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Le Sereno

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<p>Ever since Christian Liaigre signed his name to Club Med Bora Bora about a decade ago, style-obsessed hotel junkies have dared to hope that the French designer might bring his handsome and spare sensibility to another beach resort. The wait is over. On a small but exquisite stretch of sand on the east end of St. Bart's, Le Sereno's 37 oceanfront rooms are done up in a modern colonial style: whitewashed walls, teak floors, beds draped in mosquito netting. Each has an outdoor shower and sliding glass doors that open onto a private terrace and garden, should you prefer sunbathing in solitude. Otherwise join the glitterati and claim a chaise longue beside the freshwater infinity pool. </p>

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From Travel + Leisure , FEB 2006

The wait is over. Le Sereno, with 37 rooms that blur the distinction between indoors and out, stands on a small but exquisite stretch of sand on the east end of the Caribbean island where the bling-bling crowd still goes to get a tan. ...MORE>>

– 50 Romantic Escapes

From Travel + Leisure , NOV 2003

Hotelier Andre Balazs (New York's Mercer, L.A.'s Standard) is betting he'll reprise Christian Liaigre's success at Club Med Bora Bora by hiringthe designer to reinvent this dowdy resort with great bones. The Sereno is closed for renovation, but a relaunch is set for fall '04....MORE>>

– Christopher Petkanas Staying Power

Last updated February 2006