Both belong to the Société des Bains de Mer, and Hôtel de Paris guests get entry to the Monte-Carlo Beach Club, with a shuttle in season. Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, from about €600, if you want the Place du Casino at the door, Le Louis XV's three Michelin stars downstairs and a heated rooftop pool; Monte-Carlo Beach, from about €400 and open from April to October, if you would rather have the sea from every room, an Olympic-length sea-water pool and lunch at Elsa, which holds one star.
The iconThe casino-square original, rebuilt for the 2020s. Book it for the fantasy, not for value.
€€€€From about €600 a night
Choose Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo if
The catch
Entry rooms can be small and inward-facing; the fantasy lives in the higher categories.
The romantic oneA 1930s Riviera beach hotel with a Michelin-starred restaurant and the best pool on the coast.
€€€€From about €400 a night
Choose Monte-Carlo Beach if
The catch
Open for the season only, 13 April to 11 October in 2026, so winter and Christmas are off the table.
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The verdict
Both belong to the Société des Bains de Mer, and Hôtel de Paris guests get entry to the Monte-Carlo Beach Club, with a shuttle in season. Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, from about €600, if you want the Place du Casino at the door, Le Louis XV's three Michelin stars downstairs and a heated rooftop pool; Monte-Carlo Beach, from about €400 and open from April to October, if you would rather have the sea from every room, an Olympic-length sea-water pool and lunch at Elsa, which holds one star.
Questions people ask
Both belong to the Société des Bains de Mer, and Hôtel de Paris guests get entry to the Monte-Carlo Beach Club, with a shuttle in season. Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, from about €600, if you want the Place du Casino at the door, Le Louis XV's three Michelin stars downstairs and a heated rooftop pool; Monte-Carlo Beach, from about €400 and open from April to October, if you would rather have the sea from every room, an Olympic-length sea-water pool and lunch at Elsa, which holds one star.
If the address is the point of the trip, book it. If it is not, the Hermitage does the same Monaco with less noise. This is the full Monaco performance: the casino square address, the three-star restaurant, the sense of being watched. It is polished to a mirror finish and priced accordingly.
It has a rooftop pool. It has its own beach club.
The most romantic address in the edit, provided you want the Riviera more than you want Monaco. Check the season before you fall for it. A summer hotel in the old sense: sea, pool, beach club and a slow lunch, a short shuttle from the centre. The Riviera fantasy rather than the Monaco one.
It has an outdoor pool. There is a private beach.