Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo is rolling out a series of changes this year, the latest stage in a renovation programme that has reached across both architecture and hospitality concepts at the Société des Bains de Mer.
The hotel began in 1864 as a modest inn called “le Petit Hermitage.” It joined S.B.M. in 1928, when the parent company bought it partly to keep it from becoming too strong a competitor to its sister property, Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo. Over the following century, additions including the Galerie des Princes (1906), the Salle Belle Époque ballroom, and the Jardin d’Hiver, whose umbrella-shaped glass roof came out of Gustave Eiffel’s workshops, gave the hotel its current Belle Époque identity. A renovation between 2003 and 2011, led by interior architect Pierre-Yves Rochon, modernized more than 90 percent of the property and rebuilt the façades of the Prince and Beaumarchais wings.
Inside Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo’s new Diamond suite.
The current round of work follows that same pattern. For summer 2026, the hotel unveiled over 40 renovated rooms in the Prince wing, as well as modular Diamond Suites that can connect up to four bedrooms. S.B.M. has indicated the renovation work will continue in further phases over the coming years.
