Paris Hotels (Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay)

by Alastair Sawday (Author)

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  Paperback
  2007

  $3.25

  Talk about spoilt for choice! Cosseted or contemporary, simple or decadently baroque; sensual, shimmering and feminine - partitions of pale organzas, crinkly taffetas, fabrics a la Marie Antoinette; the rectangle is out, undulation is in; carpet is out, parquet is in. Soft velvets are available in chocolate, apricot and prune, bedheads in burnished crocodile (fake), interior patios and private terraces in old and 'new' neighbourhoods: the Marais, the Bastille, the Canal Saint Martin and all the way up to Montmartre. This work features bars with warm fires and deep sofas, flea market finds, a grand piano in the lobby and a Parisien beauty who sings at cocktail hour; saunas and hammams, 18th-century staircases, Empire antiquities, home-made jams and croissants, country-house style; where to find a private chauffeur or a bicycle rental. Can't get to the Caribbean! Come to Paris Plage 21 July - 20 August. These Special Places are just that - special, for they have been selected for their fascination and character, their top quality in their category and also for the people who run them.