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Rompingly romantic and effortlessly experiential, France is a fusion of old-world and new. The result? Stunning destinations and experiences that incite a thousand stories.

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A helicopter drops off a skier during an adventure with Eleven Chalet Hibou in Le Miroir, Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, Savoie, France

Peak freedom
Savoie, France

Transcending the traditional, resort-bound snowsports holiday model, Eleven’s French Alps super chalet, Eleven Chalet Hibou, puts six stellar...

Bikers during the Mountain of Hell race in Les Deux Alpes, France

Aches and gains
Les Deux Alpes, France

Home to Europe’s largest year-round skiable glacier, France’s Les Deux Alpes has one of the most adrenaline-dripping summer...

Koko Barno strikes a pose for a photo at the Hôtel des Grands Voyageurs in Paris, France

Koko Barno
Paris, France

Racially marginalised growing up in a tiny French country town, our Paris is Turning issue cover star Koko...

Exterior of Domaine des Etangs, Massignac, France

Made with love
Massignac, France

Dreading a future in which artificial intelligence will overtake human ingenuity in the world of art, Zack Cahill...

Celebrity Edge cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea

Maiden Voyage
Celebrity Edge, Mediterranean Sea

For newbies to life on the ocean waves, a trip through the Mediterranean on one of the new...

High maintenance
Courchevel, France

In Courchevel, for decades Europe’s capital of pathologically pampered ski-holidaying, there’s a new deal in town. The Grandes...

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Brach Paris
Paris, France

Contemporary yet eclectic, and with a few design surprises to put a smile on guests’ faces along the...

Hôtel de Crillon, a Rosewood Hotel
Paris, France

Lanvin clutch with gold, rhinestone-encrusted cat-motif handle? Don’t mind if we do. When Rosewood Hotels and Resorts took...

Saint James Paris
Paris, France

Savour country chateau elegance in the heart of Paris’ beyond-bougie residential neighbourhood the 16th. The Eiffel Tower and...

Grand Pigalle Experimental
Paris, France

Another notch on Experimental Group’s bedpost of vibey, characterful hospitality ventures worldwide, this boutique beauty – the Grand...

Hôtel des Grands Voyageurs
Paris, France

When staying in Paris’ 6th arrondissement, you’re not exactly short of fabulous places to stay – but the...

Hôtel Lutetia
Paris, France

Popular with both locals as well as tourists – and beloved by countless creatives throughout its history –...

Hôtel Chalet Mounier
Les Deux Alpes, France

A family-owned affair that’s been going for five generations, Hôtel Chalet Mounier is the ‘grand dame’ of mountain...

Shangri-La Paris
Paris, France

It’s easy to fall in love with Paris over and over again when staying at the opulent, luxury...

Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, A Belmond Train

Very few travel experiences offer grandeur and elegance intertwined with romance and nostalgia, in the way that a...

Aerial view of Club Dauphin in Cap Ferrat, France

Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France

Trying to pin down a specific property as the single-most magnificent in Four Seasons’ exemplary global portfolio of...

Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Méditerranée
Nice, France

In the South of France, where tradition is everything, it’s not all that common to find a hotel...

Anantara Plaza Nice Hotel
Nice, France

When in early 2023, the Anantara Plaza Nice Hotel opened in a building that’s dominated perhaps the most...

Domaine de Rochebois
Vitrac, France

Giving a new life to a historic building, the Pruneyrac family have turned France’s Domaine de Rochebois into...

Domaine des Etangs
Massignac, France

It’s not that you’ll need an excuse for a stay at Domaine des Etangs, the art-filled, fairytale Chateau...

Kimpton St Honoré Paris
Paris, France

The international hospitality standards and cosmopolitan vibe of the Kimpton St Honoré Paris offer a unique escape from...

Hotel Martinez
Cannes, France

On Cannes’ most exclusive beachfront strip, La Croisette, the luxury hotel game is high (and competition is rife)....

Hostellerie de l’Abbaye de la Celle
La Celle, France

After a scenic drive into the heart of Provence away from the millionaires’ playgrounds of the south of...

The Peninsula
Paris, France

If the walls of The Peninsula Paris could talk, it’ll tell you a thousand stories. The reimagined, palatial...

Grandes Alpes Hotel
Courchevel, France

The Grandes Alpes has, since a radical reinvention in 2012, sought to do things a little differently. Its...

Hotel Keppler
Paris, France

Pierre-Yves Rochon was set loose on this handsome private residence and he created the Hotel Keppler, Paris –...

Exterior of Chateau Haute Germaine, South of France

Chateau Haute Germaine
Cote d’Azur, France

The Chateau Haute Germaine is an exclusive-hire, private escape with a rich heritage in the South of France:...

La Maison Champs Élysée
Paris, France

So we all know that Paris is synonymous with style. It is one of the undisputed centres, if...

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