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1860-2010, The hotel is celebrating its 150 years!

Posted by Hotel Britannique Categories: History, Paris, Romantic Paris, The Hotel Tags: 3 star hotel paris, Allied bombardment, Années Folles, Art Deco, census, Charles Lindbergh, Christian Dior, Christian Society of Friends, Communards, Dada, Danjou, documentation, First World War, flood, Guide of the Hotels with Charm, Haussmann, Henry Miller, Hotel Britannique, Hotel Britannique Paris, liberation, metro, Miss Louise Claude Baxter, Napoleon III, Nazi occupation, Olympic Games, Paris Universal Exhibition, Perret-Baxters, plaque, Queen Victoria, Rolland-Garros, romantic paris hotel, Second Empire, Seine, Sorbonne, Statue of Liberty, students revolt, Surrealism, telephone, The Avenue Victoria, The declaration of Independance, The Eiffel Tower, The Paris Commune, The Quakers, Tripadvisor, Voltaire, ‘La Belle Epoque’ 7 comments

1860 – The Hotel Britannique is born, right in the heart of the 1st area of Paris. The Hotel is…
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The astonishing story of the Pantheon

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In 1744, whilst staying in Metz and suffering from a serious illness, the king, Louis XV vowed that if he…
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Paris, capital of luxury

Posted by Hotel Britannique Categories: Romantic Paris, Surroundings Tags: 3 star hotel paris, arts, beauty, capital, City of light, Court, creativity, designers, dressmaker, emotion, excess, exhibition, famous, handcraft, Haute couture, Hotel Britannique Paris, investment, jewelry, knowledge, lifestyle, luxury, monarchy, Napoleon, Nobles, perfume, piano, producers, romantic paris hotel, Rousseau, social distinction, splendor, style, tradition, triumph, Voltaire 3 comments

Exalting the senses and creating emotion, ‘Luxury’ approaches perfection with creativity, knowledge and tradition. Luxury comes from the Latin word…
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