LA MIRANDE HOTEL

Staying at La Mirande is a journey back through two centuries of exquisite French decorative arts. DEPARTURES Magazine You cannot come closer to the life of a French nobleman in the age of Enlightenment (18th Century) From the Romans to the Babylonian papacy, the pre-Revolutionary France and beyond, La Mirande, a landmark, intricately related to the history of Avignon, with the Popes Palace next door. On becoming a 5- star boutique hotel, La Mirande has not ceased to be a private house, and is a better guardian of its history than many a palace that is only preserved for visitation or to house a museum. Sombre and secret, such indeed was the tone of the building as the Steins discovered and purchased it in 1987. In three years they turned La Mirande into something unique, and achieved their aim, which was to create the impression of a private house.