Hotel de Crillon occupies one of Paris's great historic buildings on Place de la Concorde, blending eighteenth century grandeur with a refined contemporary restoration. The hotel's salons, suites, restaurants and bars carry a distinctly Parisian sense of ceremony, with immediate access to the Tuileries, the Seine, luxury shopping and the city's cultural core. Original eighteenth century stonework remains visible along the building's Place de la Concorde facade, preserved throughout the hotel's recent restoration. Marie Antoinette is said to have taken piano lessons within the building during its earlier history.