Hôtel Lancaster | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

Hôtel Lancaster

Nineteenth-century mansion with a contemporary Asian-inspired courtyard, just off the Champs-Élysées.

Score 81.41
Stats 57 rooms; 1 restaurant; 1 bar.
Competitive Edge An intimate pied-à-terre vibe.
Rooms to Book No. 68, for a balcony overlooking the garden court; the lilac-hued Marlene Dietrich suite, where the actress lived for 3 years in the 1930’s.
Don't Miss Sampling chef Michel Troisgros’s menu at the hotel’s intimate restaurant.
Cost Doubles from $695.
Contact 7 Rue de Berri
Eighth Arrondissement
800/223-6800 or 33-1/40-76-40-76

www.hotel-lancaster.fr

Icon Key

New to the T+L 500 High-Speed Internet Gym Pool
Spa Tennis Golf Outdoor Activities
Water Activities Fishing Kids' Program    

“At the Lancaster a divine little Parisian palace that Leo-Andrieu rescued from mediocrity in 1996, and the only hotel she owns outright Louis XVI furniture and pieces from the '30s meet rose damasks, ormolu clocks and Chinoiserie, an 18th-century fashion Leo-Andrieu loves and has taken to new lengths, hiring a feng shui master to arrange the Chinese art....” MORE»

—Kate Sekules
“Grace Notes | Grace Leo-Andrieu's High-Design Hotels” in Food & Wine, Sep 2004