gogoparis.com » hotel

Hôtel Jules & Jim

kvdb — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:35:09 +0000

The hype started last summer with some demolition-style parties when the hotel was still under construction. But Paris’ first ‘gay-friendly’ boutique hotel has finally opened. Its 23 chic and comfortable rooms are spread across a purpose-built building and two houses, and give on to either Paris rooftops or the charming paved interior courtyard that features a magnificent vertical garden. The fit-out has a focus on simple, durable materials such as glass, wood, stone, and concrete. But all comfort is included, from air-conditioning to docks for your iPod and free wi-fi. Prices range in low season from 180€ for the smallest room, to 550€ in high season for the duplex apartment. On the ground floor, you’ll find the light and airy bar, breakfast room and library, plus the hotel lobby which doubles as a contemporary photo gallery, with works for sale, and these zones are worth a visit whether you’re a hotel guest or not.
11 rue des Gravilliers, 3rd. 01 44 54 13 13
www.hoteljulesetjim.com/

Hôtel Thoumieux

kvdb — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:25:38 +0000

Thoumieux opened its boutique hotel quietly in April. The Jean-François Piège (ex Crillon) / Thierry Costes collab already had all the food critics yapping, with the opening of the downstairs brasserie early last year. In October, the upstairs gastronomic restaurant opened and already boasts 2 Michelin stars. Like the hotel, it is decorated by India Mahdavi, and provides a very relaxed (armchairs at tables) and spacious environment to enjoy Piège’s exceptional cuisine. Each day a small selection of ingredients are presented, and you choose to sample 1, 2 or 3 of them; for dinner the complete dégustation menu will set you back 175€, and at lunch, 2 ingredients plus wine and dessert, 85€. The 15 rooms of the hotel are decorated in Mahdavi’s colorful ‘maximalist’ style, with elegantly paired wallpaper, carpet and upholstery designs. There’s a strong 50s element to the furniture, and bathrooms are marble with Aesop toiletries. Paris design crew M/M, who have previously collaborated with Thierry Costes on the café Etienne-Marcel, worked on a number of elements too: the logo, an elaborate light fitting in the Elodie bar, designs incorporated into the restaurant’s carpet, or the design of the brass door handles throughout the hotel… Room prices start at just 150€ for the luxe bolthole, and the other rooms go to 400€+ during Fashion Week. The whole experience sythesises contemporary Parisian luxury.
79 rue St-Dominique, 7th. +33 (0)1 47 05 79 00.
www.thoumieux.fr/

Elodie lobby and bar
upstairs restaurant

Hotel Champs Elysées by Maison Martin Margiela

kvdb — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:49:04 +0000

The hotel that Maison Martin Margiela decorated is open for business. After developing their minimalist luxe style for a first interiors project back in 2008 in Paris for the ‘Elle Décoration’ suite at the Cité Chaillot, Maison Martin Margiela then decorated one suite for a hotel in Bordeaux, Les Sources de Caudalie, and now present their ‘couture’ concept for 7 suites and 10 rooms (of a total of 57), plus the restaurant La Table du Huit, and lobby areas, of the 19th-century 4-star hotel, La Maison Champs-Elysées. They have created ‘a theatrical universe, where reality and make-believe blend.’ There’s the signature MMM white-out, of course, the cotton chair covers, the trompe l’oeil, but also black and leather for the smoking room, and gold, silver and wood details throughout. And the Maison’s poetic sense of humour. Public rates start at about 760€ per night.
La Maison Champs Elysées, 8 rue Jean Goujon, 16th. www.lamaisonchampselysees.com/

Suite 141

Junior Suite

Suite 143
Silver corridor

La Samaritaine overhaul

kvdb — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:26:48 +0000

LVMH’s plans for the iconic French department store La Samaritaine, which closed for security reasons back in 2005, are firming up. In 2013-2014 a new shopping centre, office complex, social housing, a creche and an 80-room luxury hotel the ‘Cheval Blanc’ will open its doors on the site, designed by the Pritzker prize-winning Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (Sanaa). The hotel will occupy the emblematic, 1920s, Seine-side site.

view from the Rue de Rivoli
entrance

Hi-Matic Hotel by Matali Crasset

kvdb — Wed, 04 May 2011 07:05:09 +0000

A colourful, new 42-room hotel designed by Matali Crasset has just opened in Paris, near Bastille. The modular, ecological ‘hi’ hotel ‘concept’ started back in 2003 with the Hi Hotel in Nice. Award-winning designer Crasset has developed a new type of hotel: practical and accessible, mixing up the codes of an urban hotel and countryside bed and breakfast, and with strong ecological values. The hotel rooms are designed like a kind of cubby house, functional yet fun, and meant to trigger childhood memories. Room prices range from about 140-170 Euros per night, include organic continental breakfast and free wi-fi access, but right now the hotel is offering special promotional rates to celebrate the opening. Book online. (And by the way, Matali Crasset divulges her favourite spots in Paris in the current edition of our guide, both for iPhone and in print.)
71 rue de Charonne, 11th. +33 (0)1 43 67 56 56.
www.hi-matic.net/

Ritz Bar Terrasse

kvdb — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:28:29 +0000

The Place Vendome’s emblematic address the Ritz Hotel hosts a weekend DJ program, that spills out from the Ritz Bar on to the beautiful indoor courtyard when it’s fine (6.30-10.30pm). On top of the resident DJs on Fri and Sat (btw, man about town Yan Céh will be mixing tomorrow Sat 23, 10pm), Phunk promotion, a cool Paris musical crew, will be curating a special Selecktor program on regular Thu evenings from May with some top names: coming soon Bot’ox and Jennifer Cardini. Sign up to the bar’s Twitter or Facebook page to keep up with the program. (Keep in mind, bar prices are on a level with the hotel’s palatial status and service; we’re talking 14€ for a beer, and 24€ for a champagne!)
6.30pm-2am. Closed Sun, Mon. 38 rue Cambon, 1st. www.ritzparis.com/

Petit Usagi at Le Citizen

kvdb — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:14:28 +0000

Our favourite new boutique hotel in Paris, Le Citizen on the Canal St Martin, is now serving lunch in its delightful little ground-floor dining room. Petit Usagi (‘little rabbit’ in Japanese) is a satellite operation of the Northern Marais restaurant Usagi, and serves a simplified version of its tasty, healthy and creative franco-japanese menu. Funky chef/owner Shinsuke Kawahara personally serves you his daily changing selection of bentos (tofu, fish or meat), plus there’s pita sandwiches, soup of the day, tea and green-tea cake (15-20€ for a complete menu). They also do take-away, for picnicking on the canal when the sun’s shining.
96 quai de Jemmapes, 10th.
www.petit-usagi.com/

Le Citizen hotel on the Canal St Martin

kvdb — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:05:27 +0000

A hip new 12-room boutique hotel on the Canal St Martin has just opened. Designed by Christophe Delcourt and Stéphane Lanchon, the renovated building has a low-key vibe, with a minimal Swedish look featuring natural wood accents throughout. The rooms include top-of-the-line beds, flat-screen TVs with a vast choice of international channels, air-con, sound buffering and free in-room WiFi, filtered water, coffee and tea. The hotel is eco-friendly too, serves organic breakfasts, and has a no/low paper policy, which means iPads in every room. Room service proposes tasty bentos from Usagi.
96 quai de Jemmapes, 10th. 01 83 62 55 50. www.lecitizenhotel.com/

Michel Gondry interview by The Royal Monceau

kvdb — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:55:25 +0000

Paris’s artiest new hotel, the sublime The Royal Monceau published this interview with Michel Gondry, who was clearly staying there, on the occasion of the release of his new film The Green Hornet last week.

New hotel at Versailles

kvdb — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:03:56 +0000

An annex to the Versailles Palace is set to become a luxury, 23 room hotel. The Hotel du Grand Control, formerly quarters to the King’s treasurer, has fallen into desrepair over the last 2 centuries, and as the Versailles administration cannot afford the repairs, they are choosing, in a ‘pioneering initiative’, to lease it out to Belgian hotel group Ivy International, who will renovate and transform the 17th-century building into a 5 star hotel, opening to the public in Jan 2012.