One of the legendary five star holets in Paris, the Hôtel de Crillon sits at the foot of the Champs-Élysées, on the edge of the Place de la Concorde. One of the oldest and most prestigious luxury hotels in the world, the hotel has with103 guest rooms and 44 suites, occupies one of two identical stone buildings divided by the rue Royale that were constructed in 1758 as a result of a commission from King Louis XV (who later died in the same square). In 1788, François-Félix-Dorothee Berton des Balbes, the Count of Crillon, acquired the hotel only to have it confiscated shortly thereafter by the leaders of the French Revolution. Eventually returned to the family that gives the hotel its name, it was refurbished in 1907 and made public.

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The Hôtel de Crillon is the very picture of opulence, from the construction materials that make up the building to the service that keeps the hotel running smoothly. The hotel's public salons are filled with 17th and 18th century tapestries, chandeliers, gilt-and-brocade furniture, fine pieces of sculpture, and Louis XVI chests and chairs. It’s Bernstein suite is/was the favourite of politicians, royalty, tycoons, movie stars, aristocracy, foreign dignitaries, and professional athletes. During it’s time during WWII the hotel would be occupied by the German high command. Soon after it would play host to foreign generals would liberate France from occupation. The Hôtel de Crillon is the place that holds the annual “Bals de Debutantes”, one of the last places in the world that young girls “come out” in the traditional European aristocratic style.

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