Nestling in a handsome building dating back to 1854, the Hôtel Providence has just opened its doors behind the Théâtre de la Renaissance and Porte Saint-Martin on a small and typically Parisian square. Guests will appreciate its warm and cosy cocktail bar, its lounge with a crackling log fire in the hearth, its dining-room with walls decorated in Popium velvet from the House of Hackney, and Gien porcelain tableware with a flowery decor, its restaurant proposing divine platters of shell-fish, and its 18 intimate and elegantly decorated guest-rooms. Hôtel Providence, 90 rue René Boulanger, Paris 10 (01 46 34 34 04).
