The chic escape the style set will flock to after Paris Fashion Week — that's under £300 a night
It’s the time of year when fashion doesn’t sleep. For the men’s shows in Paris right now the style crowd will be dashing between The Chaillot Palace and Grand Palais, and then it’s haute couture time. But before the Fall Winter ‘25 shows kick off in New York in early February, many will be hanging up their heels and kicking back. Once upon a time, that would mean checking into a grand dame or Soho House for more hobnobbing, but now there’s an altogether more wholesome hotel favoured by those in the know. Influencers and fashion teams will be heading to Le Barn — just 45 minutes from the city.
The countryside stay in nestled in the heart of the Rambouillet Forest on a 500-acre estate, which also houses a horsemanship school, La Cense.
This is a place where some of the team’s from Paris’s biggest fashion houses are known to go to flex their creative muscles on work away days — though you are equally likely to spot big names in their silk PJs at breakfast (there’s no dress code). However, this is a classy place, and it’s an unspoken rule to keep the names of those who visit hush hush.
Your daily itinerary at Le Barn is fluid and the hotel operates a no check out times on Sunday policy. This relaxed vibes extends to the food, with farm to table dishes crafted from ingredients homegrown in the hotel’s vegetable garden and served across three stunning rooms. While by night a not-so fashion diet can be indulged with Le Barn’s famous Raclette and Fondue evenings.
This is not a place set on oozing opulence as per many iconic Paris addresses — the style is laid-back and chic, feeling incidental but impossibly cool. Think: your stylish distant relative’s country home. There’s shaker-style furniture and flea market finds set in the 73 French countryside inspired rooms, which were designed by Parisian-based Be-poles. They are set across two converted barns which overlook the paddocks, woods, and meadows where horses roam and bathe in the beautiful light.
If guests can tear themselves away from the views, then there’s yoga, pilates, horse riding, wild swimming and hiking on offer, as well as a game of Pétanque. Plus the spa offers Ayurvedic, Thai and Shiatsu treatments, as well as hammam, sauna and Nordic baths to help reinstate the style set’s pre fashion week glow. Perfect for a few days of relaxing and rewilding.
The added bonus? From London you can reach Paris in less time than Norfolk by Eurostar, and Le Barn is just 45 minutes from Gare du Nord.
Book it: Doubles from £250 per night. lebarnhotel.com
