The Regent Grand Hotel Bordeaux

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Style: Contemporary Classic

Atmosphere: Lively

150 Rooms

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If you were measuring strictly by the number of quality hotels, you might conclude that the city of Bordeaux is little more than a backwater. For a city of a million, it’s a bit short on noteworthy hospitality experiences — which is why the re-opening of the city-center Grand Hôtel, just across from the Grand Théâtre, is such a big deal. This 18th-century grande dame is back in fighting trim, after a redesign at the hands of the well-known Parisian interior designer Jacques Garcia, and today it’s operating under the Regent banner, as the Regent Grand Hotel Bordeaux.

Garcia’s theatrical, historically conscious style is a good fit for a place like the Grand, which mixes modern elegance with classic decadence in generous helpings. The bedrooms are decidedly old-fashioned in style, but with an edge of contemporary glamour that makes them a lot more appealing than the garden-variety French antique hotel room.

In typical grand hotel style the Regent Grand features a fine dining restaurant, a separate brasserie, and a cocktail bar, this last named the Victor Bar, after two Victors: Victor Hugo, the writer, and Victor Louis, the architect responsible for Bordeaux’s Grand Théâtre. And soon, with the opening of the hotel’s spa, the Regent Grand Hotel will be Bordeaux’s de facto luxury hotel standard.