Le Burgundy
6-8 Rue Duphot, Paris, France
Why We Like It
Le Burgundy is just the kind of discrete luxury hotel for visitors who prefer someplace a little less showy than the palaces--it dots all of the luxury i's and without the pretension.
Fodor's Expert Review
Set discretely between Place de la Concord and Place de la Madeleine, this luxe five-star hideaway sets an opulent tone from the gleaming marble reception to luxe-contemporary rooms. Perfectly situated for high-end shopping, it's also within walking distance to museums and dining, though with Michelin-starred Le Baudelaire you won't have to leave the hotel for that.
Tip The Burgundy goes out of its way to welcome kids, not the usual in a small boutique hotel of this calibre.
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Room
Laid out like bourgeois Paris apartments, the elegant moldings, designer fabrics in luscious colors, tasteful artwork, spacious closets, and classic-contemporary furnishings lend these spacious rooms and suites a timeless chic, with all the plush trappings that invite lounging about in your PJs. Suites with sitting rooms--some with terraces--feel extra opulent.
You Should Know Even the more expensive suites do not have in-room Nespresso machines.
Bathroom
Elegant baths are roomy and bright with a walk-in shower and bath or both. Highest category rooms come with whirlpool baths (some with multiple bathrooms). All include heated towel racks, robes and slippers, and luxury bath products.
Lobby
Guests are warmly greeted in a glittering reception area that leads through an all-weather atrium to the lounge, bar, and restaurant, where you're invited to relax with a newspaper and a drink throughout the day.
Pool
The attractive guests-only lap pool's massage jets sooth after a long day on the town or invigorate your morning dip, followed by a relaxing steam or sauna.
You Should Know Not for early birds, the pool opens at 9:30 am.
Spa
A small Sothy's spa offers a range of high-end beauty packages or single treatments and massages in two treatment rooms, including a double room for couples, plus a steam room, and a sauna.
You Should Know If you must have a treatment before or after spa hours (9:30 am-8:30 pm) you will be charged a 50% supplement. Book in advance.
Gym
The small but elegant fitness area is equipped with all the state-of-the-art basics and is open during spa hours.
Dining
Michelin-starred Le Baudelaire's talented executive chef and pastry chef assure stellar gastronomic dining in a chic, intimate setting.
Drinking
The snazzy bar has a way of drawing you in for at least a pre-dinner apéro or a nightcap.
Teatime
If you feel like a classic Parisian teatime, two historic flagship tea salons (both now chains)—Angelina, known for its sinful chocolat chaud and pastries, and the original Ladurée, a gilded jewel box on nearby rue Royale--are minutes away (go at off hours, both get very crowded). For a more contemporary experience, and some of the city's best chocolate, hot chocolate, and pastries, Jean-Paul Hévin's chocolate boutique, salon de thé and hot chocolate bar are not far away (231 rue Saint-Honoré), and Sébastian Gaudard's adorable pâtisserie on the rue de Rivoli is done up like a Belle Époque Paris sweet shop and is never crowded (lunch served too).
What's Nearby
Getting Around
Minutes from both the Concord and Madeleine metro stations, serving four lines between them.
Fertile ground indeed, with the Madeleine and Place de la Concorde only minutes away, as well as some of Paris's best shopping on the rue Saint-Honoré. Close to the Tuileries, the Louvre, and the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, Opéra, L'Orangerie--home of Monet's Waterlilies--the Jeu de Paume photography museum, and across the river from the Musée d'Orsay, this is also an art lover's paradise.
Restaurants
The best dining in the neighborhood is also the priciest, mostly at the big hotels: La Réserve's two-star Le Gabriel, three-star Epicure at Le Bristol, as well the gorgeously romantic Ledoyen (where Bonaparte met Josephine, also three-star). Or you can skip over to Place de la Madeleine and join the stars and fashionistas slurping down caviar at Caviar Kaspia, a Paris institution. But for something a little less pricey, Le Bristol chef Eric Frechon also designed the menu modern French comfort food (beef tartare, duck breast) at Mini Palais, where you can drink or dine all day until 2 a.m. (all within a 10-minute walk).
Bars
This is not the only luxury hotel in the hood, there's also the gorgeously restored Hôtel de Crillon, the Ritz and Le Meurice, where some of the city's classiest cocktail bars reside. Le Meurice's atmospheric Bar 228 piano bar, the legendary Hemingway Bar at the Ritz, and the Crillon's the exquisite Les Ambassadors may set you back a bit, but it doesn't get more glamorous than this. For something a bit less daunting, walk through the Palais Royal gardens to Willie's Wine Bar, an expat hangout with good food and a congenial atmosphere.
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