The Best Dog-Friendly Luxury Hotels in France (2026 Guide)

On the Place de la Concorde, the Hôtel de Crillon runs its pet welcome under the name Crillon & Co, and its terms are the clearest of any Paris palace. Dogs and cats up to 10 kg stay in the rooms for a flat €150 per stay, not per night, which makes it good value for a long weekend. Your dog is welcome throughout the hotel with one exception, Sense, the Rosewood spa.

The Tuileries begin on the other side of the square and the Seine embankments are five minutes away on foot. The policy is written for small companions, so this is the address for a terrier, a French bulldog or a dachshund rather than a labrador. If your dog is near the limit, book by telephone so the weight is on the reservation from the start.

A few streets away on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Le Bristol Paris answers the question on its own website without hedging. The supplement is €100 per day and includes a dedicated welcome kit; the stated limit is 7 kg, though the hotel adds that it is very flexible when the dog is well behaved. The resident celebrity is a cat, Socrate, which says something about how animals are regarded here.

The interior garden is the reason to choose Le Bristol with a dog: a green, traffic-free corner without leaving the building, which counts on a wet February morning. Parc Monceau is a twenty-minute walk north for a proper outing. The daily fee adds up over a week, but for two or three nights the kit and the garden justify it.

At the edge of the park of the Château de Versailles, the Waldorf Astoria Versailles, Trianon Palace has the most generous size limit in this guide. Dogs are welcome for a non-refundable €50 per night, with a maximum weight of 35 kg and up to two dogs per room, on the hotel’s own information page. That makes it the choice for a retriever, a spaniel, or two dogs at once.

The location does the rest. The hotel sits against the park, so the morning walk starts at the gate rather than after a taxi ride, and the alleys absorb a big dog’s energy in a way no Paris pavement can. Versailles is under an hour from central Paris on the RER C, and the town’s market and quiet streets make an easy afternoon with a dog in tow.

Inside the grounds of the Château de Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle takes the opposite view of a supplement: there is none. Like every Airelles house, it provides a cosy bed, treats, a bespoke menu and surprise gifts at no additional charge. It also runs the most unusual dog experience in France, a two-hour agility session led by a professional trainer a few steps from the hotel, within sight of the Lake of the Swiss Guards.

Staying here means sleeping inside the estate, with unlimited access to the Orangery gardens in the rate, so your walks are the park of Louis XIV before the day visitors arrive and after they leave. It is the most expensive way to bring a dog to Versailles and, for an anniversary, the most memorable. Pricing for the agility session is on request.

In the Alps, Airelles Courchevel applies the same welcome and adds the two services that matter most in a ski resort. Pet-sitting and dog-walking are provided, alongside the bed, the treats and the bespoke menu, at no additional charge, which solves the problem of a ski day, when a dog cannot follow you onto the lifts, without hiring an outside sitter.

The palace lists its 44 rooms and suites as reopening for winter 2026, at the foot of the Trois Vallées. Courchevel 1850 is compact, with pedestrian paths at village level for walks in the snow, and the winter programme includes husky rides. Pack a coat for a short-haired dog: the village sits at 1,850 metres and January mornings are well below freezing.

Perched on the edge of Gordes with the Luberon below, Airelles La Bastide de Gordes has 34 rooms and 6 suites arranged around terraces and hanging gardens. Dogs stay free, with a cosy bed, treats and a bespoke menu waiting on arrival, the standard Airelles welcome. The terraces are where you will spend the evening, and a dog settled at your feet is entirely at home there.

The village is the walking ground: lanes of dry stone, the Tuesday market, and footpaths dropping into the valley towards the Abbaye de Sénanque. Provence in July is hot underfoot by mid-morning, so the best months with a dog are April to June and September to October, when the lavender or the harvest replaces the crowds and the terraces stay usable all afternoon.

On the Croisette, the Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic is the seaside address of this guide and the one with the most detailed house rules. The supplement is €70 per day with a €250 deposit per stay; dogs stay on a lead in public areas and are not admitted to the restaurants, bars, spa, fitness centre or cinema, certified assistance dogs excepted. Housekeeping cannot service a room with a dog left alone in it.

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Ciro’s, the hotel’s private beach, faces the bay; ask the concierge which stretches of public sand take dogs in season, and treat the Croisette promenade as the lead-walk it is. Since dogs cannot be left alone in the room and the restaurants are closed to them, plan meals on open terraces. This is a hotel for a dog that is used to city life and busy lobbies.

South of Bordeaux at Martillac, Les Sources de Caudalie sits within the vines of Château Smith Haut Lafitte, in Pessac-Léognan. Dogs are welcome for €30 per day per pet, the lowest fee in this guide, provided you mention them when booking; they stay on a lead and are not allowed near the pools, in the Vinothérapie spa or in the starred restaurant, La Grand’Vigne.

The compensation is the estate: rows of vines start at the door, and the walk through them at dusk is the best moment of the stay. Bordeaux-Mérignac airport and Bordeaux Saint-Jean station are both about 20 minutes away by car, which makes this the simplest wine-country base for a visitor arriving on a flight from London or by TGV from Paris.