Paris Hotel Prides Itself On Literary Links

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With framed photographs of celebrated writers, from Albert Camus to Oscar Wilde, arranged astir the lobby walls, it’s evident Hotel Pont Royal successful Paris has beardown literate links.

No astonishment since the bosom of the territory astir frequented by originative artists of each kinds, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, is conscionable astir the corner.

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Founded successful 1923, this five-star, 75-room edifice connected the Left Bank is awash successful history, the consciousness of a bygone epoch re-awakened successful one’s imaginativeness if 1 takes a fewer solitary minutes to sorb its lingering Old World ambience.

Between the 2 World Wars, the hotel’s barroom was supposedly big to immoderate of the city’s champion cocktails with ‘The Great Gatsby’ writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, introducing galore to this caller conception successful drinking. Well-known artists specified arsenic Joan Miró and Marc Chagall besides frequented the edifice arsenic did the 1920s ‘Americans successful Paris’ literate assemblage that included Ernest Hemingway and Henry Miller.

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Chatting with mixologist Frederic Maitre portion enjoying immoderate of his creations including the gin-based ‘Grant Green’ and Remy Martin benignant ‘The Duke,’and the ‘Bartender’s Mind’ - ‘whatever the bartender feels is bully for you,’ - I had the chiseled feeling of invisible energies astir maine urging maine to enactment pen to paper. A signifier of shade penning I suppose.

Aside from cocktails and pridefulness of spot successful history, a large attraction the Pont Royal Hotel possesses successful spades is the panoramic perspectives it offers implicit the French capital. 

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From the balcony of our country connected the seventh floor, 705, we enjoyed wide views crossed the Parisian skyline with the iconic Eiffel Tower and the gold-colored dome of Les Invalides successful 1 absorption and the Grand Palais successful another, with the gangly buildings of La Défense, the city’s business district, connected the horizon. 

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Watching the comings and goings of street-life successful the City of Light from specified a tallness is relaxing entertainment, particularly with a solid of thing beardown successful hand. 

Late evenings connected our verandah provided sheer opposition to daytime viewing with the Eiffel Tower sparkling with lights successful the darkness.

Our country was Parisian-size, with capable cupboard abstraction for our clothes, an armchair for seating and a tiny table.  Our bath featured some tub and shower.

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As for food, meal buffet-style is served successful the hotel’s cozy ground-floor room, Salon Mosaic, adjacent to the lobby, with an abundance of earthy airy flowing successful from a Japanese plot beyond floor-to-ceiling windows. Choice is plentiful, from caller effect and cheeses to salmon and acold cuts and eggs cooked to order.

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For post-breakfast pleasure, I’d counsel taking your juice, coffee, beverage oregon blistery cocoa to a adjacent sitting-room, Salon Velin, with its overhanging, arc-shaped lamps, Jackson Pollock similar paintings by Martina della Rocca and shelves filled with books of each kinds, from ‘The Second Sex’ by Simone de Beauvoir to the ‘Life of Picasso.’ 

Glass-topped tables and brushed armchairs and sofas marque clip spent present each the much enjoyable. 

Just beyond it, with a decor reminiscent of a vintage cigar barroom including dim lighting, debased leather armchairs and mahogany-clad walls is The Signature Bar wherever jazz is performed connected Monday evenings. 

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Paying homage to its literate past, the hotel’s owners, American couple, Denise Dupré and her hubby Mark Nunnelly, erstwhile managing manager of Bain Capital, who ain different properties successful Champagne and Burgundy successful France and St. Barts successful the Caribbean, program a bid of evenings with authors. This is owed to commencement this autumn.

With metropolis highlights specified arsenic the Seine, the Louvre and Musée d'Orsay abbreviated walks away, the Pont Royal Hotel is surely a cardinal metropolis location. 

Be definite to locomotion 5 minutes to Galerie Jantzen, a magical treasure trove of a shop. Prepare to beryllium amazed. I’ll accidental nary more.

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