Maison Proust Hotel & Spa
Literati-loving lair
Gai Marais
Marcel Proust wrote of eternalising a ‘luminous instant’ in time — a sensation emulated at homage-paying Maison Proust Hotel & Spa in Le Marais. At this Jacques Garcia-designed bolthole, individually styled bedrooms are resplendent with notable artworks and gilded furnishings; a golden, sun mural shines down over the library, and its dining salons radiate romance. The third arrondissement’s honey-hued rues enhance this effect, as do the mosaic-clad spa’s hammam and pool, which you’ll leave glowing —and just maybe feeling immortal.
Facilities
Rooms
23, including 12 suites.
Checkout
Noon; check-in, 3pm. Both are flexible on request, subject to availability and an extra charge (from €150).
More Details
Rates at Maison Proust Hotel & Spa exclude breakfast; a Continental spread is €22 each or American-style is €36.
Also
Four Junior Suites are adapted with roll-in showers, and the communal salons are accessible (the spa and pool unfortunately are not).
Free Internet Access
Laundry
Pool
Room Service
Spa
At the Hotel
Charged laundry service and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, air-conditioning, Nespresso coffee machine, tea-making kit, minibar, free bottled water, bathrobes, slippers and bespoke bath products.
Our Favourite Rooms
With its vast collection of paintings and objets d’art, Maison Proust makes you feel like you’re staying in a collector’s townhouse. Each spacious Junior Suite is a sumptuous homage to a notable artiste — Renoir, Lemaire, Baudelaire — but you can get up close and personal with the man of the hour in a Marcel Proust Executive Suite, with its top-floor views, book-lined living area and bespoke lampshades that are decorated with lines of his prose.
Poolside
You’ll find a heated pool at the spa, flanked by monochrome-tiled columns. It’s open from 8am to 8pm, and you’ll get an hour’s private use each day included with your stay.
Spa
Spa La Mer is rather transportive: you’ll transcend to a higher state of relaxation with the brand’s bespoke treatment menu of massages and rituals, but you’re also teleported to Morocco with its hammam and ceramic-clad design (which was conceived by the same craftsmen who worked on the King of Morocco’s palaces). Its ornate tilework and grand columns still tie back to Proust, though: the space nods to his Aunt Léonie’s Orientalism-inspired salons, where he spent some of his childhood.
Packing Tips
Leave your copies of Proust at home — you’ll find his words on lampshades and lining the library.
Also
Maison Proust shares arresting Jacques Garcia design with its Smith-loved sister Maison Souquet; but here, each room flaunts a piece by its namesake figure, such as a Jean Cocteau drawing, Jacques-Émile Blanche portrait or Charles Hermans composition.
Children
Welcome, but this romantic pied-à-terre is better suited to adults. Baby cots can be added to the Junior and Executive Suites, and the two- or three-bedroom options are best for bigger clans.
Gallery
Food & Drink
Top Table
In the Winter Garden for light-bathed breakfasts; the library is set for evening tête-à-têtes.
Dress Code
Take inspiration from the man himself with silk cravats and fine tailoring, but give them a modern makeover with your latest finds from the boutiques of Le Marais.
Hotel Restaurant
There’s no formal restaurant at Maison Proust, instead you can pick from two Jacques Garcia-designed spaces to dine in all day: the Winter Garden is a bright space that lends itself well to Continental or American-style breakfasts; the library is dramatically dressed in Cordoba leather, wood panelling and a domed, gold-leaf ceiling, which pays homage to Opéra Garnier. A menu of small-but-decadent bites, such as Galician sardines or blinis topped with royal salmon roe, pairs well with the bar’s signature cocktails.
Hotel Bar
Date nights at the old-world bar consist of cosying up on a midnight-blue-velvet banquette, intimate games of chess and reading romantic passages from the library’s selection to each other. La Madeleine de Proust — named after the French phrase for the sensation of a smell or taste triggering a long-lost memory, coined from In Search of Lost Time — might have you harking back to halcyon days with its (potent) blend of vanilla-infused vodka, Grand Marnier, Amaretto Adriatico and Pineau des Charentes. Every Friday, legendary mixologist Colin Field makes a guest appearance to shake things — well, arcane cocktails — up.
Last Orders
Breakfast is between 7am and 11am; an all-day menu is served from 11am to 12.30am. The bar pours from 5pm to 1am.
Room Service
You can dine in your room around the clock.
Planes
Orly Airport is a 40-minute drive, and Charles de Gaulle is an hour away by car; staff can arrange transfers from either from €200 each way.
Trains
Your closest Métro hub is République, a five-minute walk away; from here, lines three, five, eight, nine and 11 will zip you around the city. The Eurostar calls at Gare du Nord and routes from Orly Airport at Gare de Lyon; both stations are a 15-minute drive from the hotel.
Automobiles
Save yourself driving-induced cries of ‘Mon Dieu!’ and rely on taxis or public transport to whizz you about. Should you choose to drive, Interparking Temple is your closest public carpark, a 10-minute walk away.
Worth Getting Out of Bed For
You’ll find an impressive art collection, stylish crowd and covetable design within Maison Proust’s embrace, but the same can also be said of its middle-of-Le-Marais locale. Find the former in mansion-set Musée Carnavalet or oeuvre-studded Musée Picasso; until cultural behemoth Le Centre Pompidou reopens its doors, seek out more contemporary works at Maison Européenne de la Photographie. You’ll find a fashionable sect along Rue de Turenne, in its neighbouring boutiques — concept store Merci, curated vintage haven The Room — and epicure’s-favourite Marché Couvert des Enfants Rouge.
Earn or Redeem Points with World of Hyatt
This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .
