Hotel Le Bristol, 112 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France. The Hotel Le Bristol is situated on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. This famous street, located in the 8tharrondissement of Paris, is one of the most fashionable streets in the world thanks to the presence of virtually everymajor global fashion house. Like nearby Avenue Montaigne, the street is consistently dedicated, throughout its length,to high-fashion stores and other exclusive establishments. The Louvre, located in the centre of Paris, is a former royal palace. The world-famous Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) is housed in the Louvre Palace and it is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet). An impressive glass and metal pyramid is located in the main court (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace. The Louvre Pyramid is surrounded by three smaller pyramids and serves as the main to the Louvre Museum. Completet in 1989 it the Louvre Pyramid has become a famous landmark of Paris. The Musée d'Orsay is a renowned art museum in Paris, located on the left bank of river Seine opposite to the Tuileries Garden. This museum is housed in the former railway station, the Gare d'Orsay, an impressive Beaux-Arts edifice built between 1898 and 1900 for the World Exhibtion. It holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography, and is probably best known for its extensive collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces by such painters such as Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin and Van Gogh. The Hotel Le Bristol, a distinguished palace surrounded by lush French gardens, is situated in an ideal location on the fashionable Rue du Saint-Honoré with fashion boutiques and art galleries, only steps away from the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Place de la Concorde, Place Charles de Gaulles with the Arc de Triomphe, the Tuileries Garden and Louvre and Orsay Museums as well as the Elysee Palace, the official residence of the President of the French Republic. The Le Bristol Hotel is often described as an intimate palace combined with refined elegance and extraordinarily attentive, gracious service. Opened in 1924, the hotel now stands grander and more elegant than ever, after a recent complete renovation. Built in Eiffel style, Hotel Le Bristol features original art and Gobelin tapestries throughout the hotel. Its lobby displays 23 Baccarat crystal chandeliers, a Carrara marble floor with a 19th century Savonnerie carpet. The 187 guestrooms inclusive of 85 suites an eight floors are elegantly decorated with 18th century furniture and original paintings, combined with ultra modern comfort. Guests have the choice of two restaurants, the Gastronomic Restaurant with three Michelin stars and the 114 Faubourg and a bar. The swimming pool opens onto a vast solarium, with views of Paris, and the fitness centre is equipped with the most recent machines. The Anne Semonin Spa offers facial and body treatments and a wide range of massages. The Hotel Le Bristol offers seven meeting and banquet rooms, overlooking exquisite French gardens, with latest conference facilities.
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