n an early spring day the roofline of the Peninsula Paris looks much as it did on March 1st 1908, when Leonard Tauber’s Majestic Hotel opened its doors for the first time. The pink light of dawn plays across the masonry, giving it a golden glow and as the sun rises further a hint of… Continue reading The Golden Years
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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