France Hotels, Hostels & Accommodation

Grand Hotel Des Templiers

Built in the 1800s as the home of a rich Champagne merchant, this neo-Gothic extravaganza retains its original ceilings, stained glass and furnishings.

La Mirande

Avignon’s top hotel occupies a converted 16th-century palace with dramatic interiors decked in oriental rugs, gold-threaded tapestries, marble staircases and over-the-top Gallic style.

L'hermitage Gantois, Autograph Collection®

This luxury hotel creates enchanting, harmonious spaces by complimenting its rich architectural heritage – such as a Flemish-Gothic facade – with refined ultramodernism.

L'hotel

In a quiet quayside street, this award-winning hostelry is the stuff of romance, Parisian myths and urban legends.

Mirano

Squiggly purple, orange and black wallpaper and oversize orange perspex light fittings are some of the rad '70s touches at this boutique retro hotel, a 10-minute stroll from the town centre.

Hotel Meurice

A veteran hotel with 39 rooms and plenty of atmosphere thanks to the grand lobby staircase, antiques furnishings, a Hemingwayesque bar and a breakfast room with garden views.

Apostrophe Hotel

A street work-of-art with its stencilled façade, this art hotel’s 16 dramatically different rooms pay homage to the written word.

Hotel Des Prélats

It's not every day you get to sleep in a former 17th-century bishop's palace right next to the cathedral. This elegant hotel plays up the romance in rooms with stained-glass windows, four-poster beds and shimmery drapes.

Le Parc Des Marechaux

Settle into a mansion of château-like proportions, where everything is treated with the height of gentility. Lounges are luxurious and rooms are decorated with impeccable taste.

Hôtel Des Arceaux

If this hotel, which is located on one of the prettiest streets in the old town, were a pop star it would surely have to be Lady Gaga or some other flamboyant and over-the-top personality.

La Bouitte

One word: wow. This Savoyard farmhouse, in warm wood and stone, invites lingering in its rustic-chic rooms and bubbly hot tub. The spa soothes with treatments like fragrant hay baths.

L'oustal Del Barry

The best place to stay in town is this wonderfully worn and rustic auberge, with haphazard rooms filled with trinkets and solid furniture to match its venerable timber-framed facade. Definitely get a room with a balcony if you can.

Hótel De L'amphitheatre

Crimson, chocolate, terracotta and other rich earthy colours dress the exquisite 17th-century stone structure of this stylish hotel, with narrow staircases, roaring fire and alfresco courtyard breakfasts.

Chateau Eza

Sofitel Dijon La Cloche

This venerable hostelry, built in 1884, boasts a huge lobby chandelier, an immaculate back garden, a sauna and a small fitness room. Hushed, comfortable rooms mix shiny brass, sleek wood furniture and crisp linen.

Hotel Des Remparts

Set around two delightful courtyards, this 17th-century town house sits on a quiet street in the old town. Rooms have red tile floors, simple antique furniture and luxurious bathrooms. Friendly staff rent bikes. Parking €8 to €10.

Best Western Grand Hotel Francais

From the outside at least, this three-star place isn't like any other hotel in the Best Western chain, with just a small blue, red and gold logo discretely placed above a splendid 18th-century former private mansion.

Hotel Splendid Cannes

This elaborate 1871 building has everything it takes to rival the nearby palaces – beautifully decorated rooms, vintage furniture, old-world feel with creature comforts, fabulous location, stunning views.

Grand Hotel Continental

Overlooking leafy Basses Promenades to the north, this landmark hotel with 50 rooms spread over three floors offers outstanding value for its location. What's more, it dates back to 1862 so there's a slight whiff of the 'old world' throughout.

Hotel Libertel Gare De L'est Francais

This two-star hotel facing the Gare de l’Est has 72 attractive, almost luxurious and very quiet rooms, some of which have balconies. The place has recently been freshened up; we love the new mock café breakfast area.

Amarante Beau Manoir

Among the cosier hotels in the 8e, the Amarante has traditional-style rooms, with exposed rafters, wooden furniture and oak panelling, and it has a prime location just around the corner from place Madeleine.

Hotel De Provence

Everything about this hotel says south of France: the tall yellow building with its lavender blue shutters, the lush garden with its soaring palm trees, the interior's pretty fabrics and wrought iron fittings, and the warmth of the owners.

Hotel De La Paix

A hip mix of industrial workshop and côte maison (home-like), this restyled hotel is stacked on seven floors of a 1970s building.

Hotel Belles Rives

F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald stayed at Hôtel Belles Rives - then a house called Villa St-Louis with sea view and untouched beach - in 1926.

Hotel Montaigne & Spa

The Montaigne reopened in 2012 after extensive renovations with a fresh, minimalist look and a new spa to boot. Rooms are spacious and bright, and the decor is the same throughout: a palette of beige and burgundy.

Hôtel Des Artistes

From its idyllic outlook on 18th-century Théâtre des Celestins on place des Célestins to its own smart dark-red façade and lovely interior wood panelling, the well-established Hôtel des Artistes wraps guests in a timeless elegance.

Hotel Le Cloitre St Louis

This four-star hotel's 80 rooms are housed in a Jesuit school dating from 1589, as well as a contemporary wing with a rooftop pool designed by French architect Jean Nouvel.

Hotel Des Orangers

With a Provençal decor, Les Orangers is ideally located for the restaurants galore on rue du Suquet. Has an elevator.