An 18th-century private mansion and former home to the French Marie Claire magazine, Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg is located in a highly elegant area of Paris, on a street close enough to the American Embassy to require round-the-clock police guards.
Steps away from the Tuileries Gardens and Grand Palais Galeries, this newly renovated hotel has glamour that will leave you swooning. Walk inside to a bustling bar area, where shoppers converge and guests take a coffee or wine break and sink into Louis XV-style armchairs to absorb the surrounding gallery of larger-than-life prints of fashion icons.
The lovely courtyard is another option to absorb the charming Parisian atmosphere.
Steps away from the Tuileries Gardens and Grand Palais Galeries, this newly renovated hotel has glamour that will leave you swooning. Walk inside to a bustling bar area, where shoppers converge and guests take a coffee or wine break and sink into Louis XV-style armchairs to absorb the surrounding gallery of larger-than-life prints of fashion icons.
The lovely courtyard is another option to absorb the charming Parisian atmosphere.
Our Inspector's Highlights
- Thanks to famous photographers Horst P. Horst, Chaloner Woods and Irving Penn, a fashion show atmosphere ties the neighborhood (namely Rue du Fauourg Saint Honoré) to the Sofitel, a plan orchestrated by local designer Didier Gomez.
- Beyond the fitness room with walls covered in leather and past the golden globe fountain is a spa-like area with a hammam for women and one for m.
- If more relaxation is in order, the concierge will happily book a massage (given an hour’s notice) so that you may enjoy the eco-friendly Kos Paris products. The spa is next to the fitness room, but double doors create a barrier of silence.
- A library dedicated to fashion and haute couture overlooks the lobby. It features bold and sumptuous couturiers exhibitions.
You will be lulled by the trickling fountains in the patio, one of the loveliest secret gardens in the heart of Paris.
Things to Know
- Can’t decide which decadent dessert to pick at Blossom restaurant? Pick one favorite ingredient and the rest is a work of edible art in action as the chefs prepare a tailor-made dish.
- Gomes’ retro ’60s and ’ 70s vision is carried forward with black-and-white photographs of fashionable women, then painted in pastels and displayed in each room; many of the images are placed over the bed.
- Fashion is the design inspiration at this chic Parisian hotel. One of the rooms has a diamond-shaped cocktail table, while another boasts leather covering on closet doors.
The Rooms
- Amenities in all rooms hail from Balmain, whether in the deluxe category or second room category (size is the difference).
- The suites of the Sofitel were architecturally designed to emulate a Parisian home, with royal molding over thresholds and color schemes of neutrals mixed with yellow and gold tones.
- Every room has a Nespresso machine, and all the linens and accents coordinate with the pastel artwork on the walls; a sense of haute couture is felt throughout the house.
- In some accommodations, the entire wall is a photograph of a glamorous Barbie-like woman with an hour-glass figure dressed in a fitted black dress with a white frilly chiffon shrug and black gloves — it is also the door entrance to a closet.
The Restaurants
With seasonal, local, sustainable and mostly organic ingredients, Blossom restaurant entices gastronomy lovers.
On a terrace that surrounds the glass roof of the hotel lobby, Blossom chef Anaïs Foray grows aromatic plants, vegetables and a few edible flowers she uses in her plating.
- Le Bar du Faubourg is a hip spot to gather and eye the warm clubby, black-and-white décor and fashion photography, as well as indulge light bites and a couple excellent cocktails.
Getting There
