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Le Palace des Vosges is an unusual "maison" located on the second courtyard adjacent to the Michelin-rated three-star restaurant, L'Ambroisie, at number 9, just one door down from the entrance to the gardens of the Hôtel de Sully. The entry is one of those grand arched doors on the Place des Vosges. Once you enter, you will discover a cobblestoned courtyard, statuary in the center, the windows of Ambroisie on the right, windows of the Acadamie d'Architecture on the left and a well-respected art gallery, Diana Nikki Marquardt straight ahead. Keep walking and turn down the little road on your left. It winds down what feels like a country lane to another courtyard, planted with roses and more statuary. On it sits an atelier, several small houses, a few garages and two walls of atelier-style windows four meters high in the far corner.

That's Le Palace des Vosges.

It's three levels in 81 square meters (872 sq ft) with two bedrooms, two en-suite bathrooms and a powder room. You enter through the main door which is part of a glass paned wall into a large and spacious living room/dining room/kitchen that has huge 400 year-old beams and stone tiled floors. The ceilings are more than four meters high.

On this level, you will discover an elegant living room with luscious spring green velour sofa bed, trimmed in gold, with complimentary provincial arm chairs, large coffee table, marble mantle and fireplace (electric and amazingly real!), antique gilded mirror and coat closet. Over the couch is painting by Pascal Amblard. A floor-to-ceiling silk embroidered drape circles the front door and windows to privatize the living room and keep out the cold air.

Just next to the living room is the formal dining room with a table that seats up to eight and a large buffet that serves as a bookshelf and storage. Behind the dining room is an entertainment center with large flat-screen TV, desk, computer and phone, installed with high speed Internet, hundreds of TV channels and free long distance phone to more than 100 countries.

The château-style kitchen is just a zinc-bar away -- fully equipped with a dishwasher, microwave oven, washer, dryer, all the small appliances you could dream of and a five-burner gas Falcon stove, grill, oven and warming oven that makes any gourmet cook swoon. Over the stove hang hand antique copper pots from the Jules Verne Restaurant in the Eiffel Tower. There is no shortage of wonderful cooking utensils, elegant dinnerware and glassware with which to serve at your elegant dinner parties.

A powder room is tucked in next to the stairwell so your guests need not enter the bedrooms. On the wall of the powder room and next to the kitchen is another Pascal Amblard painting, humorously titled, "Cake" with details from Sophia Coppola's film, "Marie-Antoinette." The spacious main room makes a perfect entertaining area and all the lighting from the chandeliers and sconces are on dimmer controls to allow for a bright or warm glow.

From the main level there is a stone spiral staircase and balustrade balcony that leads to the upper bedroom master suite with luxurious bath and a small stone staircase that leads to the lower bedroom and full bath. Both bedrooms share the perpendicular wall of glass panels, one directly over the other.

The upper bedroom is deliciously decorated in lavender and silk. A large queen-sized bed converts to twins when desired. A marble and iron vanity adorn the room, while the Marie-Antoinette deep claw-foot tub lies just beyond, with a toilet in its own room on one side and a full shower on the other. The rainhead shower is reportedly to be sheer heaven. From this room, just over a desk with drawers is an oval window overlooking the living area below. It's capped by an oil painting by Pascal Amblard and is backed by a mirror that opens so that when it's closed you have use of the mirror and the painting shows through to the living area.

The view from the windows overlooks the courtyard and the Hôtel de Sully, looming overhead. In the courtyard, it's so quiet you can hear the birds chirping, and not a sound from the nearby Place or streets.

The lower bedroom is a deep burgundy and masculine in style. A full bath is equipped with another glorious shower with rainhead. The bed is equally large and also converts to twins. In a storage room, there is a trap door to a finished tiled cellar.

There is nothing Le Palace des Vosges wants for...and neither will you when you discover this slice of heaven in the center of Paris -- at Paris' finest address -- La Place des Vosges.

Le Marais and Place des Vosges

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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The Place des Vosges is the oldest square in Paris. It is located in le Marais, and is part of the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris.

Originally known as the Place Royale, the Place des Vosges was built by Henri IV from 1605 to 1612. A true square (140 m x 140 m), it embodied the first European program of royal city planning. It was built on the site of the Hôtel des Tournelles and its gardens: at a tournament at the Tournelles, a royal residence, Henri II was wounded and died. Catherine de Medicis had the Gothic pile demolished, and she removed to the Louvre.

The Place des Vosges, inaugurated in 1612 with a grand carrousel to celebrate the wedding of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, is the prototype of all the residential squares of European cities that were to come. What was new about the Place Royale in 1612 was that the house fronts were all built to the same design, probably by Baptiste du Cerceau, of red brick with strips of stone quoins over vaulted arcades that stand on square pillars. The steeply-pitched blue slate roofs are pierced with discreet small-paned dormers above the pedimented dormers that stand upon the cornices. Only the north range was built with the vaulted ceilings that the "galleries" were meant to have. Two pavilions that rise higher than the unified roofline of the square center the north and south faces and offer access to the square through triple arches. Though they are designated the Pavilion of the King and of the Queen, no royal personage has ever lived in the aristocratic square. The Place des Vosges initiated subsequent developments of Paris that created a suitable urban background for the French aristocracy.

Before the square was completed Henri ordered the Place Dauphine to be laid out. Within a mere five-year period the king oversaw an unmatched building scheme for the ravaged medieval city: additions to the Louvre, the Pont Neuf, and the Hôpital Saint Louis as well as the two royal squares.

Cardinal Richelieu had an equestrian bronze of Louis XIII erected in the center (there were no garden plots until 1680). The original was melted down in the Revolution; the present version, begun in 1818 by Louis Dupaty and completed by Jean-Pierre Cortot, replaced it in 1825. The square was renamed in 1799 when the département of the Vosges became the first to pay taxes supporting a campaign of the Revolutionary army. The Restoration returned the old royal name, but the short-lived Second Republic restored the revolutionary one in 1848.

Today the square is planted with a bosquet of mature lindens set in grass and gravel, surrounded by clipped lindens.

Transportation:

Métro: Hôtel de Ville (#1, #11) Saint-Paul (#1), Bastille (#1, #5,#8)
Bus Line #'s: 20, 29, 56, 65, 67, 69, 70, 72,74, 75,76, 86, 91, 96

Amenities specific to Le Palace des Vosges:

- Intercom entry system on the principal doors of the Place des Vosges
- Located on the "rez de chausée" at the back of the second courtyard
- Bright, both north and east facing glass façade overlooking a courtyard with views of the Hotel de Sully dating back to the 17th-century

MAIN LEVEL

- Spacious living/dining/ open kitchen with 4.5 meter high ceilings and 17th-century oak beams
- Velour sofa easily converts to a comfortable double bed + additional seating
- Dining for six to eight
- Luxurious château-style kitchen with zinc bar, marble counter and sink
- Dishwasher
- Refrigerator
- Freezer
- Falcon brand 5-burner gas stovetop and oven
- Microwave oven
- Electric coffee maker, coffee press and espresso machine
- Electric tea kettle
- Toaster
- A complete array of kitchenware (all cooking utensils, dinner and tableware, serving pieces)
- Washer
- Dryer
- Iron, and ironing board
- Vacuum cleaner, brooms, mops, etc.
- Powder room with toilet and sink
- Desk with entertainment system
- Large flat screen color TV with cable channels, including BBC World, BBC Prime, CNN International and Aljazeera International
- Private telephone line with answering machine and three phones distributed throughout apartment
- Free long distance telephone service to 100 countries, including US and Canada
- Free WiFi internet access
- Stereo with cassette and CD player, with an assortment of CDs, including jazz, classical and world music
- DVD player, region 2 international, with movies in English and French (subtitles in French and English), many with Parisian themes
- Dell laptop computer
- Canon inkjet printer

UPPER MASTER BEDROOM

- Queen/king-size bed that converts to twins.
- Radio alarm clock
- Full bath with claw-foot free-standing tub, large shower, WC
- Hair dryer
- Plenty of bed linens, hand, bath and kitchen towels

LOWER SECOND BEDROOM

- Queen/king-size bed that converts to twins.
- Radio alarm clock
- Full bathroom with large shower, toilet
- Hair dryer
- Plenty of bed linens, hand, bath and kitchen towels

EXTRAS

- Electricity, heat, telephone and Internet included
- Smoke and pet-free
- Books and guidebooks in English including Insider Paris Guide to Good Value Restaurants
- Business card folder with local business addresses
- Manual with instructions for equipment provided

Owner and Guest Comments:

My husband and I just spent two incredible weeks during the holidays, enjoying every modern convenience in a peaceful country-like setting amidst the bustling Marais. Adrian and Martine’s attention to detail is evident in every choice of fabric, furniture and decor. Next trip, I’m packing my Julia’s French cookbook to take full advantage of the gourmet kitchen.

Gail M. (and Rick) –- Thrilled to be an owner!

When Le Palace appeared in the newsletter, I knew it was the perfect situation for us. Part-time, and maintenance free, with a rotation that allows diversified seasonal experience were only the more practical of the considerations. But, the property itself…UNIQUE… and not just the Marais, but Le Place des Vosges – an amazing combination! Our first crack at “living” in Paris in December was fabulous. The first day found us strolling through the marvelous Sunday Bastille market, only a few minutes’ walk from the Place, filling bags with goodies. Each day was a new adventure full of discovery, beginning with opening the antique green courtyard door into the beautiful La Place des Vosges. Thank you, Adrian and Martine, for your expertise and vision in purchasing, designing and decorating our amazing apartment.

Gail A.(and Bruce)-- January 7, 2010

Price (everything included):

Night	Week	Month
375€ to 525€	2,360€ to 3,300€	5,900€ to 8,250€

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