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12 rue Vieille du Temple, Marais, 4e
Paris 75004, FRANCE
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- Price Range:
Top end
- Neighbourhood:
4e
- Atmosphere:
Boutique and Low-key
Lonely Planet Review
Done up like an 18th-century private house contemporary with Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais (1732-99) - who wrote his chef-d'œuvre Le Mariage de Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) at No 47 of the same street - this award-winning themed hotel has to be seen to be believed.
The museum-like lobby (or, rather, front room), with its prized 18th-century pianoforte, gaming tables and original Beaumarchais manuscripts sets the tone of the place. The 19 guestrooms aren't huge but are positively dripping in brocade, furniture decorated with tracery and ormolu-framed mirrors. And we love the bathrooms kitted up in antique reproductions. Room rates depend on location. All rooms are nonsmoking and air-conditioned. Is it an exquisite film set in which to let your (historical) imaginings loose, or is it as camp as a row of tents? We're still out powdering our wigs over that one. Be warned, though, the welcome here remains aloof, almost frigid.
Review by author Steve Fallon
How to book this property
This property has been reviewed and recommended by a Lonely Planet author. However it is not bookable online either with Lonely Planet or with a recommended hotel booking provider. In order to book this property please contact them directly.
- Telephone: +330000000000
- Email: hotel@carondebeaumarchais.com
- Website: www.carondebeaumarchais.com
Author Tip
A night at this place requires an equally stunning meal and La Tour d'Argent (15 quai de la Tournelle, 5e), famous for its caneton (duckling) is just a hop, skip and a jump across Île St Louis and the Left Bank of the Seine. It's been around since 1582.
Curious Fact
Beaumarchais' employment as a secret agent under Louis XVI led to his involvement in the American Revolution as a supplier of arms. In fact, he was able to get weapons and supplies sent to the colonies in time to help them win the battle of Saratoga (1777), considered to be the major turning point of the American Revolution. Problem was the Americans never paid him and the claims of the Beaumarchais estate against the new republic were only settled in 1835.