Four Seasons Hôtel George V

In 1928 the new hotel was managed by André Terrail, the restaurateur who owned La Tour d'Argent. Its architect, Georges Wybo, had designed the Casino de Deauville and rebuilt Printemps Haussmann after the fire of 1921. Americans arriving on transatlantic liners favoured the hotel, which kept offices in the port of Cherbourg to welcome them.

After the Wall Street crash of 1929, its American backer, the businessman Joel Hillman, had to hand it to his lenders, and in 1931 the banker François Dupré bought it. The original architects added a wing of apartments let year-round or by the season, and Dupré brought in objets d'art including Flemish tapestries, Boulle furniture, a Renoir and a Dufy.

In 1996 the Saudi businessman Al-Waleed bin Talal bought the hotel from the Forte Group and closed it for two years of renovation. He signed a management contract with Four Seasons on 1 November 1997, the hotel took the name Four Seasons Hotel George V, and it reopened on 18 December 1999. The MICHELIN Guide sees in it a marriage of the original Art Deco building and continually refreshed Louis XV interiors, and in 2026 the guide gives the hotel three MICHELIN Keys, its mark for an extraordinary stay.

Pierre-Yves Rochon redesigned the rooms as Parisian pied-à-terres filled with natural light, and La Galerie, which the hotel calls its heart and soul, is hung with Flemish tapestries, 19th-century paintings and objets d'art. Floral displays along the lobby and walkways are one of the hotel's distinctive features; in spring and summer, large hydrangea arrangements fill the lobby and the marble courtyard.

The address, 31 Avenue George V in the 8th arrondissement, lies inside the Golden Triangle, the district framed by the Champs-Élysées, Avenue Montaigne and Avenue George V, which the hotel describes as home to the most elegant boutiques: Louis Vuitton, Hermès and Givenchy on Avenue George V itself, Balmain on rue François 1er, and Dior, Céline and Chanel on avenue Montaigne.

According to the hotel, the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe are within walking distance, Charles de Gaulle Airport is 25 km and about 60 minutes away by car, and Orly is 15 km and about 40 minutes away.

The smallest category, the Chambre Supérieure, measures 37 to 40 m². The Chambre Deluxe, 38 to 50 m² on the first to eighth floors, is decorated in Louis XVI style in a fresh, light palette and has a deep bathtub and a separate shower; depending on the room, its windows face Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, the marble courtyard or Avenue George V. The classic décor comes with customisable mood lighting, home automation and Bose speakers.

The Chambre Première, 50 to 60 m², sleeps three adults or two adults and a child, with a king-size or two twin beds and a rollaway bed, sofa bed or cot on request; these rooms have high ceilings and, in most cases, a private balcony or terrace. The Suite Executive, at 60 to 70 m², the Suite Deluxe, the Suite Première, the Grande suite Première and the Suite Duplex avec vue sur la ville add a living room separate from the bedroom.

The Suite Parisienne, 120 to 140 m² on the sixth or seventh floor, has classical or Empire-style art, a fully equipped kitchen, a large balcony over the marble courtyard reached from living room and bedroom, a marble bathroom with double basins for each bedroom and a guest washroom; it can connect to a further room. The Suite Eiffel Parisienne, 127 m² on the sixth floor, has panoramic Eiffel Tower views and a spacious terrace and balconies laid out like a private garden; with two connecting bedrooms it reaches 230 m² for a family stay, a configuration booked directly with the hotel.

On the seventh floor, the 140 m² Suite tour Eiffel is decorated in early-19th-century Empire style, in greens with dark wood furniture; a balcony runs along it with a panoramic view of the Eiffel Tower and Les Invalides, and it has a fully equipped kitchen and a guest washroom. Le Penthouse, 160 m², has a terrace facing the Eiffel Tower, a private covered terrace and a balcony with an outdoor canopy bed. The Suite Royale, 245 m², has a living room with a marble fireplace, a dining room seating eight and a 60 m² terrace.

In 2026 the hotel has three restaurants with Michelin stars. Le Cinq, where Christian Le Squer took over the kitchen in October 2014, regained its third star in 2016 and still holds three for his modern, elegant French cooking. L'Orangerie, with two stars, sits beneath a glass roof overlooking the Cour de Marbre; there, Chef Bertrand Noeureuil cooks with the seasons from a menu given over entirely to vegetables and seafood. Le George, with one star, serves Simone Zanoni's Italian-inspired Mediterranean menu, built around sharing; he has been its chef since September 2016.

La Galerie, open daily from 08:00 to 23:00, has live piano and serves breakfast, tea with pastries by Michael Bartocetti and French classics given modern touches. Breakfast centres on viennoiseries and French regional specialities, with bakery creations by Guillaume Cabrol, pastries by Bartocetti and a wide choice of savoury dishes. In-room dining runs 24 hours a day.

Le Bar's cocktail list, led by Thibault Mequignon, rests on what the hotel calls 'simplexité', with well-made classics alongside creations inspired by gastronomic pairings. The cellar holds some 50,000 bottles across around 2,200 references of French and international wines, including a 1795 vintage Madeira.

The spa, a few steps from the Champs-Élysées, covers 720 m². Its therapists work with renowned French and international brands on tailor-made treatments based on advanced anti-ageing techniques. Signature treatments were created for the George V, massages range from Thai to fully personalised, and there is a hair salon. The hammams are finished in marble and mosaics, the hotel also lists a hammam pool and a vitalising pool, and treatments are given from 09:00 to 21:00.

The 17-metre indoor pool is reserved for hotel guests and open from 06:30 to 22:00. The 90 m² fitness centre has qualified coaches for individual sessions, the hotel lends sportswear and trainers free of charge, and yoga sessions focus on deep relaxation of body and mind.

The hotel's kitchen garden is 20 km from Paris at the Domaine de Madame Elisabeth in Versailles, a large garden once owned by the sister of Louis XVI. Simone Zanoni farms its 1,800 m² with reasoned agriculture, helped by a team of workers in professional reintegration, and in the warmer months the produce goes to Le George's plates.

On the 'Déjeuner champêtre', Zanoni takes guests from the hotel's front steps to the garden to pick fruit and vegetables, cook with him in an outdoor kitchen fitted with a barbecue, a pizza oven and a pasta machine, then share the meal. The hotel recommends it from mid-June to mid-September; on summer evenings lanterns and candles turn it into a dinner under the stars, and a sommelier can join guests for an open-air wine-tasting class.

Further afield, hotel guests can book a one- or two-day visit to Maison Belle Époque, the former Perrier-Jouët family home, which the hotel says is a UNESCO World Heritage site holding Europe's largest private collection of French Art Nouveau. Restored in 2017, the 18th-century house holds pieces by Émile Gallé and Louis Majorelle and works by Rodin and Toulouse-Lautrec. Each visit includes lunch to a menu by Sébastien Morellon and a tour of a grand cru Champagne plot; the two-day option adds a dinner with a surprise vintage and a night in one of the bedrooms, each dedicated to an Art Nouveau master.

In Paris, the hotel's team leads morning jogs past the Eiffel Tower, the Seine, the Tuileries, the Louvre and the Champs-Élysées while the city is still waking up, and for the 2026/2027 season the hotel is a patron of the Opéra national de Paris. Families can ask for tailor-made sightseeing itineraries, babysitting and children's activities, and children receive welcome amenities, baby and children's toiletries and free colouring books and games.