Rarely does a hotel give its guests the opportunity to mix with the locals, but Molitor is no traditional hotel. Back in 1929, this now-luxury hotel used to be a Parisian lido and its role as a place for locals to swim, exercise and sunbathe is still very much intact.

Closed in 1989, after 60 years, the building was classed as a listed historic building and became an underground cultural hub, home to graffiti artists that transformed the huge building in a sacred street art museum.

In 2014, the iconic building was given a makeover and transformed by the MGallery Hotel Collection into the luxury hotel that we see today.

Molitor: the Parisian lido-hotel loved by the locals