The same but different. An apt summary of the newly revamped Le Sereno Hotel on the island of Caribbean island of St Barths, where the passing of Hurricane Irma back in 2017 wreaked unimaginable damage. Now, following an extensive restoration project, the family-owned hotel is back as a wildly improved version of its former self, with significant parts of the property having been completely rebuilt, expanded and reinvigorated with a fresh injection of the laidback luxury that has won accolades in the past.
To ensure the continuance of that award-winning essence, the services of the same Le Sereno design team behind the original space were reenlisted. Here, they have masterminded a total rebuild of over half of the guestrooms as well as the public spaces, where Restaurant Le Sereno has been reborn as a fully open-air concept and makes its debut alongside Plage, a brand-new casual dining experience set on the edge of the water.
But headlining the revamp is undoubtedly Le Sereno’s guestrooms. It’s out with the old, in with the new in the hotel’s rebuilt Bungalow Piscine rooms, where the former parquet floors and white ceilings have been flipped and reversed for extended ceilings cut from intricate oak carpentry and warm white stone floors. Elsewhere, the Grand Suite Plage Sud rooms were completely demolished and reborn to incorporate private gardens with outdoor bathtubs, and bespoke furniture by Liagre alongside distinct natural materials like Ipe wood, granite and Sukabumi stone imported from Indonesia. The result? An icon reborn and built to last.
INFORMATION
ADDRESS
Grand Cul de Sac BP 19
-
A cavalcade of Kias is announced as the South Korean manufacturer bolsters its EV line-upThe 2025 Kia EV Day in Tarragona saw a new concept and new production cars as Kia moves into electric commercial vehicles and smaller family cars
-
'I'm trying to examine what it's like to be a person': Author Curtis Sittenfeld on her new book, 'Show Don't Tell'As Curtis Sittenfeld publishes her new book, 'Show Don't Tell', she tells Wallpaper* why she is drawn to her ambiguous characters
-
Waiting for Ideas have recast the turntable as a minimal aluminium altar for vinyl worshipThe PP-1 turntable is an ultra-minimal, all-aluminium record player designed to enhance the vinyl experience
-
Villa One at the One & Only Palmilla — Los Cabos, Mexico -
Martim — Wroclaw, Poland -
Tattersalls Hotel — Armidale, Australia -
KLoé Hotel — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -
Casa Hoyos — San Miguel de Allende, Mexico -
Littlenap — Hangzhou, China -
Casa Santa Teresa — Corsica, France -
Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune designs K5, a new hotel in TokyoStep inside Claesson Koivisto Rune’s design as a 1920s bank turns hotel
