Step into any guest room at The Ritz Paris, and you'll find a space dripping in opulence. The Louis XIV-influenced décor features rich brocades, tasseled tapestries, chandeliers and bursts of gold. Inside the Italian marble bathroom, there are more lavish touches, like the gilded swan faucet-an original amenity of the 1898 hotel-and accompanying sink knobs bejeweled with red and blue crystals.

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