"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

"Old World elegance and grace in an unmatched, seaside setting." Full review

"Seaside mansion-hotel housed within a lavish red-brick villa built in 1855 by Emperor Napoleon III for his wife, Eugénie." Full review

"This oceanfront villa, built in the Basque Country in 1855 as the summertime retreat of Napoleon III, is something everyone should experience." Full review

"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

"Former palace, opulent setting, near beaches, indoor & outdoor pools, lavish breakfast/brunch with champagne and lobster. Commenters call it a great "splurge" or treat. Rarely mentioned..."