Paris, France
Shangri-La Paris
The former mansion of Prince Roland Bonaparte (1896), across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. A hotel since 2010, with “Palace” status.
Historic mansions
Hotels in France
Normandy, France
Château de Boucéel
An 18th-century château in Normandy near Mont-Saint-Michel: guest rooms in a historic house with a 16th-century chapel.
Castles & palaces
Biarritz, France
Hôtel du Palais Biarritz
Empress Eugénie's summer residence (1854) on the Atlantic shore in Biarritz. A hotel since 1893, with “Palace” status.
Historic mansions
Around Paris, France
Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay
A hotel in a former 12th-century Cistercian abbey in the Rambouillet forest, 40 km from Paris. The ruins of a Gothic church stand right in the park.
Castles & palaces
French Riviera, France
Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc
An 1870 villa on Cap d'Antibes, a hotel since 1889. A pool carved into the rocks and the Eden Roc pavilion above the sea.
Villas with pools
French Riviera, France
Hôtel Negresco
A 1913 Belle Époque hotel with a pink dome on Nice's Promenade des Anglais.
Historic mansions
Paris, France
Hôtel de Crillon
An 18th-century palace on Place de la Concorde by Ange-Jacques Gabriel. A hotel since 1909, today a Rosewood.
Historic mansions
Where to eat in France
All 12 placesLe Bonaparte
Breakfast, Paris
«Breakfast and hot chocolate»
L'Entrecôte de Paris
Restaurant, steaks, Paris
«Steak»
L'Escargot
Restaurant, French, Paris
«Snails»
SAMOVAR CAFÉ du Conservatoire Rachmaninoff
Café, Russian, Paris
Russian café at the Rachmaninoff Conservatory, a samovar and pastries
Angelina
Desserts, Paris
the legendary 1903 tea room on Rue de Rivoli: hot chocolate and Mont-Blanc
What to see in France
All 21 places
The French Playing Card Museum
Museum, Paris
a small playing-card museum in Issy-les-Moulineaux (temporarily closed)
Musée d'Orsay
Museum, Paris
the Impressionists in an old railway station, with a huge clock window
Tuileries Garden
Park & garden, Paris
the garden between the Louvre and Concorde — sit by the fountain on the green chairs
Avenue de Camoens
Photo spot, Paris
a quiet street with a balustrade and a view of the tower
L'Howea
Photo spot, Paris
café on Avenue Rapp, next to the famous shot of the street with the tower