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Top 25 hotels in France

25 memorable places to stay in France, from grand landmarks to characterful boutique hotels.

25 hotels

  1. 1
    Grand & luxury

    Hôtel Ritz Paris

    Paris

    Legendary palace hotel on Place Vendôme, opened by César Ritz in 1898 and home to the Bar Hemingway.

  2. 2
    Historic & heritage

    Hôtel de Crillon

    Paris

    Eighteenth-century palace on Place de la Concorde, commissioned by Louis XV and now a luxury hotel.

  3. 3
    Historic & heritage

    Le Negresco

    Nice

    Belle Époque landmark with a pink dome on the Promenade des Anglais, filled with an eclectic art collection.

  4. 4
    Resort

    Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc

    Antibes

    Famed seasonal retreat on the tip of Cap d'Antibes, a haunt of artists and film stars since 1870.

  5. 5
    Grand & luxury

    Le Meurice

    Paris

    Palace hotel facing the Tuileries Garden, long favoured by royalty and by Salvador Dalí.

  6. 6
    Historic & heritage

    Hôtel du Palais

    Biarritz

    Seafront palace built for Empress Eugénie by Napoleon III, overlooking the Grande Plage.

  7. 7
    Grand & luxury

    Carlton Cannes

    Cannes

    Belle Époque hotel on La Croisette with twin domes, a fixture of the Cannes Film Festival.

  8. 8
    Grand & luxury

    Hôtel Plaza Athénée

    Paris

    Palace hotel on Avenue Montaigne known for its red awnings and haute couture neighbours.

  9. 9
    Grand & luxury

    Le Bristol Paris

    Paris

    Palace hotel on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré with a rooftop pool and a large inner garden.

  10. 10
    Mountain & lodge

    Cheval Blanc Courchevel

    Courchevel

    Ski-in, ski-out palace hotel in Courchevel 1850, part of the LVMH Cheval Blanc collection.

  11. 11
    Resort

    Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat

    Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat

    Belle Époque hotel set in extensive gardens on the Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat peninsula.

  12. 12
    Historic & heritage

    Airelles Château de Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle

    Versailles

    Hotel within the grounds of the Palace of Versailles, set in a restored seventeenth-century building.

  13. 13
    Resort

    Hôtel Royal Evian

    Évian-les-Bains

    Belle Époque hotel above Lake Geneva, opened in 1909 in the spa town of Évian-les-Bains.

  14. 14
    Grand & luxury

    Hôtel Barrière Le Normandy

    Deauville

    Anglo-Norman half-timbered hotel beside the casino, emblematic of Deauville's seaside resort.

  15. 15
    Country house

    Les Prés d'Eugénie

    Eugénie-les-Bains

    Michel Guérard's country estate and spa hotel in a Gascony village, famed for its cuisine.

  16. 16
    Historic & heritage

    La Colombe d'Or

    Saint-Paul-de-Vence

    Village inn whose walls hold works given by artists such as Picasso, Matisse and Miró.

  17. 17
    Country house

    Villa René Lalique

    Wingen-sur-Moder

    Former home of glass designer René Lalique, now a small hotel and restaurant in the Alsace hills.

  18. 18
    Country house

    Les Sources de Caudalie

    Martillac

    Hotel among the vineyards of Château Smith Haut Lafitte, pioneer of wine-based spa treatments.

  19. 19
    Historic & heritage

    Château de Bagnols

    Bagnols

    Thirteenth-century fortified castle in the Beaujolais converted into a hotel.

  20. 20
    Mountain & lodge

    Les Fermes de Marie

    Megève

    Hotel built from reclaimed old Alpine farmhouses and chalets in the ski resort of Megève.

  21. 21
    Boutique & design

    Hôtel Nord-Pinus

    Arles

    Characterful hotel on Place du Forum, long linked with bullfighters, artists and writers.

  22. 22
    Boutique & design

    L'Hôtel

    Paris

    Intimate Left Bank hotel with a spiral atrium where Oscar Wilde died in 1900.

  23. 23
    Historic & heritage

    Belles Rives

    Juan-les-Pins

    Art Deco hotel on the water where F. Scott Fitzgerald stayed while writing Tender Is the Night.

  24. 24
    Historic & heritage

    Couvent des Minimes

    Mane

    Seventeenth-century convent in Haute-Provence converted into a hotel with an L'Occitane spa.

  25. 25
    Budget & hostel

    Generator Paris

    Paris

    Large design-led hostel near the Canal Saint-Martin with a rooftop terrace.

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