Regular visitors to the Tattler site are keen to the fact that the Palace of Versailles has been a noteworthy link on the web site for the past year or so!
One of my favorite haunts.
Now, jet setters - and those who savor the good life - will be able to book a room at the Versailles on the historic property in France next year!
The Hotel du Grand Controle - an Annex building at the edge of the Versailles estate - will be transformed into a 23-room Hotel (it has just been announced by public administrators).
The restoration and modernization of the 17th Century Palace will be overseen by a Belgian Company known as Ivy International, which has taken a 30-year lease on the estate.
To facilitate the transformation, the property is going through a rare property transfer - from that of a French Public Heritage site - to one under the auspices of Ivy in the private sector.
According to the master-planners of the illustrious project, the Hotel plans amount to a pioneer initiative.
"The building was given to us in a dilapidated state, so my concern was to save it," enthused Jean Jacques Aillagon (Chairman of the Versailles Palace).
The Versailles "Hotel" will be inaugurated at the end of 2011, and is expected to wow guests with awesome views of the Orangerie (the Greenhouse) and the Swiss Ornamental Lake.
The Palace was built by Louis XIV and was designed by his favorite architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart.
The Hotel du Controle served as the Official treasury for awhile - and then later - as part of the Officer's mess until 2006.
The exquisite building became part of the Versailles Estate in 2008.
The visionary plans have been orchestrated in recent days to boost the French economy.
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