Only a block or two again from the grand tree-lined avenue of the Champs-Elysées and a brief stroll to the banks of the Seine, the Resort de Sers is the proper strategy to expertise Paris in boutique luxurious.
What does ‘boutique luxurious’ imply in lodge phrases? To me, I suppose it has to fulfil these 4 standards: class, historical past, friendliness and—in fact—luxurious itself.
So what does Resort de Sers do to hit these marks, and what does that imply on your go to to the lovely romantic metropolis of Paris?
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Resort de Sers—boutique luxurious within the coronary heart of Paris
Resort de Sers is a part of the family-run B Signature Motels and Resorts model. The Jousse household have been working B Signature since Anne Jousse opened their first property in Brittany in 1990.
Since then Anne and her daughter Agathe have gone on so as to add six extra accommodations to the road; 5 in Paris and one on the Caribbean island of St Barthélemy.
Regardless of all of the accommodations being beautifully positioned, excessive luxurious and sufficiently small for all of the employees to know your identify by the primary day, B Signature accommodations are nonetheless good worth—particularly with the dimensions and high quality of the rooms and particularly for Paris.
Class
From the discreet reception hidden at first of the foyer hall to the spectacular monumental staircase the coils up by way of the centre of the constructing, the Resort de Sers has the form of class you’d anticipate from a five-star lodge within the stylish eighth Arrondissement.
The lodge’s restaurant and bar are within the courtyard, which is roofed by a retractable glass ceiling, flooding the realm with pure gentle. And the kitchen is behind a residing wall, emphasising the sensation that you just’re within the lavish courtyard backyard of a nineteenth Century mansion.
Different touches in our room—the function wall behind the mattress, the outsized door to the ensuite, the sheer amount of contemporary flower preparations all through—makes the Resort de Sers merely ooze sophistication and elegance.
Historical past
As with most buildings within the centre of Paris, the Resort de Sers has an interesting backstory. Commissioned by nobleman, navy officer and world traveller Henri-Leopold Charles (a.okay.a the Marquis de Sers) in 1880, this was his Paris residence when away from his ancestral residence within the south of France.
After the Marquis’ demise in 1903, this Paris mansion was offered and used as places of work and a medical facility through the early a part of the twentieth Century, however grew to become a lodge in 1935. The Jousse household took this and the opposite 4 Paris properties into their portfolio in 2003.
Friendliness
The connection between employees and company in a lodge is usually a qualifier of high quality. At Resort de Sers, you all the time really feel like everybody working right here has your finest pursuits, your consolation and your happiness at coronary heart.
Reception, bar and breakfast employees are so useful, and housekeeping are all the time prepared with a smile. And in the event you’re seeking to uncover the secrets and techniques of the town, the lodge’s unbelievable concierge—Cédric Gazou—is wonderful.
A uncommon Les Clef d’Or Concierge, Cédric has contacts all through Paris and his data of the town is flawless. Try our interview with Cédric and be taught what a Gold Keys Concierge can do on your time within the Metropolis of Gentle.
Luxurious
It’s all the time arduous to outline luxurious, however within the Resort de Sers’ case it’s the sum whole of the sooner three factors. Luxurious is so intangible and subjective, it’s like making an attempt to outline an emotion. And maybe that’s what luxurious means right here.
The emotion you are feeling as you stroll by way of the bespoke asymmetrical entrance doorways, if you’re greeted by reception, when the Gold Keys Concierge helps you get into a completely booked present or restaurant, or plans your day for you with issues most individuals don’t get to do, that’s luxurious.
Sure, it’s having the ability to stretch out in your lovely room in your opulently smooth lodge robe and watch the brilliant needle searchlight of the Eiffel Tower sweep throughout the town out of your window. But it surely’s extra about how you are feeling if you do this stuff.
And that’s what Resort de Sers not solely permits you to do, however actively encourages as nicely.
