Hotel du Palais BiarritzvsRegina Experimental Biarritz
Hotel du Palais and Le Regina Biarritz Hotel & Spa - MGallery Collection are both endorsed by expert reviewers. On balance, Hotel du Palais scores significantly better than Le Regina Biarritz Hotel & Spa - MGallery Collection. Hotel du Palais has a TripExpert Score of 93 with accolades from 5 reviews such as Hideaway Report, Oyster and The Telegraph.
Hotel du Palais Biarritz
1 Avenue de L'Imperatrice, 64200 Biarritz
From $448/night
- Pet Friendly
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Oyster
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
Travel + Leisure
"A relative safe-haven from the throngs of tourists, Hôtel du Palais offers an escape from the outside world." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"Old World elegance and grace in an unmatched, seaside setting." Full review
Hideaway Report
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
Condé Nast Traveler
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
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"Biarritz' most glam address is this sumptuous hotel in a grand, historic building fronting directly onto to Grand Plage." Full review
Lonely Planet
"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
Michelin Guide
"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).
Regina Experimental Biarritz
52 Avenue de l'Imperatrice, 64200 Biarritz
From $177/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Jetsetter
"Belle Epoque gem overlooking the bay of Biarritz, with Art Deco interiors and a restaurant helmed by a Michelin-starred chef." Full review
Oyster
Upscale
"Le Regina Biarritz Hotel & Spa - MGallery Collection is a four-pearl hotel located away from Biarritz center in a quiet area overlooking the bay and Phare lighthouse." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"This magnificent Art Deco hotel is set on a headland, with sea views to one side and a golf course to the other, away from the bustle of the town centre but still within walking distance." Full review