21 Best Hotels and Resorts in Europe and the UK: The Gold List 2026 | Condé Nast Traveler

"I was there when this hotel opened in 2015 and have returned on numerous occasions since; I was enchanted from day one, and a decade later the spell remains unbroken. Outwardly little has changed. Its main restaurant, Le Gabriel, has accumulated first one, then two, and now three Michelin stars. Le Gaspard, its exquisite bar (seats 18), has expanded slightly into the streetside terrace. The foliage in the serene central courtyard has grown ever more dense, treatments in the bijou basement spa ever more sophisticated. With just 40 rooms, it is by far the smallest of the city’s super-elite palace-designated hotels, and it retains a discreet private quality that you might describe as residential—particularly if you are accustomed to discreet private residences swathed in silk, velvet, taffeta and cordovan leather, with Versaillais parquet floors, gilded reliefs, and views across Paris from Notre-Dame to the Eiffel Tower. Owner Michel Reybier and designer Jacques Garcia have collaborated on several projects, but this is their masterpiece." - CNT Editors