Picture a chateau. What is its setting? Located in the heart of Paris, between the Opera and the Tuileries, within sight of another royal palace. Haussmann's scissors stopped in front of its walls, sparing that corner of cloth pinned to a golden shell. Caught in the glow of the lanterns, the legendary Venetian figure of Casanova often cast its shadow there. The place is steeped in history, but also in romance. Stepping through the doors, you will wander through a Fantasy, a legend-embroidered setting in which the ghost of Sarah Bernhardt seems to operate the levers under the direction of Orson Welles. At Château Voltaire, genres and times blend joyously as in the golden age of Hollywood. The corridors abound with trompe-l'oeil, the art de vivre can be enjoyed in havens of timeless tranquillity (the rooms and suites), and typically Parisian experiences in the restaurant L'Emil. Welcome to this future-memory-of-a-present-reinvented: a 5-star hotel where everyone lives as though dwelling in their own chateau.