Shangri-La Hotel Paris, Palace hotel in 16th arrondissement, France.
The Shangri-La Hotel Paris occupies the former hôtel of Prince Roland Bonaparte at 10, avenue d'Iéna, built 1892–1895 by architect Ernest Janty in a Louis XIV style. It has 63 rooms, 33 suites and 4 Signature suites. The pale stone facade carries a black metal and glass entrance canopy on brackets, flanked by two banded white stone columns with hanging lanterns; carved ornament sits above three green panels.
Prince Roland Bonaparte, great-nephew of Napoleon I, bought the Chaillot plot in 1891 and had architect Ernest Janty build this Louis XIV-style mansion between 1892 and 1895, funded by the fortune of his late wife Marie-Félix Blanc. The Suez Canal Company acquired it in 1925 and Michel Roux-Spitz remodelled it from 1929. The state sold it to the Shangri-La group in 2005 for 92 million euros; it reopened as a hotel on 17 December 2010.
The hotel's restaurants carry names tied to the Bonaparte legacy: Le Shang Palace serves traditional Cantonese-inspired Chinese cuisine, while La Bauhinia offers contemporary French and Southeast Asian dishes. The Botanist bar occupies three historic salons, a nod to Prince Roland Bonaparte's botanical and herbarium studies. Reception rooms on the first floor include the grand salon, family salon and dining room.
Many rooms and suites offer views of the Eiffel Tower, with some providing this view from both bedrooms and bathrooms. When booking, guests can inquire about the exact location and orientation of rooms to match their preferences.
The original zodiac symbols remain visible on the vaulted ceiling, reflecting the mansion's early decoration scheme. The historic Stairway of Honor displays brass and forged steel craftsmanship that has survived largely unchanged.
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