Grand Hôtel d’Orient

The Grand Hôtel d'Orient, in Menton

The Grand Hôtel d'Orient is a Belle Époque building of Menton, a witness of the time when the town welcomed wealthy winter visitors. The Menton audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this elegant building, a heritage of the golden age of the resort.

The palace of the golden winter age

The Grand Hôtel d'Orient is one of the numerous Belle Époque buildings that testify to the brilliant past of Menton. At the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, the town experienced a golden age as a winter resort, attracting an international and wealthy clientele, seduced by its exceptionally mild climate. Great hotels and palaces were then built to welcome this elite, including the Grand Hôtel d'Orient. With its elegant façade and its old-time look, it recalls this lavish era when Menton rivalled the great resorts of the Riviera. It is a witness of the holiday architecture of the town.

What to see

You admire the elegant façade of this great Belle Époque building, a witness of the golden age of Menton as a winter resort prized by the international elite. The Grand Hôtel d'Orient illustrates the holiday architecture of the town. It is a stop for lovers of architecture, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Grand Hôtel d'Orient lies in Menton, reachable on foot. You mainly admire its façade from the street. You discover it during a walk in the town, among the other Belle Époque buildings that mark the resort.

What does the Grand Hôtel d'Orient recall in Menton?

The golden age of the town as a winter resort, at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, when an international elite came to enjoy its exceptionally mild climate.

Where is the Grand Hôtel d'Orient?

In Menton, in France.