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The best grand Paris hotels – whichever type of traveller you are
Bulgari PenthouseOf all the buildings in Paris that Bulgari could have chosen for its seventh hotel, a 1970s office block on Avenue George V must surely have seemed the least enticing. But the brand’s go-to architectural firm, Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel, rose to the challenge and after several years of grafting, it opened in December last year as a strikingly modern 76-room hotel.A glossy, cosmopolitan mix of locals and tourists have been enjoying the hotel, with its blend of understated styles that mixes Italian walnut floors, ceramics by Gio Ponti and herringbone patterned carpets that nod to Parisian parquet.
