The resort you can resort to without going to the seaside. In fact it's conveniently located just by Republique metro. But is it really a holiday?
The Murano is a design hotel and they like you to know it. On this otherwise kitschily busy boulevard, the hotel's front door is signalled by a trench of white pebbles which burn with a low gas flame by night. Plaster crocodiles leap out at you in the lobby, reflected in mirrorballs. This is as it should be. The hotel is located in the North Marais, Paris’s newest district of cool.
The reception rooms have a James Bond-style international glamour (if you’re not in the mood, you might find it a bit Austin Powers) - a double length white chesterfield sofa; a fibreglass loveseat with integral champagne-cooler and a another wall-to-wall pebble-strewn gas fire. Do you feel like hanging out here? Murano’s a love/hate sort of place. This is not a hotel for Paris Amelie romantics, and not somewhere you’ll leave with a lukewarm opinion.
I love:
The fingerprint sensor to get into your room saves endless fiddling with scratched key-cards and adds a touch of Oval Office glamour.
The room sizes very generous for a Paris hotel. Big beds, lots of light from the windows, and a pillow menu too.
The hotel’s commitment to live music a different band or dj in the hotel every night means there’s always a party. On the cd player in your room, you’ll find one of the two albums of funky lounge music produced by the hotel. If you like them you can buy one at reception.
I've heard the restaurant is by no means another po-mo joke
I hate:
The dark corridors. I can cope with the pitch-black lift, although it is a little difficult to get the right button for you floor, but I really like to be able to see my way to my door.
Paying an extra fee for room service.
The engineering degree I need to operate the entertainment system controls. I don’t know what I did but the TV somehow switched itself on about 4am.
Hmmm depends on my mood:
The kidult-friendly ‘TV snacks-style’ menu and range of cute toys (including an ‘erotic-kit’) to buy from room-service.
I'm not bothered by:
the famous black toilet paper, though I've heard some people really don’t like it. If you’re concerned, don’t worry. My bathroom offered a regular white roll too...
Murano Urban Resort
13 Boulevard du Temple, 75003 Paris
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