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PARIS PREMIER SPA LES THERMES DU ROYAL MONCEAU
The refinement of “well being”

The most dazzling year of the Roaring Twenties.

A stone’s throw from the Arc de Triomphe on the light and spacious Avenue Hoche. It combines the quiet of the home with the sophistication of a palace.

The refined atmosphere of the lobby: furnished in grand style, from the marble floors and table, to the Gobelins tapestries.

Time’s flight is suspended in the rooms and suites, still occupied by the spirit of great voyagers of the past. Elegance and distinction, comfort and tradition... peaceful haven where rest and calm reign above all. In the tradition of Ancient Rome, bordering the Hotel’s gardens... Les Thermes fitness center: Pool, sauna, steam bath, squash, exercise and weight rooms, beauty and hair salon.
Sumptuously decorated conference rooms with the most sophisticated in communications equipment for meetings, be they business or pleasure.

Tradition and modern luxury seventy years of prestige

The Hotel is distinguished by its period furnishings and tapestries, marble bathrooms with jacuzzis, grand salons for receptions and meetings, as well as two restaurants, which are renowned among those who appreciate fine dining. A glass veranda in a garden of flowers, or a Venitian decor...Two restaurants to please the eye and the palate. The “Jardin”: in summer as in winter... The joys of French gastronomy. “Il Carpaccio”: all that is exquisite in Italian haute cuisine.

The art of living french style

The Avenue Hoche: one of the quietest and most beautiful thoroughfares leading to the Arc de Triomphe. Behind the glass doors begins quite another life style. That of a genuine grand hotel... The walls and tapestries of the vast entrance hall, the marble table and the sedan chair have for over seventy years - witnessed the comings and goings of whose who made history. From Eisenhower to Farouk of Egypt, from Jean Gabin to Ray Charles, from General Pershing to Mistinguett... Romy Schneider, Ho Chi Minh, Walt Disney, Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, McEnroe, Kim Basinger... and many many others.

All of them, and also the grandest of international travellers, have trod the deep carpets, or the marble floors of the splendidly furbished reception rooms, and the wall to wall carpeting in the 219 rooms and suites of this turn of the century monument. The reception rooms, whether they be public or reserved for seminars, symposiums or conferences, are decorated in traditional style with all the additional “business comforts” so necessary to the XXth century business people. Telex, fax, Reuter etc.

Among the other amenities available to the hotel guests are “Les Thermes” (thermalbaths) whose name aspect evoke the traditions of Ancient Rome.

The Club, which is exclusive to the hotel clients, plus a “happy few parisians”, is open seven days a week from 7 in the morning to 11 at night, and offers a comprehensive range of health and relaxation equipment - such as tone-up gymnastics, stretching, sauna, Turkish bath, swimming pool, exercise and work - out room, U.V.A. tanning,balneotherapy, massage, facial and body care, hair stylist and manicure.

“Les Thermes Royal Monceau”

Sea Water Therapy and luxury: the Royal Monceau Group has concentrated its efforts in these two areas. Specialists and doctors supervise health cure; the staff and chefs take care of client well-being throughout peaceful and relaxing visit.

“A tradition of Roman Antiquity”

Caldarium, tepidarium, refrigarium, hammam, sauna... From room to room, from hot to cold, respecting the traditions, a decor, a spirit...

“Active Sports”

On a sprung board floor (avoiding dorsal lesions), small group courses with top level teachers (gymnastic with music, stretching, jazz exercises, electronic bikes, rower, stairs masters and jogging machine). Squash, Swimming pool, Aqua gym.

“Relaxation”

Massages, Iymphatic drainage, Cellu M6, Shiatsu.
A complete equipment, worthy of the most important balneotherapy centers under control of specialists.

“A room reserved for esthetics”

Highly qualified beauticians working with specific equipment and widely renowned products: La Prairie, Louison Bobet...
Over more than 300 m2, care for men and women, in individual cabins.

* Face and body care: Massages, hydrotherapy, phytotherapy, cellular therapy, lymphatic drain, pure UVA high pressure tanning. Hair-dressing salon, beauticians.
* Fitness and water therapy in the Ancient Roman tradition.
* Gymnastic on a floating platform, body building room, hammam, sauna, heated pool (280) with inverted current.

Luxury and well-being
in the heart of Paris


Genuine haven of peace and luxury, Les Thermes health and beauty center is nestled in the Deluxe Hotel Royal Monceau, located two steps away from the Champs Elysees.
Bordering the hotel garden and flooded with solar light, this exclusive spa offers complete programmes adapted for men and women needs, for a fitness break or a beauty cure.



Choose between the Club and Fitness, the Beauty for man, the Beauty for woman or the Slimming cures .
These programmes are available to all hotel guests and club members but also for everyone who is looking for privileged surroundings combining both luxury and professionalism. You prefer to pamper yourself: relax in the pool, sauna, steam-baths or take an appointment for a specific massage: shiatsu, anti stress or californian.
To revitalize you and give you a new energy, our professional instructors are here to guide you in the cardiotraining, gymnastic and weight rooms.
Finally, after using facilities, enjoy an energic breakfast or a light lunch at the pool side restaurant. At Les Thermes, you create your own
cocktail of well-heing.

HOTEL ROYAL MONCEAU
37, avenue Hoche, 75008 Paris, France
Tel: 011+33 1 42 99 88 00 Fax: 011+33 1 42 99 89 90
E-mail:
royalmonceau@jetmultimedia.fr
Web:
http://www.royalmonceau.com

The Louison Bobet
sea water therapy centers


Thanks to Sea Water Therapy the benefits
to be reaped from the sea are today
considered inseparable from the idea of good health. Hot tubs, high pressure or under-water showers,
algotherapy, massages,
hydrotherapy
all these various
treatments are
supervised by
specialists.