LUXUO Travelogue: Monte-Carlo, Where Money and Magic Collide
A romantic getaway in Monaco includes a stay at the luxuriant Hôtel de Paris and a concert at Opéra de Monte-Carlo.
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Among the great 19th-century grande dame hotels that are sprinkled across the capitals and resorts of Europe, the Hôtel de Paris has a special place: the sugar plum in a frothy Belle Époque confection.
It feels enchanted ? a palace built for sensory delight in a fairy-tale principality that decided to dedicate itself to hosting and entertaining the elite of the day. Just standing in the Opéra de Monte-Carlo between Hôtel de Paris and its famous Yacht Club quickens the pulse. But to be a guest ? that?s a real treat, especially now that a five-year, ?215 million renovation has been completed, punctuated by the opening of the huge and beautiful rooftop Princess Grace Suite and, this month, the even larger Prince Rainier III Suite.
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The great pleasure of palaces like the Hôtel de Paris is that they make one feel special. Life?s cares fade away and one?s existence becomes, for a duration, charmed. Magic happens: even my flight to Nice was an unexpected joy, surrounded as I was by the 58 members of the Treorchy Male Choir, who entertained fellow passengers with their repertoire, including the beautiful Michelle Yeoh who was a seat away from me, from take-off to landing. Why were they f...
The post LUXUO Travelogue: Monte-Carlo, Where Money and Magic Collide appeared first on LUXUO.
Among the great 19th-century grande dame hotels that are sprinkled across the capitals and resorts of Europe, the Hôtel de Paris has a special place: the sugar plum in a frothy Belle Époque confection.
It feels enchanted ? a palace built for sensory delight in a fairy-tale principality that decided to dedicate itself to hosting and entertaining the elite of the day. Just standing in the Opéra de Monte-Carlo between Hôtel de Paris and its famous Yacht Club quickens the pulse. But to be a guest ? that?s a real treat, especially now that a five-year, ?215 million renovation has been completed, punctuated by the opening of the huge and beautiful rooftop Princess Grace Suite and, this month, the even larger Prince Rainier III Suite.
READ MORE: LUXUO Travelogue: Amankila, the Resort for the Gods
The great pleasure of palaces like the Hôtel de Paris is that they make one feel special. Life?s cares fade away and one?s existence becomes, for a duration, charmed. Magic happens: even my flight to Nice was an unexpected joy, surrounded as I was by the 58 members of the Treorchy Male Choir, who entertained fellow passengers with their repertoire, including the beautiful Michelle Yeoh who was a seat away from me, from take-off to landing. Why were they f...
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