6, Rue Blaise Desgoffe 75006 Paris − France
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To help you discover and enjoy the Left Bank spirit in absolute comfort, the Victoria Palace stands out by the remarkable size of its rooms, their rich and typically French decor and the timeless atmosphere that emanates from its century of history. Throughout your stay, you will appreciate its location near Rue du Cherche-Midi and Rue de Sèvres, with their myriad boutiques, artisans and creators, as well as the knowledge the Victoria’s teams have of exclusive addresses in one of the trendiest districts in Paris. Our goal is to help you enjoy that je-ne-sais-quoi that distinguishes Paris from all other capitals.
The Victoria Palace remains a “privately run” hotel because it has belonged to the Schmitt family since 1936, when Albert Schmitt, a native of Alsace, bought it from Mr. Niels Davidsen, a Dane who had had it built in 1913. One of the interesting features of the building is that it was designed from the outset by architect Ernest Gaston to be an hotel.
Several times renovated and updated to meet changing standards of comfort, it has gone from 150 rooms when it opened to 62 large rooms today. It took on its current appearance in 2015 when all the public spaces: (lounges, breakfast room and lobby) were renovated.
Throughout its history, the Victoria Palace has welcomed many fascinating characters, such as Katherine Mansfield, the famous New Zealand woman of letter, or the great Irish writer, James Joyce. We even know that these two took tea together at the Victoria Palace Hotel on 26 April 1922, in what is today the Green Lounge located just off the lobby.
Later, the hotel welcomed the Italian metaphysical painter Giorgio DeChirico on several occasions ; his autobiography even has several paragraphs in praise of the Victoria Palace Hotel. During the final decades of the 20th century there were several visits by H. M. Marie-Josée of Belgium, the last queen of Italy, and also by 'O Rei' Pelé, the king of football. And Neil Armstrong and Jim Reeves. And we shall stop there, because good manners and courtesy require that we cast a veil of discretion over our more recent visitors.
Still largely residential in character, the Cherche-Midi neighbourhhod, to either side of the street of the same name, in the past few years has come to be one of the most desirable neighbourhoods for Parisians, owing to the distinctively intimate and village-y atmosphere which is a hallmark of Paris's older, historic neighbourhoods.
Because it is also one of the most central locations in Paris, the Cherche-Midi neighbourhood has become a magnet for many actors, composers, TV personalities and other creative types whose presence has completely transformed the feel of the neighbourhood and made it one of the most sought-after in the French capital.
Beautiful, quiet room approximately 22 to 26 m²/ 240 to 280 sq ft with two twin beds or one queen-sized bed and a view over the courtyard. The decor is typically French with fabric-covered walls.
Light and airy room approximately 27 to 29 m² / 300 to 320 sq ft with one queen-sized bed, with a balcony overlooking the street on the 6th or 7th floor. The decor is typically French with fabric-covered walls.
Large Junior Suite approximately 35 m² / 390 sq ft with two twin beds or one king-sized bed under a canopy, facing either the street or the courtyard. The decor is typically French with fabric-covered walls. The Junior Suite is one large room, with a sitting-area inside the bedroom.
Comfortable One-Bedroom Suite approximately 45 m² / 500 sq ft, made up of a parlour and a separate bedroom with a king-sized bed. The One-Bedroom Suites overlook the courtyard. The decor is typically French with fabric-covered walls.
All our categories – with the exception of the One-Bedroom Suite – can accommodate a third person either with a cradle for babies under three years old, or an extra bed for children of three and older.
The cradle is complimentary; the extra bed is charged at 51 euros per night. In no case can children share their parents’ bed; there must be the same number of beds as there are people occupying the room.
For a family of more than three people we must arrange for either :
– interconnecting Rooms (a Room with a large bed and a Room with twin beds and a rollaway bed if necessary)
– a Two-Bedroom Suite (a One-Bedroom Suite communicating with an additional Room with twin beds and a rollaway bed if necessary)
The maximum capacity of this type of accommodation is five people.
Interconnecting Rooms and Two-Bedroom Suites are very limited in number.
The Victoria Palace Hotel possesses a meeting room located on the ground floor with direct access to the inner courtyard and garden. It is decorated in the same classic style as the rest of the hotel (walls hung with yellow silk, false marble pilasters and panelling, crystal chandeliers). It can accommodate up to 18 people in “boradroom” style or approximately forty persons for a cocktail party, for example.
Located near the hotel’s main lobby, where guests will have free access to a computer which they can use to check e-mail. It can also be used to download travel itineraries and boarding cards, which can be printed from the printer right there, or at the Front Desk.
Opened in 1838, Le Bon Marché was the first department store in Paris. Today, it is still the most luxurious shop of the French capital, noteworthy for the creativity and beauty of its displays as well as for the carefully selection of goods on offers in every domain: fashion, fashion accessories, foods, furniture, housewares, etc.
The Hermès boutique in Rue de Sèvres is remarkable for the astounding creativity with which its architects adapted a former public swimming pool to fit the needs of a luxury boutique.
Before becoming a shop, Deyrolle was primarily a curio collection with a distinct focus on taxidermy. It has been in existence since 1831 and has been in its current premises since 1888. It is one of the strangest and most wonderful places to visit in Paris.
There is nothing like a visit to the local market to get a taste of the life of a neighbourhood. The one on Boulevard Raspail, between Rue de Rennes and Rue du Cherche-Midi, is active and lively every Tuesday and Friday morning, as well as on Sunday mornings, when it becomes an organic produce market.
Without doubt the ugliest building in Paris, completed in 1974, the Montparnasse Tower is also the tallest and the view from its panoramic terrace is breathtaking. And an added bonus: when you are viewing Paris from the tower, you can't see it so it doesn't spoil your view !
Both a public garden and the seat of the French Senate, created by a queen of France in the 17th century, the Luxembourg is one of the most pleasant walks in Paris and is virtually an open-air sculpture museum. It is the ideal place for a stroll, to read a good book, to take the children to play with sailing boats or to ride ponies.
One of the most talented of the many artisanal chocolate makers in our district, Jean-Charles Rochoux creates works of art that are in effect edible sculptures. Not to be missed.
One of the most renowned bakeries in Paris, famous for its dense, slightly acidic sourdough bread cooked in a wood oven that was built at the end of the 18th century. The Poilâne family has been established there since 1931.
Cheese occupies a special place in French gastronomy, with hundreds of varieties of cow’s, goat’s or ewe’s milk cheeses. There is no better location in Paris to understand this than the Maison du Fromage, the Quatrehomme cheese shop.
Antoine Bourdelle was one of the most promising students of Rodin. Located in his former workshop, the Bourdelle Museum is the obvious – but much less well-known – complement to any visit to the Rodin Museum.
It is the most visited site of Roman Catholic pilgrimages in Paris and one of the most visited in Europe. The location of Saint Catherine Labouré's visions of the Virgin Mary, the chapel is in itself is an interesting example of the religious architecture of the 1930s.
Created in 1984 by the jeweller Cartier, the Foundation occupies the former site American Center, which enjoyed its period of artistic glory in the 1960s. The Cartier Foundation houses international and innovative temporary exhibitions in its beautiful building and garden, the work of the architect Jean Nouvel.
The hotel restaurant only serves breakfast (from 7:00 am to 10:30), with a buffet formula that includes a hot selection (scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages) and a cold selection (fresh fruit salad, yoghurt, deli meats, cheeses, cereals).
Open every day from 4:30 pm to 12:20 am. Even when the bartender is not present, the lounge bar remains open to guests to sit, read, receive friends, drink tea or coffee, have a glass of wine or beer, or, why not, a glass of champagne.
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Hotel: Victoria Palace Hotel Paris
Address: 6, Rue Blaise Desgoffe 75006 Paris
Region: Ile de France
Country: France
Official website: http://www.victoriapalace.com/
Telephone: +33 145 49 70 00
Fax: +33 145 49 23 75
Hotel email: contact@victoriapalace.com
From Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport: Take Motorway A1 direction Paris-Centre. At Paris, take the Periphique Est, to Porte D'Orleans, then to Alesia, turn onto Montparnasse, after that St. Germain des Pres.