title: Hotel de l'Orient
text: # Hotel de l'Orient
  
  The Hotel de l’Orient is an 18th-century hotel in Puducherry, India. It was founded in 1664 by the Compagnie des Indes Orientales (French East India Company).
  
  ## Description
  
  The mansion which houses the Hotel de l’Orient dates back to the late 1760s when Pondicherry was rebuilt.
  
  