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Le Grand Hôtel Cayré

Those traveling to France volition bask staying astatine the new Le Grand Hôtel Cayré. Located successful Saint-Germain-des-Prés, connected the near slope (Rive Gauche) of the Seine, this lively arrondissement is filled with luxury boutiques, bustling cafes, Le Bon Marche', patisseries, food shops, and an vigor similar nary different vicinity successful Paris.

This is the archetypal edifice to unfastened for Miiro manner edifice group. Located betwixt the historical Boulevard Raspail and the energetic Rue du Bac, the caller edifice offers guests antithetic levels of work based connected their question needs. Designed by UK based Michaelis Boyd, a corporate of architects and interior designers based successful London and New York. As a SOHO Farmhouse collaborator, determination is simply a SOHO consciousness wrong this hotel.

Meeting Mickael Meunier, the General Manager astatine Le Grand Hôtel Cayré, I learned each astir the caller renovations that were made to alteration the erstwhile Hotel Cayré into a first-class hotel. “We wanted to bring the tone of the surroundings portion honoring the hotel’s vibrant originative past,” said Meunier. “The plan takes inspiration from the old-world charm of Saint-Germain-des-Pré.

The expansive stairway astatine Le Grand Hôtel Cayré. Photo Jill Weinlein

'The expansive staircase is painted by a section French creator to replicate creator Henry Matisse's sky,' said Meunier. This edifice tells a communicative astir a formed of characters who erstwhile lived successful this iconic neighborhood, specified arsenic Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald successful the 1920s.

Le Grand Hôtel Cayré features 123 bedrooms, including 2 suites, immoderate of which uncover spectacular views of the iconic Eiffel Tower. Each impermanent country is exquisitely curated with a postulation of custom-made furniture, antiques, bespoke pieces, and one-of-a-kind collector’s items.

Guests person the prime of 3 country categories with 3 terms points to marque an overnight enactment much accessible to travelers. 'It's akin to what the airlines person done with seats,' said Meunier. 'Each impermanent has their ain needs and desires erstwhile traveling.'

The Essential impermanent country is perfect for the mindful traveler who doesn't request their country cleaned daily, but each different day. The country whitethorn not person overmuch of a view, yet volition person each the aforesaid amenities arsenic different country categories.

The Premium impermanent country is for those who question to walk immoderate clip successful their country with a amended view. Comfortable robes and slippers are successful the closet, and determination is simply a minibar stocked with snacks and refreshing beverages for purchase. This class does person a vanity and slumber kit, positive regular country service.

For plan and creation lovers, literate aficionados, and collectors, the finest rooms are the La Suite du Collectionneur up connected the apical floor. 

Le Grand Hôtel Cayré

These exquisitely designed rooms tin beryllium reserved arsenic a azygous suite, oregon tin beryllium combined with La Chambre de Collectionneur to make an flat for an adjacent much spacious 3 chamber impermanent experience.

It's perfect for travelers who admit 20th and 21st period decorative arts. Curated from large nationalist and backstage collections, this intimate suite was designed successful concern with renowned creation plan advisor and curator Gilbert Kann.

Eye-catching iconic Heinz Witthoeft armchairs are wrapped successful cognac colored leather. Synonymous with cubic architectural design, these chairs are made with coagulated wood and intricate woody joints.

Intentionally debased spot tallness enhances the lounging experience, inviting guests to relax, work a book, and instrumentality successful the views of Paris from the solid windows wrong Appartement Du Collectionneur.

'This suite comes to beingness during events specified arsenic the upcoming Design Week,' said Meunier. 'Every point successful this suite is disposable for purchase.' 

Le Grand Hôtel Cayré

Complementing the fabulous furnishings, the suite features a hand-crafted, king-size bed, a abstracted lounge area, and a dedicated pulverization room. The marble bath includes some a bathtub and a rainfall shower, arsenic good arsenic a enactment of Le Labo products. 

Paris furnishings decorator Pierre Sala's pencil limb array is utilized arsenic a workspace oregon penning array for guests. This decorator comes from the theatre world, and his originative imaginativeness inspires his whimsical furnishings pieces. 

Le Grand Hôtel Cayré

The modular bookcase was created by Danish designer and furnishings decorator Mogens Koch. His support portion is not lone striking, but provides an elegance to the room, arsenic good arsenic a applicable solution for comfort, functionality and aesthetics.

Le Grand Hôtel Cayré. Photo Jill Weinlein

Maison LELEU offers abstraction and cosmology arsenic the starting constituent of the plan of the Moon sofa successful the suite. Two mobile parts tin beryllium utilized arsenic complementary seats oregon broadside tables.

Le Grand Hôtel Cayré. Photo Jill Weinlein

The king-size Maison Pierre Frey headboard furniture designed by Georges Le Manach showcases prime weaving connected circumstantial looms for a tailor-made finish.

Lighting by Bernard-Albin Gras includes the functional GRAS lamps named 'Plug and Dream', 'Plug and Welcome' and 'Plug and Work.'

Other lighting includes Alain Richard's achromatic half-sphere that tin nutrient direct, indirect and reflected light.

Fitness Room. Photo Jill Weinlein

Down successful the basement is simply a fittingness country and refresher room. Guests tin publication the refresh country for a complimentary 45 minutes to usage the ablution and changing rooms during an aboriginal check-in oregon aft check-out earlier a precocious formation oregon train.

Annette. Photo by Jill Weinlein

The crushed level of Le Grand Hôtel Cayré has been transformed into a beauteous French brasserie named Annette. 'This utilized to beryllium the meal country successful the erstwhile hotel,' said Meunier. 'It's named aft Annette Koln, the inspirational French-German writer and pacifist who lived astatine the former Hotel Cayré for 17 years from 1944.'

Locals and travelers admit the French Brasserie-style menu. 'It's not analyzable and priced astatine a tenable terms constituent for the neighborhood,' said Meunier. 'Lunch is priced astir 30 to 35 Euros, and meal astir $70 to 75 Euros. The menus are a modern instrumentality connected classical French dishes.'

Chef Bruno and squad astatine Annette. Photo Jill Weinlein

They hired esteemed Chef Bruno Brangea, the erstwhile pb caput cook for three-star Michelin-starred Alain Ducasse. Chef Bruno is simply a satellite oeufs en meurette champion. It's a accepted Burgundian favourite consisting of poached eggs successful a reddish meurette sauce. 

Also successful the room is talented Sous-Chef de Cuisine Tony Moreau who has besides worked successful Chef Alain Ducasse's kitchen.

Annette Restaurant. Photo Jill Weinlein

There are 3 menus passim the day, starting with a Petit-Dejeuner and afloat meal menu. Guests tin prime the Le Parisien to bask a solid of caller effect juice, blistery drink, a breadstuff and pastry basket, butter, jam and scrambled eggs. This is wherever 1 volition find the cleanable French omelet. Its airy yellowish exterior colour is creaseless and silky with nary browning. The warm, moist and tender soft-scrambled interior is dissimilar immoderate different omelet successful the world.

The breadstuff handbasket is filled with a buttery and flaky croissant, a saccharine Pain au Chocolat, airy and airy French meal puff, and a delicious baked pains aux raisins with a small vanilla pick and plump raisins buried successful a flaky circular crisp puff pastry. Slices of French baguette implicit this basket.

Annette Restaurant. Photo Jill Weinlein

In the afternoon, guests tin bask a luncheon paper featuring croque monsieur, salads, and a reasonably priced Plat Du Jour.

The meal paper features soups, salads, pasta, tartare du boeuf, cunard (duck) with an ethereal sauce, and a rootlike cassoulet, which is simply a vegetarian twist connected the classical French dish.

Finish with a cocoa mousse sprinkled with salt, a decadent cocoa eclair oregon crème brûlée.

The knowledgeable servers complement each people by offering tastes of French-produced wines from an extended wine.

Annette Restaurant. Photo Jill Weinlein

Annette has a Chef's Table for guests to beryllium adjacent to the room to ticker the French Chefs successful action. After the meal, Sous-Chef-de Cuisine Tony Moreau volition sojourn guests and chat astir the meal.

Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Photo Jill Weinlein

The unit astatine Le Grand Hôtel Cayré are blessed to stock French gems worthy visiting successful the neighborhood. Whether it beryllium their favourite vicinity cocoa store Debauve & Gallais, a French Royally appointed chocolatier successful concern for implicit 200 years oregon cafes with a history, specified arsenic Les Deux Magots. This iconic country brasserie opened successful 1885, and served the large minds of Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sarte and Simone de Beauvoir. 

Le Grand Hôtel Cayré honors the tone of the neighborhood's originative past and those who lived here. It's a resting spot to make your ain Paris story.

With the occurrence of opening Miiro's Le Grand Hôtel Cayré, they opened Hotel Borneta in August 2024, successful the El Born vicinity of Barcelona. They person 2 hotels scheduled to unfastened successful 2025, 1 successful London and the different successful Vienna.