Hotel De Sers Description

A short stroll away from the bright lights of the Champs Elysees, the Hotel de Sers is a discrete witness to the splendours of Paris. Honouring its legacy, this 19th century mansion has been artfully restored to offer its guests small chateau charm with star quality, featuring an impressive portrait gallery, a charming wood-panelled lounge, an imaginative restaurant and a lovely courtyard garden. Its rooms and suites are welcoming and bright, with many suites providing their guests with breathtaking views of Paris.

Inside, the design was very functional: an entrance for horse-drawn carriages immediately in front of an enormous staircase, an interior courtyard which led to the stables, and a ground floor used for service quarters; the first floor was divided into an anteroom, sitting room, and dining room, while the other two floors housed the masters' chambers with the servants' quarters on the top floor.

At the outset of the 20th century, the Hotel de Sers housed a medical facility. In accordance with the architectural style of the 1930's, the building was lifted up onto four additional floors and attached to a six-storey building overlooking the courtyard. Inside it was redivided, with each bedroom being accorded a private lavatory as a result. In 1935, the transformed Hotel de Sers became a travellers' hotel. Ever since then it has welcomed those that travel the world. Newly renovated and restored, it is back in its original role: a discretely luxurious home, comfortable, and inviting, located in this most enduringly seductive capital city.

These sleek rooms simplify space with each room bringing together the essentials: bright, open spaces; three-level adjustable lighting; low-sitting, strictly elegant furniture made of dark rosewood, and consistently matching fabrics. The hardwood floor at the entrance gives way to a framed square of violet carpeting in the bedroom and then, through the bathroom's double doors, to creamy Italian marble and white enamel. Minibar, Bang & Olufsen television, DVD, CD, ADSL Internet access, handicapped accessible.