The hotel enjoys the most commanding position in the city, on the Placede la Comédie, facing the iconic Grand Theatre. This is the heart of the Triangle D’Or, three broad 18th-century boulevards laid out at the peak of Bordeaux’s maritime trading fortunes. The tram is outside your doorstep and the tourist office a minute’s stroll away. The building was designed by celebrated Parisian architect Victor Louis. Ironically he completed this vast private mansion - a bastion of extreme privilege, in 1789, the year that egalitarian ideals ignited the French Revolution. Jacques Garcia’s interior design conjures all the opulence of the baroque period; vaulted lime stone ceilings are hung with huge chandeliers, the lobby is adorned with out size urnsand black lacquered furniture; marble surfaces gleam, silk curtains are ruched and pelmeted, chairs are claw-footed.
