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In order that your stay at the Relais Saint Honoré occurs in the best possible conditions, we inform you that, on account of the current sanitary situation, we have proceeded to a few changes in the hotel :
● The wear of a sanitary mask will be compulsory in all the common areas of the hotel. Some hydro-alcoholic gel will be also always available at the front desk.
● Breakfasts will be only served in your room.
● Our mini-bar service is no longer authorized. However, a wide choice of drinks can be served on request.
● On our courtsey tray, (at free use in each of our rooms), our initial mugs have been replaced with disposable cardboard cups.
● During your stay long, we also kindly request from you to let us know if you would like your room to be cleaned or not. We thank you too in advance for airing your room when you leave it.
As our hotel has always been adament about cleanness, we inform our guests that we had taken strict measures in this direction long before the appearance of the Covid.
Our housekeeping daily uses « Vapodil » as a powerful cleaning device, — i.e. a dry steam device that totally disinfects any area because of a steam coming out at 120°.
Futhermore, we have bought ozone devices, which are used and placed in all rooms after the departure of the previous guest, to disinfect and clean the air.
● Our elevator cannot be used in the company of other hotel guests.
● From now on, the sending by mail of invoices is prioritized.
In spite of all these new mandatory measures, be certain that the entire team of the hotel will do its best to make your stay as pleasant as possible.
We thank you for your understanding and collaboration, and look sincerely forward from greeting you at the Relais Madeleine.
Kind regards.
The Management.
All the Relais Madeleine’s team sincerely do hope first that, — in spite of the global lockdown the world has lately faced —, our present Newsletter finds each of you safe, as also your relatives and friends.
This lockdown time has not been an idle period for us though. Indeed, we have taken the opportunity of this time to improve our lobby.
The fabrics have been totally changed, which makes this room now brighter, than it was already initially.
As speaking of reservation process, we inform you, — or remind you —, that booking directly with the hotel, (by mail, telephone or on official web site), always remains the cheapest, the easiest, — and, let’s admit it —, the warmest way to book a room with us!
In spite of the rough time we all have gone through lately, we have intensified our efforts to make the reopening of the Relais Madeleine a moment of happy and memorable reunion.
Do take very good care of yourselves, and have a lovely summer time !
Our warmest regards on behalf of all the Relais Madeleine’s team.
The Fragrance Museum:
Just five minutes walk from the Relais Madeleine, the Fragonard house has opened a museum to the public retracing the history of perfume through the ages. There is no need to present this famous perfumery, founded in 1926 in Grasse, a town on the French Riviera, by Eugène Fuchs, who named it after the famous painter born there. In a 19th century old theatre, you can admire some 300 works of art related to perfume, from antiquity to today.
The perfume creation laboratory:
On Saturday mornings, upon reservation, a workshop offers to children and adults to create a personalized perfume, under the direction of a professional perfumery. For an hour and a half, you can create your own fragrance with notes of citrus fruits and orange blossom by picking from a 250-essence scented organ. At the end of this workshop, you will leave with an elegant personalized 100 ml bottle and its pouch, a diploma signed by the teacher and the apron of an apprentice perfumer used during the session.
Practical information.
- Lieu : Musée du Parfum, 3-5 square de l’Opéra-Louis Jouvet, Paris IXè.
- Reservation required on the museum's website.
- Price : 95 €.
- Languages : français, anglais.
- Open to all from 12 years old.
To discover these passages, two itineraries on Google Maps are available, and we advise you to use them on your mobile phone.
Route N ° 1 covers 5 passages over 1.5 km long with an estimated walking time of 1h30 to 2h00
Route N ° 2 covers 9 passages over 3.8 km long with an estimated walking time of 2 to 3 hoursWe will explain the most interesting passages in detail and we present a table showing the main information at the end of the article while referring back to its page on wikipedia.fr. You can view the Wikipedia page in the language of your choice.
Galerie Verdeau
Opened in 1947, this gallery extends over 75 m. It is close to the hôtel Drouot (hôtel des ventes), which explains the establishment of book stores, postcards and old documents, bookstores, as well as a photo store present since 1901.
Passage Joufroy
This charming 140-meter-long passage is, since its creation, one of the most visited passages. It is the continuation of the Passage des Panoramas. Its metal frame, canopy and marble pavement were renovated in 1987.
There are booksellers, engraving stores, toys, paper mills and the famous Grévin Museum with wax characters, which will be of particular interest to children.
Passage des Panoramas
It is one of the most beautiful passages of the capital city and also the oldest. It has kept a very authentic style that will immerse you in the atmosphere of 19th century Paris. The passage is close to Brongniart Palace, the location of the Paris Stock Exchange until 1998. This explains the establishment of several philatelic and numismatic stores, craftsmen of art. You will also find many popular shops and notice several facades "of the time" like that of the printing Stern printing company (now café Stern , decorated by Philippe Stark) or that of the Chocolatier Marquis.
Galerie Vivienne
Considered as one of the most beautiful routes in Paris, Galerie Vivienne is also one of the longest. If you are a wine lover, you cannot miss the Maison Legrand, which is a real institution. This exceptional wine merchant offers 350 estates, 3000 wines and 10000 references. You can, of course, taste and receive on-site restoration.
Passage du Grand-Cerf
One of the peculiarities of this beautiful passage is its structure, being almost 12 meters in height. It has been designed in wrought iron and is topped with a glass roof that lets in very pleasant sunlight, making it ideal for a stroll. You can discover typical and creative shops: designers, decorators, designers, haberdashery, gallery and an interesting brewery: Pas Sage
Read complete list and detailed informations of all passages of Paris: passages.pdf
These are the exhibitions currently on everyone's mind in Paris, both very deserving of a visit. Le Relais Madeleine will give you its opinion and some useful tips to simplify your visit.
Delacroix, 1798-1863 At the Louvre from March 29 to July 23, 2018
The Louvre, the most visited museum in the world, has not been mentioned for quite some time. With 60,000 m² of galleries and 35,000 works, it would take 36 consecutive visiting days to see everything, with only 30 seconds to see each work for 8 hours a day. In other words, it is better to prepare your visit ahead of time. Before introducing you to the Delacroix exhibition, we think it best to give you some tips.
3 Tips to Make the Most of Your Visit to The Louvre
The Barque of Dante - Eugène Delacroix, 1822
The price of the single ticket (permanent and temporary collection) is 17 € and the best solution is to buy it online on the Louvre website as you will now have to book time slots. The price at the counters is €15, but this means waiting in long lines.
Knowing the museum's busy hours will help you better enjoy your visit. It is better to come:
- At 9 am
- During the week
- On nice days
- After 4:30 pm and even better at night (until 10 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays)
Finally, avoid entering through the pyramid as there are frequently queues. Instead, use the Carrousel shopping center at 99 rue de Rivoli, which is faster and more fluid.
The Delacroix Exhibition
It has been 54 years since the last retrospective exhibition in France devoted to perhaps the most emblematic painter of French culture, probably thanks to his painting "Liberty Leading the People".
The Louvre, which holds the world's largest collection of Delacroix's works, has consolidated its collection of pieces from around the world. This retrospective exhibition of the river painter presents 180 works, a majority of which are paintings.
The exhibition showcases the diversity of the painter's style as well as his innovation and his sense of mise en scene.
Liberty Leading the People - Eugène Delacroix, 1830. This painting illustrates the " Three Glorious Days ", the French revolutionary uprising of 1830.
The Pyramidal composition of "Liberty Guiding the People" is inspired by his friend Géricault's painting "The Raft of the Medusa", as he also places a naked corpse in the foreground. It is believed that Delacroix modeled for The Raft of the Medusa. It is also believed that the little boy holding up a pistol inspired Gavroche in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, published in 1862.
A month after his arrival in Morocco in 1832, Eugène Delacroix was invited to a wedding. The event inspired the painter's work "Noces juives au Maroc" almost 10 years later. For Eugène Delacroix, Morocco was a revelation of color, light, and a way of life.
THE LOUVRE
Website: http://www.louvre.en/
- Opening Hours:
- Saturday to Monday, 9 am to 6 pm. Night visits on Wednesdays and Fridays until 10 pmWeekly closing on Tuesdays. Closed on January 1, May 1, and December 25
Les Hollandais à Paris At the Petit Palais from February 6 to May 13, 2018
The Petit Palais contains the collections of the fine arts of the city of Paris. Built on the occasion of the 1900 World's Fair, it offers a double interest: In addition to the quality of the collections and temporary exhibitions, the architecture, with its glass roofs, cupolas, and large windows was designed to bathe the space in natural light.
You must visit the interior garden, whose renovation has been most successful. Rather unknown to tourists, and even Parisians, this place is particularly pleasant during the beautiful season.
You will find useful information on peak periods, ticket prices, ordering online, and conference visits, on the page " Prepare your visit " on the Petit Palais website.
For information on access, times, night visits, see the museum's " Basic information " page.
PETIT PALAIS
Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris
http://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/en
Les Hollandais à Paris (The Dutch in Paris), 1789-1914. Van Gogh, Van Dongen, Mondrian...
The Dutch impressionist George Hendrik Breitner was inspired by French painting. He gave up the clear hues of his peers' paintings and adopted more expressive and contrasting shades, typical of Rembrandt's work, using a Rembrandt range. From 1893, Breitner asserted his personality through his paintings, as can be seen in his series of girls in kimonos, which is very far from Dutch tradition.
The exhibition is convincing and enriching in its choice of painters and works presented as well as because it offers a different point of view on painting.
Enjoy your visit!
Here is an address located less than 200 meters from the Relais Madeleine which deserves to be visited, whether you are gourmet or just want to bring back an iconic gift of French pastry. Frequented by Jeanne Moreau, Carole Bouquet, and many others, this maison was founded forty years ago by Robert Linxe, whom Jean-Paul Aron called the "ganache wizard".
It was his ganaches that gave this maison, so clearly positioned on luxury, its reputation.Today, pastry chef Nicolas Cloiseau, awarded as best worker of France in 2007, has maintained and prolonged the creativity and talent of the maison with a range of timeless products, as well as by creating, as a fashion designer, 4 collections per year.
And the store? A muted brown decor, a distinguished welcome, and a refined product design, presentation, and packaging. If you like luxury, you will feel right at home.
There are so many temptations
Of course, there are praline chocolates, truffles, candied chestnuts, candied oranges, and other treats, as well as pastries like macaroons with a ganache that comes in 11 different flavors and recently, delicious eclairs.Nicolas Cloiseau does not twiddle his thumbs when looking for a flavor. For the Salvador, he tested all varieties of raspberries, until he found the least acidic and the most fruity.
The same went for the blackcurrant, whose flavor isn't easy to incorporate. He finally found the solution in Burgundy: Harvested in winter, blackcurrant buds are crushed to make "blackcurrant pepper", which can then be used as an infusion mixed with a fruit puree. The flavors intensely unfold and the component is stablee de fruits. Les saveurs se déploient avec intensité et le composant est stable.
Chocolate Eclair and Chocolate Raspberry Eclair - €5.70
Recently, for Easter, Nicolas Cloiseau created a charming collection of fish so pretty that they would be hard to eat.
And for his masterpiece, the chef prepared a 6.6 kilo (14.8 pound) "freshwater egg", measuring 51 cm tall, crossed by a school of fish.
Chocolate-making
First, the heart of the candy is made (ganache, praline, almond paste...). To make a ganache, cream is heated, given a flavor, and mixed with the chocolate, which is then whipped. The ganache should not cool too much. It is poured onto marble tables and then smoothed out and cut into two with a tool called a guitar, with a bladed comb. It is coated with chocolate, which is poured onto the candy, then then decorated by hand.
Be careful, do not conserve after 30 days.
Enjoy!
LA MAISON DU CHOCOLAT
8 bd de la Madeleine - 75009 Paris
Open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm and Sunday from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
http://www.lamaisonduchocolat.fr/en/