REGION : Paris – 5th arrondissement
ATMOSPHERE : City
STYLE : Seventies
CATEGORY : 4*
ROOMS : 38 roos
Members benefits
Breakfast and chocolate
Have you been humming Juliette Armanet’s Le dernier jour du disco for weeks (if not, give it a listen)? Have you seen every episode of That ’70s Show? You never stopped wearing bell bottom pants and can’t wait for Abba to come back? It is safe to say – you have a certain fondness for the 70s… And for you, we have the ideal address for your next Parisian excursion, a hotel with all the modern comforts but seventies in its soul.
DIRECTION THE LEFT BANK and Paris’ 5th arrondissement. There, at 15 rue Pascal, right between the Pantheon, the Jardin des Plantes, the Place d’Italie, and Montparnasse is the Hotel de L’Espérance. A 4* address with 38 rooms (business, standard, deluxe, family) ideally located in historic Paris, south of the Latin Quarter, a stone’s throw from the Luxembourg Gardens and metro line 7.
INSIDE, THERE ARE NO DISCO BALLS or hippie flashbacks. It is more like President Pompidou’s house during the Elysée period. Bourgeois without being pretentious, seventies without falling into clichés. Too pop to be chic, intense orange is softened into terracotta tones, especially in the bedrooms. Psychedelic or flower power patterns are used sparingly, on a handful of cushions or a select wall panel. A few vintage and emblematic objects (turntables, Marshall speakers, vinyl records, a Vasarely inspiration above the fireplace…) punctuate the ensemble, but the 70’s homage remains skilfully dosed to make the Hotel de l’Espérance a practical-cosy address perfectly in tune with the times.
