Hotel Fabric

Highlights

• Oberkampf is a buzzing area of shabby chic bars and quirky boutiques - perfect for those looking for a dose of alternative culture.
• Hôtel Fabric has 33 rooms including flat-screen TV with satellite channels, minibar, and every room comes with a private bathroom.
• Guests also have access to the inhouse gym and spa.
• Other facilities at Hôtel Fabric include a 24-hour reception, free Wi-Fi access and free newspapers.

You should know

• While not in the central tourist area of Paris, Hôtel Fabric is 500 yards from Oberkampf Metro Station for quick access to the whole of Paris.
• Rooms at the top are generally reviewed as being more quiet.
• There is an "honesty bar" at night - which could prove dangerous

Hôtel Fabric is a former textile factory transformed into a chic and stylish boutique hotel in the lively Oberkampf district of Paris.

Hôtel Fabric has 33 guestrooms which are as stylish as they are comfortable. Their decor plays on the dualities which have always enlivened the neighbourhood: graphic shapes and industrial furniture from the factories sit alongside highly colourful, quality fabrics evoking the workers' allotment gardens of the Menilmontant quarter.

Hôtel Fabric is located on the rue de la Folie-Méricourt, between the Place de la Republique and the Place de la Bastille, in the 11th district of Paris. In the 19th century an industrial area developed around the rue Oberkampf and the former hamlet of Ménilmontant. A place of arts and crafts workshops during the day, this new artisan district became transformed after nightfall into a place of bustling bars and cabarets where the tired labourers and craftsmen could relax and prepare themselves for another busy day.

Now a stylish and boldly designed hotel, the building has lost nothing of the charms of former days. Much of the period structure and architectural details have been retained. The metallic framework, the large, multi-paned windows, brick-built walls and raw materials are powerfully evocative of the formerly industrial nature of the rue de la Folie-Méricourt.

The architect Vincent Bastie, with interior designers Agnès Louboutin and Patrice Henry, has maintained the functional ambience and blended it with an inspiring modernity.

With contemporary décor, all of the rooms feature a flat-screen TV with satellite channels and a minibar. Every room comes with a private bathroom.

A buffet breakfast is served each morning in the communal lounge. There is a bar where guests can relax in the evening before heading out to discover the lively district surrounding.

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