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France

We’ve rounded up an ever-growing selection of boutique hotel stays, luxury hotel hideaways and romantic retreats in France. Pick a destination below to see our selection of the best boutique hotels to book, as well as an insider guide to everything from restaurants and bars to picnics and hire cars…

Boutique & luxury hotels

  1. Paris

    1. Hotel Particulier Montmartre
    2. Hôtel Le A
    3. Hotel Keppler
    4. Hôtel Daniel
    5. Hôtel Thoumieux
    6. Montalembert
    7. Saint James Paris
    8. Résidence Nell
    9. Hôtel Duo
    10. La Belle Juliette
    11. Hotel Sezz
    12. Hôtel des Academies et des Arts
    13. Hôtel Récamier
    14. L'Hôtel
    15. La Maison Champs Elysées
    16. La Réserve Paris
    17. Le Royal Monceau
  2. Bordeaux

    1. Le Relais de Franc Mayne
  3. Dordogne

    1. Château les Merles
    2. Château La Thuilière
    3. Château de la Couronne
  4. Aquitaine

    1. Château les Merles
    2. Arguibel
  5. Cannes

    1. Tiara Yaktsa
  6. Côte d'Azur

    1. Tiara Yaktsa
    2. Cap d'Antibes Beach Hotel
    3. Cap Estel
    4. La Maison du Frêne
    5. Le Saint Paul
    6. Les Rosées
    7. Monte-Carlo Beach
    8. Toile Blanche
  7. Montpellier

    1. Baudon de Mauny
    2. Domaine de Verchant
  8. Languedoc-Roussillon

    1. Baudon de Mauny
    2. Jardins Secrets
    3. Domaine de Verchant
    4. L'Hôtel Particulier
    5. La Maison d'Ulysse
    6. Le Couvent d'Hérépian
    7. Le Trésor
    8. Les Sardines aux Yeux Bleus
  9. Champagne-Ardenne

    1. Chez Odette
  10. Provence

    1. Jardins Secrets
    2. Château de Massillan
    3. Domaine des Andéols
    4. Domaine les Roullets
    5. Hostellerie de l'Abbaye de la Celle
    6. Hotel Crillon le Brave
    7. L'Hôtel Particulier
    8. L'Oustau de Baumanière
    9. La Bastide de Moustiers
    10. La Maison sur la Sorgue
    11. La Mirande
    12. La Villa Gallici
    13. Le Couvent des Minimes
    14. Le Mas de la Rose
  11. Corsica

    1. U Palazzu Serenu
    2. La Signoria
  12. Rhône-Alpes

    1. Alpaga
    2. Le Lodge Park
    3. Les Servages d'Armelle
  13. Beaujolais

    1. Château de Bagnols
  14. Lyon

    1. Château de Bagnols
  15. Poitou-Charentes

    1. Château de la Couronne
    2. Le Logis de Puygâty
  16. Vaucluse, Provence

    1. Château de Massillan
    2. Domaine les Roullets
    3. Hotel Crillon le Brave
    4. La Maison sur la Sorgue
    5. Le Mas de la Rose
  17. Normandy

    1. Château de Saint Paterne
  18. Gers

    1. Hotel Lous Grits
  19. St Tropez

    1. Hotel Pastis
    2. Kube Hotel St Tropez
    3. La Réserve Ramatuelle
  20. Brittany

    1. Le Lodge Kerisper
  21. Burgundy

    1. Moulin Renaudiots
  22. Courchevel

    1. Portetta

Self-catering properties

  1. Paris

    1. Etoile Penthouse
    2. Pont Neuf Residence

Aquitaine, France

France’s south-westernmost region is a lush, green pocket of land caught between the mountains and the windswept Atlantic coast.

Boutique hotels in Aquitaine

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Beaujolais, France

Distinguished wines, world-renowned cuisine and ornate châteaux of honey-coloured stone – Beaujolais is everything the Francophile dreams of.

Boutique hotels in Beaujolais

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Bordeaux, France

Bordeaux is a city of grandeur and sophistication, of old money and legendary vintages, where connoisseurs can take the time to savour wines and cuisine perfected over generations.

Boutique hotels in Bordeaux

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Brittany, France

Rugged, windswept Brittany in north-west France is the coastal twin of Cornwall, and its happy-holidays charm matches its UK sister’s in buckets and spades.

Boutique hotels in Brittany

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Burgundy, France

Located in the heart of France, Burgundy is a region of peaceful canals, well-tended vineyards and rural charm – the epitome of la vie Française.

Boutique hotels in Burgundy

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Cannes, France

The red carpet only gets rolled out for a fortnight a year, but the Film Festival embues Cannes with perennial flashbulb glamour.

Boutique hotels in Cannes

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Champagne-Ardenne, France

Walloon countryside, tiny towns, farmland and forest await in this peaceful and picturesque corner of north-east France.

Boutique hotels in Champagne-Ardenne

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Corsica, France

Corsica is the ultimate short-haul adventure, tightly packing in all of the natural world’s best bits. It’s got mountains, fields and shimmering coastline. And it has a wild side too: wild boar wander and tortoises totter freely by your feet.

Boutique hotels in Corsica

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Côte d'Azur, France

On the coast that defined seaside glamour, you can never be too rich or too brown.

Boutique hotels in Côte d'Azur

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Courchevel, France

Courchevel has built a reputation as a high-altitude, high-living resort where the beautiful people come to see and be seen, yet every winter it’s the vastness of the Trois Vallées that steals the show.

Boutique hotels in Courchevel

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Dordogne, France

In the warm valleys of southwestern France, where the Dordogne, Isle and Lot rivers wriggle their way to the Atlantic, the lush landscape, sunny days and mild temperatures combine to produce perfect conditions for grapes and truffles.

Boutique hotels in Dordogne

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Gers, France

When it came to the natural lottery, the Gers won the biggest prize: a tapestry of colour-rich fields, shimmering shores, lush forests and fertile vineyards.

Boutique hotels in Gers

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Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Sprawling from the chestnut-dotted Cévennes Mountains to a flamingo-flanked Mediterranean Coast, by way of magnificent ancient cities and rolling winelands, this region has reason to puff out its chest when declaring its geographical and metropolitan offerings.

Boutique hotels in Languedoc-Roussillon

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Lyon, France

Often described, even by the Parisians, as being like Paris but without the crowds, France’s second city, Lyon, is a chic metropolis but with a style and frenetic pace all of its own.

Boutique hotels in Lyon

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Montpellier, France

Young, vibrant, prosperous, Montpellier in Languedoc-Roussillon basks in southern sunshine.

Boutique hotels in Montpellier

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Normandy, France

A vast rural region of castles, Camembert and clifftops, Normandy is as rich in history as it is in mouthwatering rustic produce.

Boutique hotels in Normandy

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Paris, France

Paris is a dream project for pedestrians, with endless secrets hidden away from all the wonderful clichés.

Boutique hotels in Paris

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Poitou-Charentes, France

Topped by the Loire valley, tailed by Bordeaux, cooled by Atlantic breezes, Poitou-Charentes is the home of cognac, and a coast-to-country destination par excellence.

Boutique hotels in Poitou-Charentes

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Provence, France

The south-west area of Provence is a land of light and colour, where the languid river Rhône winds its way through fruit orchards and fields of lavender before melting into the watery maze of the Camargue.

Boutique hotels in Provence

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Rhône-Alpes, France

Named for the river running through it and the mountains at its edge, Rhône-Alpes is a region of vinous valleys, mighty peaks, lakeside spa towns and scenic drives.

Boutique hotels in Rhône-Alpes

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St Tropez, France

Rock-star villas, luxury boutiques, Chanel bikinis... For a seaside fishing village, St Tropez has evolved admirably.

Boutique hotels in St Tropez

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Vaucluse, Provence, France

Cultivated for centuries beneath the peak of the mighty Mont Ventoux, the Vaucluse is the earthy, abundant counterpart to the show-off glitz of the Riviera and the Côte d’Azur.

Boutique hotels in Vaucluse, Provence

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