Ever harbored a secret penchant for picking up a pencil, pastel, and palette and indulging your inner Picasso? The moment is now, at least for guests at the new Hôtel des Académies et des Arts, in Paris.
In addition to more traditional amenities, those in residence at this 20-room charmer on the Left Bank are invited to attend life-drawing classes at the renowned Académie de la Grande Chaumière, just across the street. By “life,” we mean nude, and the models are happy to travel to the hotel’s art studio as well, if you prefer to put pencil to paper without the watchful (judgmental?) eyes of more serious art students.
