Hotel Therese, Paris

The newly-revived Therese is luscious - smart yet relaxingly informal - contemporary yet classic. Rich dark colours with a few bright surprises provide the hotel with a warm - superior and comfortable atmosphere. According to your mood you can gather on the soft brown sofas in the aniseed-green front lounge or sneak past the mushroom-hued desk into the dark-paneled library space - just you - a book - and peace. No French frillies - but clean lines - excellent quality materials - lovely natural fabrics and delightful touches of exoticism - an animal here - a Chinese porcelain stool there. Bedrooms - some large - some small - have the same calm luxury and original picture - each has a variety of utterly pleasing colours - some lively - some muted - mauve-yellow - leaf- green - beige-blue - specially-made dark wooden furniture - superb bedding and perfect white-grey tiled bathrooms with wonderful old-style tap fittings beside all the right mod cons including WIFI internet access.A super vaulted breakfast room and friendly intelligent young staff complete the picture of Sylvie de Lattres new and very welcoming address - bang in the centre of Paris - near the Louvre Museum - Palais Royal - and the very chic rue Saint Honore for shopping.