The best luxury hotels in Monte Carlo
An insider's guide to the best luxury hotels in Monte Carlo, including the top places to stay for lavish interiors, sumptuous suites, serene spas, elegant restaurants, magnificent pools, and sweeping views of Port Hercules.
This Belle Epoque palace, the discreet sibling to neighbouring H?tel de Paris, is a favourite of the jet-setting cognoscenti and celebrities pretending to stay under the radar. A line of Lamborghinis and Bentleys greet you at the entrance, but what else would you expect in Monte-Carlo? Bedrooms features Louis XV-style chairs and colourful wallpaper panels. Marbled bathrooms contain monogrammed towels and generous-sized bathroom products by the legendary Parisian perfume maker Francis Kurkdjian.
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Everything about this landmark palace screams over-the-top decadence, from its three-Michelin-starred restaurant to one of the world’s largest wine cellars. The sculpted Belle Epoque fa?ade sets the scene for interiors of marbled colonnades and crystal chandeliers, while guest rooms feature Empire-style mahogany furniture and marble bathrooms. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the hotel is a magnet for the world’s glitterati.
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Rockstars rub shoulders with royalty at this Belle Epoque hotel in Monte Carlo: a grand institution that gracefully mixes the traditional and the contemporary. Offerings include a lavish spa, Michelin-starred Jo?l Robuchon restaurant, a heated outdoor pool and welcoming rooms that combine combine classical style – period furniture, bandy-legged chairs, flowing fabrics, art and artefacts - with contemporary sensitivity and comfort.
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A luxury hotel in Monaco for people who’ve had enough of the chandelier 'n' brocade brigade. Here you get modern, stripped-back luxury. Behind its sleek fa?ade of blue glass and stainless steel, the Port Palace lobby is cool, light and white and enlivened by mega floral compositions and a warm welcome. In conceiving this hotel, someone clever has studied the question of luxury hotels, kept what was needed, chucked out what wasn’t – and disposed the result with deft contemporary taste.
Overlooking the sea (indeed, overstepping it: the hotel advances into the Med on pillars), this luxurious mastodon of a hotel is just a short distance from the Place du Casino in the centre of Monte Carlo. It's one of the biggest hotels in Europe with 602 rooms decked out in light blues, dark wood furniture inspired by the 1930s, plenty of space and comfort, but nothing to detract from the main attraction, which is the sea beyond the big windows.
