La Cour des Consuls Hotel & Spa Toulouse - MGallery

We started Tablet in order to get away from the sameness of the big chain hotels, but they’re not all created equal. Many of Sofitel’s MGallery hotels are buildings with impressive histories, special locations, memorable looks, or some combination of the three — and it’s fair to say that La Cour des Consuls Hôtel & Spa, in Toulouse, ticks all those boxes. It occupies a pair of centuries-old townhouses on the rue des Couteliers in the picturesque Carmes district, just to the south of the city center, which have been divided into a mere thirty-two elegant, classic-contemporary rooms and suites.

They vary widely from relatively humble Superior rooms to the three-room Executive Suite, but they’re all stylish, solidly comfortable, and packed with luxe details like Nespresso machines and Graine de Pastel bath products. The houses’ period architecture is well-preserved, and the interior-design style updates the look with references to an eclectic range of eras. La Cour des Consuls has also found space for a gorgeous little spa, as well as a fine-dining restaurant, Le Cénacle, and the Champagne Bar, whose concept is rather self-explanatory. Luxury-hotel comfort, boutique-hotel style, and historic hotel character — it’s anything but another typical chain hotel.