Hotel Therese - Paris, France

The newly-revived Therese is luscious - smart yet relaxingly informal - contemporary yet classic. Rich dark colours with a few bright surprises provide the hotel with a warm - superior and comfortable atmosphere. According to your mood you can gather on the soft brown sofas in the aniseed-green front lounge or sneak past the mushroom-hued desk into the dark-paneled library space - just you - a book - and peace. No French frillies – but clean lines - excellent quality materials - lovely natural fabrics and delightful touches of exoticism - an animal here – a Chinese porcelain stool there. Bedrooms - some large – some small - have the same calm luxury and original picture - each has a variety of utterly pleasing colours - some lively - some muted - mauve-yellow - leaf- green - beige-blue - specially-made dark wooden furniture – superb bedding and perfect white-grey tiled bathrooms with wonderful old-style tap fittings beside all the right mod cons including WIFI internet access. A super vaulted breakfast room and friendly intelligent young staff complete the picture of Sylvie de Lattres new and very welcoming address - bang in the centre of Paris - near the Louvre Museum - Palais Royal - and the very chic rue Saint Honore for shopping.