Guests are greeted by sweet scents when they enter Paris’ best hotel – or maybe it’s the sweet smell of success? The smells actually come from the glorious flower arrangements that dominate the public areas of the George V - starting in the lobby. Pencil straight calla lilies standing tall in giant urns and beds of roses forming parallel rows in art deco glass – that’s what attracts a guest's attention when first entering the palatial hotel.

You sleep with history and right next to it when you stay at the Hotel du Louvre. Many of the hotel’s floor-to-ceiling windows look out on the world famous museum and allow glimpses inside without ever having to leave your room. Tearing yourself away from the Hotel du Louvre to see the Louvre is no easy task. There is just as much history on this side of the street to discover.

The glass enclosed roof-top swimming pool is set in solid teak and gives the impression of the prow of an ocean liner sailing towards Sacre Coeur and the Paris skyline.

One of the truly opulent buildings in a city featuring many. It belongs to the highly-respected Concorde group and its location next to one of the city busiest train station – Gare St. Lazare – makes it a favorite with domestic travelers. It’s surrounded by history, great shopping and lots of neighborhood Paris restaurants and bakeries.

The hotel was built in the days when the great luxury liners like the France and Normandy were the ships of choice of the wealthy and the hotel's owners at the time wanted the designer to make the building reflect that feeling of grandeur.