This historic city palace was built in 1858 for Baron van Brienen van de Groote Lindt en Dortsmunde at a cost of 150,000 kilos of gold. It first opened as a hotel in 1881 and quickly established itself as a diplomats favourite: countless deals, both national and international, have been cut beneath the magnificent vaulting of the atrium. It has also been touched by glamour: the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova died here; Josephine Baker once rented an entire suite for her monkey; and the term gigolo was invented here when male dancers were hired to titillate the ladies. The hotel reopened in September 2005 after a three-year, 35-million refit by Parisian architect and interiors guru Jacques Garcia; as you would expect from this famous maximalist, none of the hotels sense of stylish excess has been lost.
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