travel42 Hotel Review: Hotel Plaza Athenee Paris

Hotel Plaza Athenee Paris travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

In the fashion-soaked Golden Triangle of the 8th arrondissement, 300 meters from the Pont de l'Alma, this celebrated property, on a wide street shaded by chestnut trees and inhabited by the great fashion houses—Prada, Dior, Ungaro, Bulgari, Chanel—is Paris' poster child for excess and high-powered, Swiss-bank-fueled hijinks. Owned by the Sultan of Brunei, it is under constant investment and upgrades.

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