The Hôtel de Vendôme (), also known as 1, Place Vendôme, is a 5-star hotel situated at 1 Place Vendôme in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. Founded in 1858, it is located at the southern entrance to the Place Vendôme, on the northwest corner of the intersection of Rue Saint-Honoré and Rue Place Vendôme.
History
The hotel occupies a former hôtel particulier, the Hôtel Batailhe de Francès, built in 1723 by Pierre Perrin, secrétaire du roi, and the architect . Constructed behind the uniform façades designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart for the Place Vendôme, the hôtel itself was designed by Mollet. Perrin lived there until 1729, and in 1736 his heirs sold it to the munitioner and Receiver General of Alsace, Jean Fauste de Batailhe de Francès.Ziskin 1999, p. 183, note 56. It became the Hôtel d'Affry in 1787., Paristoric website. Retrieved 17 January 2021. From 1842 to 1843, it was the embassy of the Republic of Texas; a plaque to the right of the main entrance commemorates the event. The façade and the roof of the building on the Place Vendôme were classified as monuments historiques on 17 May 1930.Ancien hôtel Bataille de Francès, Ministère de la Culture, POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
The hotel The Hôtel Batailhe de Francès was combined with the neighbouring building at 358 Rue Saint-Honoré in the early 19th century, and the merged buildings became a hotel in 1858.:fr:Hôtel Batailhe de Francès, 17 January 2021. In 2004, Chopard, a retailer of luxury watches and jewellery, opened a boutique on the ground floor of the hotel with an entrance on the Rue Saint-Honoré. In 2014 Chopard purchased the entire hotel from its previous owner, the UHP (Union Hôtelière Parisienne)."Chopard achète l'Hôtel de Vendôme à Paris", 8 May 2014, Tribune de Genève. Retrieved 17 January 2021. The hotel closed for renovation in 2019 and was scheduled to reopen in autumn 2022. However, the reopening was delayed. It reopened in November 2023.Claus Schweitzer (3 October 2024). "City Residence with Private Club Vibe: #4 Hôtel 1 Place Vendôme, Paris", Swiss Magazine. Retrieved 18 July 2025. The restoration was done in collaborartion with Pierre-Yves Rochon, and the renovated hotel has 5 rooms and 10 suites.Leslie McKenzie (Winter 2024). "Where to stay in Marrakesh, Paris and beyond", C Magazine. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
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Bibliography Ziskin, Rochelle (1999). The Place Vendôme: Architecture and Social Mobility in Eighteenth-Century Paris. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .