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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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
Paris, France
Racially marginalised growing up in a tiny French country town, our Paris is Turning issue cover star Koko...
Made with love
Massignac, France
Dreading a future in which artificial intelligence will overtake human ingenuity in the world of art, Zack Cahill...
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...
Hip Hideouts
Val d’Isère, France
Rediscovering the hard-skiing, hard-partying French resort Val d’Isère, OutThere is hosted in high style by a couple from...
France hotel and resort reviews
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 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...
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...
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...
Saint James Paris
Paris, France
Savour country chateau elegance in the heart of Paris’ beyond-bougie residential neighbourhood the 16th. The Eiffel Tower and...
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 –...
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...