Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo review: the royal touch

Check in and seek out Grace Kelly moments in this slice of Monaco history

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(Image credit: © MONTE-CARLO Société des Bains de Mer)

François Blanc, known as the Magician of Monte Carlo, first conjured up the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo in 1864. Under the auspices of Charles III of Monaco, the billionaire entrepreneur erected the palatial établissement next to the Casino de Monte-Carlo, founded by the monarch the previous year.

The hotel, designed by architect Gobineau de la Bretonnerie, has since been a home from home for a cast of luminaries including Cary Grant, Salvador Dali and the novelist Colette. When photographer Helmut Newton left Paris for Monaco in 1981, the principality became one of his favoured backdrops – a 1997 shot shows a bikini-clad model darting past the hotel’s many-tiered façade.

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