On the ride into Paris from the airport, you could be forgiven, if, in a moment of panic you ignore the signs in French and fear grips your heart that you’re in the wrong place. After all, many of the outer neighborhoods ringing Paris have little, if any, of the historic architecture countless millions hold dear.
All of a sudden, though, you cross a line and the Paris your mind accepts as the one true Paris appears. All is well.
Now, one of Paris’s coolest new hotels is right inside that line, a position, it turns out, which affords what might be the best views anywhere in the French capital. That hotel, the SO/ Paris, is the latest selection for Room Key, our column on exciting new hotels.