Hotel Balzac: The Parisian Hideaway Just Off the Champs-Élysées

After a long weekend in Versailles, a car has driven me into the city of Paris. We round the corner, forming a half moon around the Arc de Triumph, gliding onto one of the most well known streets in France, the bustling Champs-Élysées. Walkers, people eating and shopping. We pass Dior, Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent; and the long street vibrates with life around me as visitors trek between storefronts. I know a secret though, I’m about to nestle myself calmly, into a side neighborhood of this buzzing street, for a little escape. My view on the right shifts from buildings, to a huge LV Trunk that towers the skyline, a trunk built for giants, encasing the Maison like a shell. We turn left, onto a picturesque street called Balzac where on the corner, The Hotel Balzac welcomes us. The energy shifts to quiet charm just steps away from the Champs Élysées. A warm gentleman named Leon greets us, and we learn that he’s been with the property since its opening. His enthusiasm is contagious as he tells us about the rooms always filled to the brim during Fashion Week and the property’s “in” at the Thai hotspot across the street […]

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