Do people still lodge at the Hotel de Crillon? Or is it now...

I was thinking about booking for June.

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The Hotel de Crillon is very central. That was my first impression when I first saw the Hotel de Crillon.

And magazines like Travel %26amp; Leisure (February 2005-50 Romantic Places article) are still writing about it:

Paris

Make a wish on the five-minute twinkle of the Eiffel Tower (on the hour), and wander through the side streets off the Boulevard St.-Germain, where the haute, hot, and highbrow intersect. T+L TIP Splurge on a night in the ��ber-luxurious Suite Duc de Crillon at the H��tel de Crillon, just off the Champs ��lys��es.

DOUBLES FROM $650; PLACE DE LA CONCORDE; 33-1/44-71-15-00; www.crillon.com

The reviews are still good on Tripadvisor. It really depends on what you really want from your experience. Paris has a lot of quality hotels. One thing that I have really learned from doing research on Tripadvisor is that we all have our favorite hotels that truly fulfill our own hotel experience in Paris--it could be a view of the Eiffel Tower, or a great location such the Hotel de Crillon (for me it is a soft bed with white bedspread and great interior decoration in a hotel). Some of us would spend a lot of money for a hotel in Paris. And other Tripadvisor users are more budget oriented.

Sincerely,

Diana

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The Hotel De Crillon is a very good hotel , one of the best in Paris , and in a very convenient location. It%26#39;s a good choice. There are also some other hotels that are , as the Crillon, members of The Leading Hotels of The World:

1.Hotel Ritz www.lhw.com/ritzparis

2.Hotel Raphael www.lhw.com/raphael

3.Hotel Plaza Athenee www.lhw.com/atheneeparis

4.Hotel Meurice www.lhw.com/meurice

5.Hotel Lancaster www.lhw.com/lancaster

6.Hotel Le Bristol www.lhw.com/bristolparis

All of them are very luxurious and upscale.

The final decision would be based mostly on your preferences.

For more infos do not hesitate to ask.

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The Crillon is a lovely luxury hotel. And no, it is not now passe, although admittedly it no longer has a monopoly on celebrity guests to Paris as it once seemed to have. I%26#39;ve been fortunate enough to stay at many of the five star hotel temples in Paris, and I%26#39;d rank them in the following order:

1) My is actually the Hotel Lancaster. It%26#39;s a smaller, boutique style hotel on the Rue de Berri just off the Champs Elysees in the 8th arr. Ideal location and very luxurious, but on a smaller, more intimate scale. One of the best new restaurants in Paris also, La Table du Lancaster, opened by Michel Troisgros, a Michelin 3 star chef.

2) If you are looking for a palace hotel, though, the Lancaster is not one. My favorite palace is the Four Seasons George V, which sits in a high rent neighborhood in the 8th arr, close to many big-name designer boutiques. Among the biggest rooms of the 5 star hotels.

3) Hotel Meurice. A palace hotel with a great location overlooking the Jardin de Tuileries, but on a smaller, less ostentatious scale than some of the others.

4) Plaza Athenee: very stylish. Great Alain Ducasse restaurant for which you will pay a small fortune.

5) Hotel de Crillon. A good mix of old-school with new-school chic.

6) le Bristol: Classic French charm for the less ostentatious wealthy

7) the Ritz: beautiful classic hotel, but a little too stuffy and snooty for me.

Hope that helps.