Author: Daniel Jeffreys

The Baron and The Count

he Peninsula Paris is a paradox, being the newest of the Peninsula hotels (as of 2014) and the second oldest. As a Peninsula hotel, the property’s history has only just begun; as a building, Number 19 Avenue Kléber’s history stretches back to Napoléonic France and the Hausmannian renovation of the city. These competing currents are reflected… Continue reading The Baron and The Count

Digging Deep

hen guests walk the corridors of the Paris Peninsula the loudest noise is likely to be the sound of their own breathing. Maybe they will hear a door close, softly, like a kiss. Or a footman will come past carrying a tray draped in white linen, silver and porcelain floating in its midst. The corridors… Continue reading Digging Deep

A Royal Address

ueen Isabella took up residence on the site of today’s Paris Peninsula in 1868, the same year she was exiled from Spain by the so-called “Glorious Revolution” which created the First Spanish Republic. Isabella’s reign as Queen Regent, from her infancy in 1830 until her exile, had been a period of tumult, the reactionary Spanish… Continue reading A Royal Address