L’Apostrophe

St-Germain & Les Invalides


A street work of art with its stencilled façade, this art hotel’s 16 dramatically different rooms pay homage to the written word. Spray-painted graffiti tags cover one wall of room U (for urbane), which has a ceiling shaped like a skateboard ramp. Room P (for Paris parody) sits in the clouds overlooking Paris’ rooftops. Rates tumble outside high season.

Other inspired design features include double sets of imprinted curtains (one for day, one for night) and a ‘bar table’ on wheels that slots over the bed.


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