Hôtel Métropole

With an ideal location, slightly set back from the buzz of the Place du Casino, the Métropole offers a chic breath of fresh air.

• The three Joël Robuchon restaurants on property
• Odyssey, the newly built pool and lounge space by Karl Lagerfeld
• The flower-filled, Renaissance style lobby with a convenient and cozy bar area

This 126-room Italianate Belle Époque palace is one of the only luxury hotels in Monte-Carlo that is independent of the SBM. It has become a favorite of those seeking deep comfort whose tastes fall somewhere between ornate old-world and flashy high-tech. Celebrity decorator Jacques Garcia went for a Mediterranean palazzo effect, transforming the vast lobby into a cozy bar and lounge with his trademark jumble of opulent styles: Renaissance colors, a 15th-century Gobelins tapestry, armchairs upholstered in striped Pierre Frey fabrics.

The rooms are done in soft beiges, some with shiny orange taffeta curtains and a few decorative Corinthian columns thrown in, and boast chic, chocolate-brown bathrooms with floors patterned in checkerboards. The newly designed pool and lounge area designed by Karl Lagerfeld provides a serene lounging area steps from the Place du Casino. With not one but three Joël Robuchon restaurants (French, Mediterranean and Japanese) here—and supplying room service—you don’t have to leave the hotel, or even your room to have an exquisite meal. Romantic, elegant and impeccably run, the Métropole is a breath of fresh air.

Those seeking a classically elegant but understated experience.