Hotel Bourg Tibourg

What you get are a sophisticated and super-charged color palette, a sense of high-profile design, and a deliberately cluttered venue that looks like an Edwardian town house as decorated by an obsessive-compulsive on psychedelic hallucinogens. It is set behind an uncomplicated, cream-colored façade in the Marais and marked only with a discreet brass plaque and a pair of carriage lamps. Its rooms were radically overhauled by superstar decorator Jacques Garcia. Bedrooms are genuinely tiny but rich with neo-romantic, neo-Gothic, and in some cases neo-Venetian swirls and curlicues. Each is quirky, idiosyncratic, richly upholstered, and supercharged with tassels, faux leopardskin, contrasting stripes, fringes, and lavish window treatments.

Same owners as Hôtel Costes – but don't expect this jewel box of a boutique hotel to be a replica. Aside from its enviable site in the heart of the Marais and its fashion-pack fans, this miniature hotel is all about Jacques Garcia's neo-Gothic-cum-Byzantine decor. Scented candles, mosaic-tiled bathrooms, luxurious fabrics in rich colours and the cool contrast of crisp white linens create the perfect escape.

Hotel Le Bourg Tibourg
19 rue du Bourg Tibourg
75004 Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 42 78 47 39
Fax: +33 (0)1 40 29 07 00

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