Why This New Hotel Suite in Paris Costs $28K

The seventh-floor penthouse of Le Meurice is the dream of Paris personified, with views from the hotel's sloped green roof of the city's most iconic landmarks, from the Eiffel Tower to the Sacré-Cœur basilica. Newly renovated by the design trio Charles Jouffre, Margaux Lally and Luc Berge, Le Meurice's Belle Etoile suite is swathed in marble and elegant furniture in sleek tones of gold and bronze. The hotel itself was built in 1835 along the Tuileries Gardens, and quickly became a celebrity haunt; so many royals, including Queen Victoria, stayed there that it was referred to as the "Hotel of Kings." Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Bob Dylan, and Andy Warhol were also fans, and the hotel's most recent famed guests are both American royalty and pop icons—Beyoncé and Jay-Z. T&C toured the Belle Etoile to see first-hand why the suite is so coveted, and expensive—prices start at 25,000 euros (approximately $27,800) a night.