


The delicate, refined appearance of this hotel has fallen victim to its rather unnatural and falsely intellectual decor and ambience.
The delicate, refined appearance of this hotel has fallen victim to its rather unnatural and falsely intellectual decor and ambience.
16/20
The Quartier Latin hotel, as its name suggests, is located in the city's wonderful and very dynamic Latin Quarter. Squeezed in between the universities of Jussieu and La Sorbonne and the various schools and colleges of the 5th arrondissement, the surrounding streets are home to a number of rather trendy restaurants, bars, cafes and pubs, with everything you could need for a night out partying or a quiet and relaxing city soirée. The Rue de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève and Rue Mouffetard are striking examples of this, whilst the very lively Saint Michel district is also just two stops away on the metro. The hotel also has the advantage of good public transport links, with metro lines 7 and 10 right on its doorstep and a connection to the RER line B also nearby. Both of the city's airports are therefore within easy reach of the hotel, as are the major Parisian monuments, including the Louvre and the Ile de la Cité, home to Notre Dame Cathedral. If you fancy going out for a relaxing stroll, head out to one of the two vast parks situated within walking distance of the hotel, namely the Jardin du Luxembourg and the Jardin des Plantes.
The same cool sophistication and minimalist delicacy can be felt in the guest rooms of this three-star establishment, and whilst the decor is pretty and perfectly pleasant, the rooms certainly lack personality. All of the rooms are decorated in exactly the same way with only the colour scheme changing from one room to the next, from bluish shades to yellows and oranges. The rooms also seem to follow a tight-knit, chic and sophisticated theme, with plenty of delicacy but precious little charm, as represented by the continuous two metre-high shelf running right along all of the walls, where pretty little anonymous photos have been placed for decoration. The surroundings have a somewhat literary feel about them, designed to come across as chic and intelligent. Admittedly, the rooms are pleasant and extremely elegant, but this elegance still lacks romanticism. The furniture in the guest rooms consists of minimalist wood and metal designs which are easy on the eye and take up little space. The lovely bathrooms, meanwhile, continue this fine, unimposing style through the design of the washbasin unit. Free Wi-Fi is available in all of the guest rooms.
The hotel called upon the skills of an interior designer to recreate an intellectual, literary ambience which you simply can't fail to notice - the very elegant entrance hall, complete with creaking parquet flooring, for example, draws the visitor's eye to the bookcase which takes up an entire section of wall. The plush surroundings here make for a comfortable, cosy and chic atmosphere, complete with coffee tables and magazines and newspapers dotted around apparently casually, books carefully stored on the shelves and portraits of authors on the walls, all of which create a forced, over-the-top literary ambience. This atmosphere extends down to the breakfast room on the basement level, where you'll even find row upon row of books stacked up against the wonderful wood and metal staircase. We love reading, we love books more than anything, and they are the glue that holds our culture together. They are there amid our deepest memories and our greatest emotions more so than any other cultural works, but you can't help thinking, as you look around this hotel, that there's something forced and purely decorative about the whole concept. Despite its splendour and extreme sophistication, this whole place seems to lack human presence, simplicity and warmth.
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