The Crillon occupies one of the two palaces Gabriel designed for Louis XV, on the north side of place de la Concorde. It became a hotel in 1909 and reopened in 2017 after four years of work.
Place de la Concorde
The Grands Appartements have kept their eighteenth-century panelling. Karl Lagerfeld designed two suites, and the bar Les Ambassadeurs has its marble-columned room back. The treaty by which France recognised the United States was signed here in 1778.
Arriving by car
Place de la Concorde is a busy roundabout, so drop-off is on rue Boissy-d’Anglas, along the side of the hotel. On Bastille Day parade mornings or official ceremonies the whole area is closed for several hours.
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Around the hotel
Place de la Concorde is a junction rather than a square to linger in: the lanes turn around the obelisk, then pour towards the Champs-Élysées, the Madeleine, the Tuileries and the pont de la Concorde. The hotel occupies the northern corner, next to the American embassy.
Our journeys from the Hôtel de Crillon
Drop-off is on rue Boissy-d’Anglas or in front of the hotel depending on the traffic — the driver decides on the spot. Departures for Orly and Roissy are often early, before the square fills up; evening returns go by rue Royale, which flows better at that hour.
