Paris Break: Living it Up at Hotel La Tremoille
Paris, January 2011
Paris Part 2! Last weekend I journeyed a speedy 2 hours on the eurostar early Friday morning and found myself in Paris for a bistro lunch, caviar & champagne late afternoon snack and a brasserie dinner. We had a sneaky indulgent champagne breakfast on the eurostar too – we couldn’t resist. I love it and that was just Friday too.
Paris, January 2011
We stayed at Hotel La Tremoille in the 8th, an old school hotel with some modern twists. It was perfectly central allowing us leisurely strolls along the Seine. There was even a local caviar shop and truffle shop and restaurant. Tres luxurious.
Caviar & Champagne at Hotel La Tremoille
Our room at La Tremoille
Part of our package was a Baguette to Bistro walk led by Meg of Context Travel and Paris by Mouth, a fun, informative and really delicious morning tour of St Germaine taking in a lovely boulangerie, cheese shop and chocolate shop.
Cheese Tasting at Androuet, St Germain, Paris
Lovely cheesemonger at Androuet
The highlight for me was the cheese tasting. We visited one of the oldest cheese shops in Paris, Androuet (now also in London). Proud and rich in history there were stories of cheesemongers having to pray in monasteries in Provence for a week before getting access to the monks prized and delicious cheese. They stock only raw cheese too, bar one pasteurised one for pregnant ladies. Meg chose some cheeses and we had a little tasting outside before moving on to a fantastic chocolate shop. We stopped by this amazing Parisian institution on the way – Deyrolle – where we spied this amazing taxidermied dinner party.
Taxidermied dinner partay
Part 3 & 4 to come: living like a local in Paris, and where to eat and visit.
We stayed at Hotel La Tremoille as guests. They are offering a Flavours of Paris break including caviar and champagne and a Baguette to Bistro walk, for January & February only – to book visit www.hotel-tremoille.com. We travelled with Eurostar. Eurostar Plus Gourmet currently offers travellers up to 50% discounts at many top restaurants in Paris, Brussels and Lille. See site for details.
Comments
On of these days I will visit Paris.
How funny, Deyrolle was just featured in the Irish Times Magazine this past Saturday, those stuffed animals are staring at me from the cover. If only there was a Dublin-Paris Eurostar I’d be snapping up that hotel deal in a flash! Will we be seeing you over here again for Inishfood?
Hahahaha – the taxidermied dinner party! Bizzaro. Love the idea of the walks and cheese tasting though!
Beautiful pictures. I have not been again to Paris for years. The display of the cheese makes my mouth watering.. I think a trip there is needed soon!
Niamh – lovely blog with some great leads here which I’ll be sure to follow up on! Coincidently I just posted on Paris myself on http://padraicino.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/not-down-and-certainly-not-out-in-paris-tales-from-a-january-site-inspection/ … really loved the wine tasting at O Chateau!
Oh la la! What a lovely tour! Soo want to go to Paris this year as it is so close by. No excuses!
Absolutely love it! From the caviar to the cheese shop!! X
That tour and hotel sound amazing! I have just sent the link to himself in a major hinting offensive! Great post Niamh!
Sons magnifiques – vous êtes tellement chanceux!
Indications of the permanent scarring from our weekend in Paris long ago, read Androuet but saw Andouillette. Argghhh! Great post though, thanks for the tips, makes me want to chug down on the Thalys pronto xx
Hello, great post and great pictures! If you want to find the same cheese in London, come to see us at the Old Spitalfields market, London. http://www.androuet.co.uk!