For those looking for a luxury hotel in a prime location, Le Meurice in Paris checks all the boxes: incredible views over the Tuileries Gardens, enormous baths, tasteful art pieces, a heavenly cocktail bar. And the accolades to match — Edward VIII is said to have enjoyed its club sandwich. If you’re looking for more than sybaritism, it delivers too, thanks to its art tours, which follow in the footsteps of some of Paris’ most prominent artists.
The hotel has a long history of hosting artists. For decades Salvador Dali visited for a month every year. His suite is still there and there’s a picture of him in it on his motorbike. Apparently he kept ocelots and at one point, a herd of sheep. But the hotel is prudently avoiding a Dali trail for now; Monet, Rodin and Picasso are the trio who have been chosen. The latter had the reception for one of his weddings (to the Russian Olga) in the Pompadour room at Le Meurice.
