites under new ownership by Qatar's Constellation Hotels.
History
Paris's first purpose-built grand hotel opened here on 1 November 1855 to receive visitors to that year's Exposition Universelle, between the Louvre and the Palais-Royal gardens. Sigmund Freud wrote Leonardo da Vinci, A Memory of His Childhood in a suite in 1910; Camille Pissarro painted eleven canvases of the Boulevard des Capucines from his window. A 2019 restoration by Qatar's Constellation Hotels revived the Second Empire interiors for The Unbound Collection by Hyatt.
The setting
Hôtel du Louvre occupies Place André Malraux in the 1st arrondissement, on the hinge between the Palais-Royal gardens and the main entrance of the Louvre Museum — two minutes on foot through its galleries. The Avenue de l'Opéra stretches northward toward the Palais Garnier 15 minutes on foot, Rue de Rivoli runs east and west along the arcaded length of Paris's most storied shopping street, and the Tuileries Garden opens 10 minutes west. The hotel has stood on this site since the Second Empire era, its placement reflecting Haussmann's logic that organized the great public buildings, grand boulevards, and prestige hotels of the 1st arrondissement into a coherent, walkable quarter. 13-minute walk to fine art at the Musée d'Orsay.
Amenities
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
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