The undisputed heavyweight of big-name boutique hotel brands, W have finally found their way to the city of romance, fashion and chic – shacking up inside a beautiful 1870s Haussmann-era building in the city’s Opéra district. Reigning in some of the bolshy, bright-lights glamour that typified their London and Barcelona openings, the design – led by Diego Gronda of Rockwell Group Europe – befits its elegant surroundings, with the chain’s irreverent quirkiness never too far from sight.
Whilst still inevitably playful, and typically W, the W Paris – Opéra wears the refinement of a traditional boutique hotel well. Maybe it’s the setting, maybe it’s the brand growing old gracefully. Whatever it is, we love it…
Photography © Starwood Hotels and Resorts
