A 99-room 5-star Belle Époque inaugurated for the 1900 Paris World's Fair on the Place des Pyramides — gilded ceilings, mosaic floors, period antiques, and a courtyard restaurant directly opposite the Tuileries and the Louvre.
"The Belle Époque survivor that nobody mentions because it never had to be rediscovered — open continuously since 1900, the gilded ceilings still original, the Eiffel Tower visible from forty rooms, and the Louvre across the street."
Hôtel Regina was inaugurated in 1900 to coincide with the Exposition Universelle, the world's fair that gave Paris the Pont Alexandre III, the Grand Palais, the Petit Palais, and the Métro's first line. The site — the corner of rue de Rivoli and Place des Pyramides, taking its name from Napoleon's 1798 victory in Egypt — was deliberately chosen to face Paul Dubois's gilded equestrian statue of Joan of Arc, the centrepiece of the place since 1874. The original commission specified a five-star hotel that could accommodate visiting royalty and the international gentry the Exposition was bringing to Paris; the period brief produced one of the most fully realised Belle Époque interiors still operating, with gilded ceilings, ornate wood panelling, mosaic floors, period chandeliers, and the original wrought-iron staircase that the architect borrowed in feeling from the recently completed Eiffel Tower.
The hotel has remained continuously operational since 1900 — a 125-year unbroken hospitality run that fewer than ten Paris properties can match — and remains in private French ownership rather than chain management, which preserves the historical envelope intact. The 99 rooms (98 rooms and suites; 32 of them suites) are arranged across six floors organised around the original light-well courtyard. Sizes vary in the way that Belle Époque conversions always vary: the better Deluxe and Suite categories run 35–55 square metres with original mouldings preserved, while standard categories on the upper floors are smaller. Bathrooms have been comprehensively modernised in stages through the 2000s and 2010s without disturbing the historic envelope. The named suites — the Eiffel Suite, the Louvre Suite, the Palace Suite, the Joan of Arc Suite — face directly onto the Tuileries with full Eiffel Tower views from the upper floors; about forty rooms in total catch the tower in some configuration.
Le Bar Anglais is the hotel's signature drinking room — wood-panelled, 1900-original, with leather club chairs and a fireplace that runs through the cooler months — and was the unofficial second living room for Charles Lindbergh during his Paris stays. The Restaurant Le Pyramides serves a contemporary-classical French menu in the courtyard pavilion under chef Sébastien Brossard. Afternoon tea in the salon with the original 1900 ceiling murals is the property's quietest indulgence and remains a Parisian dowager's habit. The hotel is a member of Historic Hotels Worldwide — the only Paris five-star with the formal heritage classification — and forms part of the Esprit de France collection in informal sister-property arrangements.
Position is the second proposition. The Louvre's Pyramide entrance is 90 seconds on foot, the Tuileries entrance 30 seconds, the Place Vendôme three minutes, the Palais-Royal two, the Comédie-Française four, and the rue Saint-Honoré shopping spine runs straight from the door. The Eiffel Tower is visible from the room. For travellers whose Paris brief is calibrated to the historical centre rather than the Champs-Élysées corridor — Louvre members, Tuileries gardens, Place Vendôme jewellers, the Comédie-Française repertoire — the Regina is a more efficient base than any palace hotel and runs at roughly half the rate.
For an anniversary that wants Belle Époque without the palace surcharge, the Regina is the right answer. An Eiffel Suite with full tower view at half the rate of any Champs-Élysées palace; dinner at Le Pyramides; the original 1900 bar for the after-dinner cognac; the Louvre opens at 9am 90 seconds away. A historically intact, restrained, accurate Paris register.
Honeymoon Paris weekend at the Regina works for the couple who wants the museum-and-monument register over the fashion-week one. The Joan of Arc Suite or Louvre Suite for the address; the courtyard restaurant for the discreet first dinner; the 9pm Eiffel Tower sparkle from the room window. The hotel runs the most efficient museum-pass service in Paris.
For a solo Paris stay calibrated to galleries, theatre, and afternoon-walking — the Tuileries, the Louvre, the Palais-Royal arcades, the Comédie-Française repertoire — the Regina is the most fluent address. A standard Deluxe at €620 lets you fold the room rate around the cultural programme rather than the other way round. The 1900 Le Bar Anglais is a workable solo dinner.
2 Place des Pyramides
75001 Paris
France
Métro Tuileries (line 1) 2 minutes; Pyramides (lines 7/14) 3 minutes; Louvre 90 seconds; Place Vendôme 3 minutes
99 rooms (incl. 32 suites)
Classic Rooms from €620/night
Deluxe Rooms from €820/night
Junior Suites from €1,400/night
Eiffel Suite from €3,200/night
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Inaugurated 1900 World's Fair
Continuous private French ownership
Le Pyramides restaurant
Le Bar Anglais (1900 original)
Salon afternoon tea
Courtyard pavilion dining
~40 rooms with Eiffel views
Historic Hotels Worldwide
Esprit de France collection
From €620/night. Eiffel-facing suites book three months ahead for autumn weekends and four to six months for the September fashion-week bracket. The Joan of Arc Suite and Eiffel Suite require six months for peak dates.
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