What Makes Le Meurice One of the Most Enduring, Elegant Hotels in Paris
Elle Magazine | 06.10.2026 02:51
There are hotels in Paris that feel as though they are chasing Instagram trends, and then there is Le Meurice, which predates Instagram by about two centuries. Since opening in 1835, the palace hotel has been a seamless part of Parisian society and fashion, connecting the city’s who’s who with the world at large. And in France, the word “palace” isn’t bestowed lightly—it is an official French distinction, meaning the government recognizes a hotel as sitting a rung above the standard five-star experience. Le Meurice was the country’s first to receive the designation in 2011.
