France

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

Boutique hotels in Beaujolais

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

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

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

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

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

Boutique hotels in Côte D'azur (east)

Chamonix is the skier’s ski resort and it attracts dedicated Alpine thrill seekers year-round, just as it has done for centuries.

Boutique hotels in Chamonix

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

Boutique hotels in Champagne-Ardennes

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boutique hotels in Paris

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

Boutique hotels in Pays Basque

This Atlantic region in France’s mid-west is the home of La Rochelle and Île de Ré, with fine fortresses and cognac-laced countryside inland.

Boutique hotels in Poitou-Charentes

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

A millionaires’ playground of yachts, nightclubs and nu-retro hedonism set against an azure backdrop, St Tropez is the glittering epicentre of the Monte Carlo/Cannes party route.

Boutique hotels in St Tropez

Among the deepest-green depths of rural France, life is as unhurried as a game of boules in the village square, and stress is an alien concept to all except the local geese.

Boutique hotels in Tarn

The hushed, tranquil streets of Tignes Les Brévières are the perfect picture of traditional Alpine life but this charming village’s ski lift will whisk you up to a different world.

Boutique hotels in Tignes Les Brévières

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