Hôtel Original
8 Boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris, 75011, France
Why We Like It
With imagination to spare, great service and an exemplary location in one of Paris’s best neighborhoods for culture, shopping and nightlife, this artsy retreat is a good bet.
Fodor's Expert Review
Parisian fashion designer Stella Cadente has left her indelible mark on this charmingly imaginative hotel in a plum spot between the Marais and Bastille. Romantically—if quirkily—designed rooms make this adorable well-priced hotel a true find in Paris.
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Room
Cadente has let her brilliant imagination run stylishly wild, creating a uniquely fanciful décor in each of the hotel’s 38 rooms, with themes like Joker, Wonderland, Gold, and Silver. For Take the Reine de Cristal (inspired by Hans Christian Anderson’s Snow Queen) all glimmering white with a ruched silver headboard; or the Enchanted Blue Forest, all in saturated turquoise. Rooms are smallish--but so chic you'll hardly notice.
Bathroom
Baths are wildly divergent, in keeping with each room theme, but all are ample, spiffy clean, with contemporary fixtures, some with double sinks, and large walk-in showers. Some rooms have large claw foot tubs in the room. Toilets are separate.
You Should Know In keeping with the “original” them, some rooms do not have separate baths, but in-room tubs with hand-held showers and a semi-private basin.
Lobby
The small lobby-reception area contains the breakfast room.
Dining
A cold buffet-style continental breakfast (croissants, pastry, yogurt, juices, hot drinks) is served in the main floor breakfast room-bar. Drinks at the honesty bar are available day and evening.
Tip Coffee lovers should take advantage of the neighborhood's glut of top-notch barista cafés in the area, especially for grabbing a coffee and a pastry to munch in the lovely Place des Vosges. Café Pinson, Fondation Café, and the tiny Boot Café are just a few.
Drinking
You can avail yourself of the lobby honesty bar for wine, spirits, soft drinks, etc. at all hours, and room service is happy to provide a bottle of wine to enjoy in your room.
What's Nearby
Getting Around
The hotel is steps away from the Bastille metro, serving line 1, Paris’s central line, and line 5. The Saint-Paul and Chemin Vert metro stations are also very close by. This is a dream neighborhood for walking, with so much so close.
The hotel couldn't be better located for fashionistas, shoppers, and foodies, as the Boulevard Beaumarchais is Paris’s newest hipster central, with cool gourmet grocers and cafés and some very chic shopping between Bastille and République, including the fabulous concept store Merci. On the other side of the Bastille, 10-minutes away, rue du Charonne (and rue Keller) is also jammed with hip fashion boutiques, antiques shops, bistros and cafés.
Restaurants
There's so much to choose from it's crazy, but you can't go wrong at the gourmet grocer Maison Plisson's sidewalk café and restaurant for a quick gourmet sandwich or a more substantial hot lunch. Vegetarians flock to Merci's basement café (there are some meat dishes too) for imaginative salads, risotto, and yummy desserts. But for dinner, Restaurant H, a new gastro-bistro that's literally around the corner, is one of the neighborhood's best kept secrets (all within a 5-minute walk).
Bars
The superchic haut Marais—the upper part of the 3e—is home to two of our favorite cocktail lounges, Mary Celeste and Candelaria. On Rue Beautrellis, a beautiful quiet street 15-minutes by foot from the hotel, Sherry Butt's DJ nights, gourmet bar snacks and clever cocktails keep it hopping (it's also a few doors from where Jim Morrison met his untimely end). All are within a 10-minute walk.
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