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Crayon Hotel Paris, France

No Comments 29 November 2011

Crayon Hotel Paris is a cozy place with more of a guest-house feel to it than your traditional hotel atmosphere. The colorful pop art decorations and designer style set it aside from the normal hotel routine. The Crayon is a unique sort of guest-house: “the residence of a Parisian artist who invites you to enjoy [...]

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La Maison Champs Elysées Hotel in Paris, France

No Comments 04 November 2011

Positioned between Avenue Montaigne and the Grand Palais, the Maison Champs Elysées opens the doors to an innovative world of lavishness and charm, a tranquil ambiance in which simplicity is improved by an amazing concentration to detail. It is a place that tells a narrative, the interiors of this extraordinary hotel are carefully arranged like [...]

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Château Eza on the Cote d’Azur, France

No Comments 20 October 2011

Of all the hotels on the Cote d’Azur, Château Eza is the most dazzling, with a Michelin-starred restaurant, folded away in one of the most captivating locales on the Côte d’ Azur. Beautiful and friendly, the 11 room and suite château clings to the side of the primeval rock walls of Eze, a thousand-year-old medieval [...]

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Mandarin Oriental Paris, France

No Comments 12 September 2011

Mandarin Oriental Paris is positioned on one of the world’s most stylish streets, Rue Saint-Honoré, bordered by haute couture and a few strides from the Louvre. The interiors of this Parisian hotel unite natural elements with oriental influences, a dining experience by Thierry Marx and their famous service. Manaarin Oriental Paris’ address on rue Saint-Honoré [...]

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Restaurants

Les Fines Gueules Restaurant in Paris, France

No Comments 29 August 2011

On a lovely corner near the Place des Victoires, Les Fines Gueules adheres to the good-ingredients-prepared-simply formula. Although the menu changes depending on what’s fresh, the cooking palette is always wildly gourmande and perfectly mastered. The chef Nicolas trained with the greatest masters: Pierre Gagnaire, Alain Passard… Using ingredients that are in season and market-available, [...]

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Hotel Kube in Paris, France

1 Comment 29 August 2011

Hotel Kube, located in Paris, is found in the midst a petite, hushed street at the summit of Paris’ Montmartre. It is a retro-future hotel that challenges the traditional clichés of Paris, fitting rather into a Jacques Tati vision of modernity. Hotel Kube combines a determinedly arithmetical sense of architecture with a 1960s sci-fi theme [...]

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Muse Hotel in ST. Tropez, France

No Comments 24 August 2011

Muse Hotel is an exceptional refuge in the heart of a natural garden; a place where stylish suites lie concealed, shells of well being opening into gardens and private pools. The hotel was designed with uncontaminated lines, with a reception area evocative of a customary mill made of rare stone, with waterfalls watering the park. [...]

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L’Opera Restaurant in Paris, France

No Comments 17 August 2011

It’s taken almost 150-years to realize its original design for a restaurant within the famed Palais Garnier – but alas in 2011 comes the restaurant inside that grand rotunda space that’s immediately become the toughest reservation in Paris. Designed by Odile Decq, the restaurant is concealed behind the pillars of the eastern facade within a [...]

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Hotels, Kids

Hotel Bel-Ami in Paris, France

1 Comment 04 August 2011

Hotel Bel-Ami has its heart beating to the rhythm of Saint Germain des Pres in Paris. The rooms and suites at this fashionable hotel are casual chic, with a Spa by Payot, and B.A. bar with art exhibitions and live jazz music. Bel Ami is a modern address with a welcoming and peaceful ambiance. The [...]

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The Relais Christine Hotel in Paris, France

No Comments 30 May 2011

The Relais Christine Hotel is found within a previously used mansion, which was built on the remains of the Abbey of the Grands-Augustins, founded in 1231. This charming and unobtrusively lavish boutique hotel has managed to preserve the intimacy of the private residence it once was. The Relais Christine calls home to one of the [...]

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