The Five Hotel, FRANCE

Description: The Five Hotel

The Five Hotel is possibly the most all-encompassing, off-the-wall hotel experience you're likely to encounter in Paris, possibly in France. Taking its name from the five senses, this boutique hotel aims to stimulate from the moment you walk through its art gallery entrance and step into its cinematic lift. Found in the old Latin Quarter, the artistic hub of Paris, the Five Hotel has been designed to delight.

Hotel Five invited internationally renowned artist Isabel Emmerique to decorate the interiors with her beautiful Chinese lacquer work, the result is a sense of Zen peacefulness interspersed with a more exuberant avant-garde aesthetic. Some might call the Hotel Five whacky; it is certainly warm, welcoming and wonderful.

Type of rooms: The Five Hotel

With just 25 rooms, every one of them is a unique experience. Colour schemes range from black and white to prune and pink with various calmer combinations in-between.

There is a selection of Suites, one of which is on the ground floor and comes with a patio garden and outdoor Jacuzzi; then there are the Luxurious rooms, the Superior Scintillating rooms, the Scintillating and the Standard.

What make these rooms exceptional are the fibre-optic lights, the overhead canopies, the beds that seem to float, and the personally chosen perfumes that all combine to create a magical dream-world experience.

Additional information: The Five Hotel