CarmellaHôtel & Club
A receptionist handing a guest a brass room key across the walnut desk

01 · The entrance

Réception

The beginning of every stay. And, occasionally, a very long story.

Place 01 · Carmella France

Always attended

Reception knows. Usually.

Dark wood, a brass bell, and a register nobody has ever replaced.

Newspapers arrive before breakfast. Flowers arrive when they arrive. There are reading glasses that belong to no one, a pen on a chain, and an espresso behind the desk that is rarely finished. Messages may be left beneath the brass bell, though Reception generally knows already.

Ask Reception
A guest signing the Carmella register while the receptionist turns the page
The register is signed on arrival. Handwriting is not corrected.
A receptionist on the old telephone as flowers are replaced at the desk
A dinner reservation, written by hand and honoured regardless.

From the Front Desk

Posted this morning. Amended twice since.

The Pool
8:00 until sunset.
The Morning Ride
Saturday has two places remaining.
The Carmella Table
Next date unannounced.
Carmella Radio
Currently playing somewhere behind Reception.
MCDXIV
Has returned to the Cigar Terrace.
The Sunset Ride
Ask Reception.
La Voiture de Plage
Leaves for the beach at eleven. Bring a hat.
Room 1414
Occupied.
A guest back from the Morning Ride at the desk, helmet and gloves left on a chair beside waiting luggage

Reception will arrange it

A table. A ride. A boat. A very long lunch.

Experiences and Journeys are arranged here rather than booked. Leave your name and Reception takes it from there — the horses, the launch, the car, the seating plan, and the things nobody thought to ask for.

Experiences Carmella Journeys

Reception

How may
we help?

If Reception cannot arrange it, it probably shouldn’t be arranged.

From Réception

Postcards From Carmella · Hotel Stationery · Room 1414 Key

Available at The Boutique