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Hotel de Silhouette RestaurantvsHotel du Palais Biarritz
Both Hotel de Silhouette Restaurant and Hotel du Palais are praised by expert writers. Overall, Hotel du Palais ranks significantly better than Hotel de Silhouette Restaurant. Hotel du Palais has a TripExpert Score of 93 with approval from 5 reviewers including The Telegraph, Hideaway Report and Oyster.
Hotel de Silhouette Restaurant
Jetsetter
The Telegraph
Lonely Planet
Michelin Guide
30 rue Gambetta, Quartier des Halles, 64200 Biarritz
From $253/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
"A boutique hotel in the heart of the stylish seaside town of Biarritz, with continental breakfast included." Full review
8.0
"Contrary to its contemporary interior design, this boutique hotel is actually one of the oldest buildings in Biarritz." Full review
Top choice
"The address if you want to splash out in Biarritz, just steps from the covered market, but surprisingly secluded thanks to its set-back-from-the-street setting." Full review
"Guest rooms are small but stylish, outfitted with the standard comforts...think of the place as an art installation filled with fine details to discover. " Full review
Hotel du Palais Biarritz
Oyster
Travel + Leisure
The Telegraph
Hideaway Report
Condé Nast Traveler
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet
Michelin Guide
1 Avenue de L'Imperatrice, 64200 Biarritz
From $448/night
- Pet Friendly
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Luxury
"Hotel du Palais is a four-and-a-half-pearl luxury hotel on the Bay of Biscay overlooking Grand Plage beach, a short walk from Biarritz shopping and dining." Full review
"A relative safe-haven from the throngs of tourists, Hôtel du Palais offers an escape from the outside world." Full review
8.0
"Old World elegance and grace in an unmatched, seaside setting." Full review
95.0
"Seaside mansion-hotel housed within a lavish red-brick villa built in 1855 by Emperor Napoleon III for his wife, Eugénie." Full review
Readers' Choice Award
"This oceanfront villa, built in the Basque Country in 1855 as the summertime retreat of Napoleon III, is something everyone should experience." Full review
Top choice
"Biarritz' most glam address is this sumptuous hotel in a grand, historic building fronting directly onto to Grand Plage." Full review
"Dominating the northern end of the Grande Plage is the massive 19th-century Hôtel du Palais, built for Empress Eugénie and now a luxury hotel – complete with its own gate guards" Full review
"Biarritz’s grande dame is the Hotel du Palais, the summer residence of Napoleon and Eugenie, an ostentatious brick-red and beige palace standing at the water’s edge, offering incomparable views up and down the rugged Basque coast and out into the Bay of Biscay" Full review
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Unlike some grand hotels, there’s not a sub-standard room in the house, unless you’re extremely choosy about needing the highest ceilings and largest windows (in that case avoid the rooms in the eaves).