Travel: The Saint James Paris
The Saint James Paris is one of those hotels that is made for the guest seeking the ultimate Parisian experience. Classically French in every sense, from the dramatic chateau entrance and red velvet banquette seating in the main dining room, to the library cozy with leather bound books and top shelf cocktails, it’s a home that feels more appropriate for the French countryside than in the heart of the city of lights, however, that’s exactly where you’ll find yourself upon staying here.
Nestled in around the corner from the Palais de Moderne and down the street from the Arc de Triomphe (in the Sixteenth Arrondissement), the Saint James Paris is almost completely hidden on a corner by high stone walls and an iron gate. Built in the 19th century on the site of Paris? first aerodrome, it was the neoclassical home of the Thiers Foundation for over a century. Now, it welcomes guests, opening in dramatic fashion to a bourgeois estate befitted with 49 rooms and suites (plus two villas), stunning garden grounds and a boudoir-sized Guerlain spa with turkish baths and treatment rooms eager to soothe away all of your troubles. Overall, the decor is eccentric yet classic, all thanks to the tasteful hand of Bambi Sloan. There’s a sort of funhouse theme gently celebrated throughout via hot air-balloon wallpaper in the elevators, exotic faux taxidermy and even leopard carpeting within the fine dining restaurant. In the expansive lobby atrium, balus trades and col...
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