If you are reading this, you are probably a Francophile who knows that Paris is the most film-crazy city in the world, so it is only appropriate that it is now home to the world’s first “cinema hotel,” the Hotel … Read More
“Art” hotels abound these days, with rooms decorated by artists, rooms named after artists, etc., but the new Drawing Hotel in Paris’s first arrondissement takes the idea a step further. Drawing – long neglected as the poor cousin of painting, … Read More
Princely Comforts at Parisian Dream Palace The recently redecorated restaurant Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée. © Pierre Monetta We can’t all be born with a silver spoon in the mouth or live in a palace, but, for a taste of … Read More
Paris Update Flash News NEW THEME HOTELS Two reasonably priced new boutique hotels have opened in Paris’s ninth arrondissement. R. Kipling (above) pays homage to the English novelist who was an apologist for the British Empire, and has an appropriately … Read More
The Martin MargielaWonderland Touch The diamond-shaped reception desk and ”wind-blown” floor in the lobby of La Maison Champs Elysées. The fashion industry’s favorite philosopher, Martin Margiela, has swapped his sewing machine for the interior decorator’s drawing board. At La Maison … Read More
Luxury Haussmanien apartment for rent in the Bastille area of Paris. 142,000 square feet with 3 bedrooms (one office), 2 bathrooms, double living room, kitchen, and balcony. All amenities (internet, washing machine, landline) included. 5th and last floor with elevator. … Read More
The trend in Parisian luxury hotels these days seems to be to go to great lengths to achieve neutrality so as not to risk offending anyone’s tastes. Colors are neutral beiges, browns and grays, with the emphasis on rich materials … Read More
HOTEL FIT FOR A KING Choquant! Commoners will soon be sleeping in an annex of the Château de Versailles, when the Hôtel du Grand Contrôle, built in the late 17th century for the Duc de Beauvillier and designed by Jules … Read More
As befits its name, former function and setting in Paris’s historic banking district near the Opéra Garnier, the recently opened Banke Hotel has all the grandeur and opulence that financial institutions used to have before small branch offices (not known … Read More
Concept and interiors by Philippe Starck. Photos: Francis Amiand Why did I decide to pay a return visit to Mama Shelter? Because the mismatch between the high-design hotel and its location in a little-known area of Paris had captured my … Read More
